9-11

               Today is the 12-year anniversary of September 11, 2001. I watched a video in my Social Studies class today and it was so heartbreaking. Thousands of innocent people died. And till this day, people are still grieving over the tragedy.

9-11: it was just a normal day in New York. Everyone went to work, just another ordinary day. Residents never expected such as thing to happen. Then suddenly, one plane, AA #11 Boeing crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, one of  the two tallest buildings in New York, at about 8:45 am. People screamed while smoke flew into the air, everywhere. Firefighters, police, and ambulance rushed into the scene and immediately searched around to find out what was happening and trying to rescue people.

Then BAM! Another plane crashed into the south tower approximately 20 minutes later. People were falling from the building(s), fleeing away to the safest place, and so many others were sobbing for the many that passed away. Slowly, the two buildings collapsed, floor to floor. As the buildings got closer to the ground, they collapsed faster. When the collapsing ended, smoke invaded the air and New Yorkers ran as far as they could.

Two other planes crashed into Virgina and Pennsylvania.

The mastermind behind this was Osama Bin Laden. He was found a few years back and was killed as a punishment.

This event shaked millions of people all around the world and it still continues to tell people what happened on that day, today.

So, take a moment and think about this event in history. Do some research if you would like to find out more! I recently went on YouTube and there are tons of videos regarding 9-11.

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