911 Memorial
911 Attack
The September 11
attack ( also referred as 911) 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 , including more
than 400 police officers and firefighters, and caused at least $10 billion in
property and infrastructure damage.
Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorist
so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. Two of the planes
were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and
Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The
attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction.
Unfortunately, there were not many survivors to find: Two
firemen were pulled from their trunks in a cavity beneath some wreckage, and a
few people were pinned who at the edge of the pile. By September 12 , workers
had rescued all of the people who were trapped at the site.
The Twin Towers
The towers were massive. The North Tower rose 1,368 feet – 1,730 feet
with a large
antenna – and the South Tower stood 1,362-feet high. Views extended 45
miles
or more from the top of the towers in every direction – far enough to
see all five
New York City boroughs, New Jersey and Connecticut. Each weighed more
than
250,000 tons and contained 99 elevators and 21,800 windows. Each floor
was an acre
in size and there was enough concrete in the towers to build a
five-foot-wide sidewalk
from New York City to Washington, DC. The World Trade Center (WTC) was
a 16-acre commercial complex in lower Manhattan
that contained seven buildings, a large plaza, and an underground
shopping mall that connected six of the buildings. The centerpieces of the
complex were the Twin Towers.
On September 11, 2001, the entire complex was destroyed in a terrorist
attack that has
come to be referred to as “9/11.”
The 911 Memorial Museum
The 911 Memorial museum honors the memory of those killed in
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the February 26, 1993 World
Trade Center bombing. In doing so, it aspires to educate the millions of people
expected to visit the World Trade Center each year in hopes of building a
better future.
My Thoughts
I think that this was a disaster for all the family members
that lost some one in the attacks. The day of the strike on the twin towers I
was at least 1 year old so I don’t remember anything well technically I didn’t
know about the attack.
“Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there’s
so much to smile about.”
Reflection: what this quote means that life is worth living
for because it is beautiful. But when you don’t smile at the world than what
are you really living, you’re really not living when you don’t smile. Life is
worth a smiling for and every day you don’t smile is a lost day of your life
lost forever. When you don’t smile you are either depressed or sad but you can’t
spend all your life like that can you, smile every once in a while and you may
just experience something good that day. Every time life hits you with
something bad you just have to get up and turn that sadness upside down. When
you smile it feels good it feels like a great day and no one can change it
around. Because when you smile you feel happy you just feel like you can take
on the world. Having a smile can change the point of view that some one looks
at you.so be happy because life is worth a smile.
