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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
9/11
http://www.september11news.com/ Phones rang across the United States
was 8:48 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. A passenger jet had just crashed
into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
Flames and smoke billowed from the tower. It was now 9:06. This was no
real.
News bulletins came fast and furious. These were passenger jets, fully
fueled: American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston on its way to LA with
92 people aboard and United Flight 175, same itinerary, with 65
onboard. More news bulletins: 9:43 a.m. The Pentagon had just been hit
by another jet airliner, American Flight 77 leaving Washington for Los
Angeles with 64 people aboard. In the next 12 minutes, the South Tower
of the World Trade Center collapsed. Sirens screamed. People were
running, screaming, jumping out of the towers. Then the North Tower
crumbled like a deck of cards. Gray, choking clouds filled the streets
with debris, fireballs of airplane fuel, desks, computers, paper, and
ash. More news bulletins: Nineteen minutes before the North Tower
collapsed, a fourth jet airliner, United Flight 93 with 44 people
aboard, on its way to San Francisco from Newark had crashed in a field
in Shanksville, PA, some 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
http://www.september11news.com/USANewspapers.htm Terrorists had struck
on U.S. soil. Air traffic to and from U.S. airports was halted. The
horror was being played over and over on every TV channel and on every
the fears. What we witnessed would forever change our lives, our
country and the rest of the world.
19 Muslim militants, all men, all in their 20s and 30s, members of
the name of their religion: Islam. Almost 3,000 people died at Ground
Zero, including 385+ firefighters and police who valiantly attempted
to save the thousands in the WTC towers.
http://wrench.ssl.umd.edu/pentagon.html One jet destroyed a section of
the Pentagon, killing 189 people. On Flight 93, the brave souls aboard
tried to regain control from their hijackers. Was their plane headed
for the White House? They were determined not to let this happen.
Their plane crashed in a field. There were no survivors.
19 Islamic religious fanatics of Middle Eastern descent wanted to
destroy what Americans stand for. They died in vain. But, the people
they murdered did not. Americans are now prouder, more committed to
stand together; united from Maine to Hawaii, from Alaska to Florida,
determined not to let any country, religion, or people steal our
freedoms. Americans will fight all evil-doers for the inalienable
right to live in our democracy. The battle cry of the United States
by an Airfone operator minutes before Flight 93 crashed.)
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