9-11
September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 had a great impact on the world and especially the United States. It was a day of terror when two planes crashed into and collapsed the Twin Towers, also killing thousands of people. I remember watching it on the news that day, and thought of it as something unbelievable that had happened. When I saw the videotape of these two massive buildings collapsing it started to make me think, and when I saw the people jumping out of the windows to stay alive, it made me think even harder. It was unexpected and caught us all by surprise. Not long after the United States started war against terror and made great effort in enslaving the masterminds behind these operations. Airports were closed, and a lot of precautions were taken into consideration. Since then a lot more security has been used everywhere around the states and everyone does not have the same comfort as before.
Before September 11th of last year the people in the United States lived with a very satisfying amount of comfort and with a vision of that this country is untouchable, but as we saw last year how just a small group of terrorist changed this comfort in us. Four planes where high jacked and three were successful in hitting their targets, killing over 3000 people. After that day many citizens from the states started to see life differently.
I believe that it did not have as much impact on me as it did to those that lived in New York or Washington, or those whom had relatives that where injured or killed. I still felt that anger against these terrorists that had done such a horrible thing.
Daniel Lee, from Van Nuys, California was a carpenter. His wife, Kellie Lee, wrote him a letter every day telling him about how the kids were doing. When it came time for his wife to give birth he was planning on taking flight 11 and going home to see his second daughter. Little did he know that this plane was about...
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