User blog:Forestpaw13/September 11, 2001 - A Day of Terror and Heroism

The September 11 attacks on the United States were a series of four coordinated suicide bombings on US soil. Commercial aircraft were hijacked by 19 terrorists, belonging to the group known as "Al Queda," a terrorist group based in the middle east. Then, it was lead by Osama bin Laden, who has since been killed and buried at sea. These 19 hijackers planned to crash their planes at the same time, but delays occurred and messed up their plans.

''Early in the morning of September 11, 2011, a beautiful sunny Tuesday, 19 hijackers took control of 4 commercial airplanes that were departing from the Boston and Washington, DC area. These flights were chosen because they would be heavily fueled, and therefore much more explosive. AT 8:46 A.M., five hijackers crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, located in New York City. Everybody on the flight was instantly killed. At 9:03 A.M., 5 more hijackers crashed United Airlines flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, also located in New York City. Everybody on that flight was also instantly killed. According to George W. Bush the President of the United States at the time, the first plane was viewed as a horrible accident, the second plane was viewed as an attack. At 9:37 A.M., American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. The passengers were instantly killed, as well as people in the building, totaling 184 people. According to George W. Bush, the third plane was viewed as a declaration of war. Flight 93, which was taken over by four terrorists, crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, because the passengers tried to win it back.

The heroes of 9/11 are what we celebrate on that day. We celebrate the firemen and the policemen who risked their life and ran into the building and pulled people out. We celebrate the people who got out of the wreckage and were safe, and still ran back up to save more people. We celebrate the people that survived the ordeal and lived to tell it. We celebrate the people who labored for weeks after the attack to find everybody that they could in the wreckage, even if it was just a leg or a piece of skin, so they could let that person's loved ones their fate. We celebrate a day where, facing a terrifying ordeal, Americans came together when the terrorists' goal was to pull us apart. 9/11 was a day of weaknesses and strengths, a day of deaths and lives, a day of heroes and cowards.

Now... a grim announcement to those of you that are proud American citizens...

There has been a credible, unconfirmed threat by al Queda to attack again to "celebrate" the 10th anniversary of the bombings. The attacks are unconfirmed, but 3 people are believed to be involved and 2 are believed to be US citizens. The country is doing all we can do to find these three people and bring them to justice, but all I want to say is... good luck.

Remember the heroes of 9/11. They are the ones who saved us all from destruction.