i can still rmr the day we saw this at school...it was a nightmare...
the worst part, was not knowing if i was ever going to see my mom again...
she worked across the street from the World Trade Center, and it was impossible to get in any sort of contact with her or my family....after a few days later...she finally made it home... Thank you GOD
I was just reading Wikipedia and decided to do a lil copy and paste...
so here yuh go:
The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.[2][3] The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.
The death toll of the attacks was 2,996, including the 19 hijackers.[1] The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 70 countries.[4] In addition, there is at least one secondary death – one person was ruled by a medical examiner to have died from lung disease due to exposure to dust from the World Trade Center's collapse.[5]
The United States responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terror: it invaded Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists. The United States also enacted the USA PATRIOT Act. Many other countries also strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. Some American stock exchanges stayed closed for the rest of the week following the attack and posted enormous losses upon reopening, especially in the airline and insurance industries. The destruction of billions of dollars worth of office space caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan.
| Date | Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:46 am – 10:28 am (UTC-4) |
|---|---|
| Attack type | Aircraft hijacking, mass murder, suicide attack, Terrorism |
| Death(s) | 2,977 victims[1] and 19 hijackers |
| Injured | 6,000+ |
***My thoughts and prayers are with those families who have lost a loved one due to this tragedy***
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