September 11

       This was a very tragic day for the United States. The United States was under attack by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. There was four parts to this attack. The attack first began with the twin towers in New York. At 8:46 am the first plane crashed into the North tower. Then South tower at 9:03 am. About 56 minutes later of burning the South tower collapsed. 29 minutes later the North tower collapsed. In this event about 2,606 people died and about 157 from the planes. Another plane was hijacked and crashed into the pentagon in Washington D.C. The plane was crashed into the Western side of the pentagon at 9:37 am. 129 civilians, the 5 terrorists, and 55 military personnel who were in the building were killed. Another attack was also suppose to happen but the passengers found out about what was going on and attacked the terrorists. the plane landed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. All passengers died as well as the terrorists. The plane was intended to crash in Washington D.C. It was to crash into either the White House or the Capitol..