911 Memorial
The September
11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic
terrorist group al-qaeda upon the united states in new York city and the Washington,
D.C., metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed
almost 3,000 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and
infrastructure damage. Along with the 110-floor twin towers, numerous other
buildings at the world trade center site were destroyed or badly damaged,
including WTC buildings 3 through 7 and st. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. The
North Tower, South Tower, the Marriott hotel and 7 WTC were completely
destroyed. The U.S. customs house and both pedestrian bridges connecting
buildings were severely damage. At 8:46 a.m., five hijackers crashed American airlines
flight 11 into the northern façade of the world trade center’s north tower, and
at 9:03 a.m., another five hijackers crashed united airlines flight 175 into
the southern façade of the south tower. Five hijackers flew American airlines
77 into the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. a fourth flight, united airlines 93, under the
control of four hijackers, crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, southeast of
Pittsburgh, at 10:03 a.m. after the passengers fought the hijackers. Flight 93’s
target is believed to have been either the capitol or the white house. Flight 93’s
cockpit voice recorder revealed crew and passengers tried to seize control of
the plane from the hijackers after learning through phone calls the flights 11,
77, 175 had been crashed into buildings that morning. Once it became evident to
the hijackers that the passengers might regain control of the plane, the
hijackers rolled the plane and intentionally crashed it.
Reflection: I
think this was really unfair to the people that were in the plains, knowing
that these families lost their loved once just because of some terrorist. A lot
of people passed away and it is scary knowing in your head you are going to die
for something that has nothing to do with you. It was very cruel from the
person that planned all of this, he should of thought of all the innocent
people he was going to kill.