9/11

September 11, 2001

       On September 11, 2001, the United States was shaken down to its core. We were attacked by terrorists planes, which flew into some important buildings throughout the United States, such as the twin towers. This attack not only ruined buildings, but it also ruined the lives of many. Killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring more than 6,000. Nineteen terrorists, associated with Al-Qaeda, hijacked four planes that flew into the pentagon, two into the world trade center towers and the fourth crashed into a field.
       The first flight, at 8:45 a.m., flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center. In this crash, the plane hit around the eightieth floor of this building. When this happened, it instantly killed everyone on that floor and the floors right around. Also, the building collapsed which killed many more. People were trapped on all levels of the building just praying to be saved. Later, about eighteen minutes later, the second plane hit the south tower. This flight hit around the sixtieth floor. Only eighteen people walked away from the attacks on the World Trade Center. The next plane crashed into pentagon at 9:45. About 125 people in the building were killed and 64 on board. The fourth and final plane crashed into an open field in Pennsylvania at 10:10 a.m. This crash killed everyone on board. This plane was meant to be hijacked by the terrorists and flown into an unknown place, but possibly somewhere like the White House. Why this did not happen is because the passengers fought the terrorists who were trying to hijack the plane. They then knew they would have to crash, so they attempted to crash in a place where there were no civilians that could be in the way.




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