9/11 attacks

The 9/11 attacks happened on September 11, 2001. 19 terriosts hijacked 4 planes and made suicide attacks into the World Trade Center in New York, The Pentagon in Washington DC, and the last one crashed on a field in Pennsylvania. 3,000 people died from the Washington DC and New York attacks, along with 400 police officers and fire fighters. Pictures were being broadcasted of the Twin Towers going down on tv. It was scary for people on the scene, and people who were watching the news. The first plane hit the World Trade Center and left a burning hole on the 80th floor, trading those on higher levels., Minuted later, the second plane hit the south tower. 

These attacks were Islamic tourists from Saudi Arabia. The Pentagon attack hit the west side of the Pentagon. When the Twin Towers went down, only 6 people survived and 10,000 were injured seriously. This must have been tragic for the 6 people that survived. It has heartbreaking to see your colleagues die, and you survive. President George Bush gave a good speech saying, “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America.

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