September 11, 2001 was a tragic time for the United States of America. There were 3 attacks in different places. The most memorable was the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. Al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization run by Osama Bin Laden, had his troops hijack four planes heading for different places of the U.S.  The very first attack on 9/11 occurred at 8:45 A.M., on the North Tower of the Twin Towers in New York City, New York. Then another plane attacked the South Tower of the Twin Towers at 9:03 A.M. At 10:06 the World Trade Center, which was the nation’s first response headquarters at the time, came crashing tragically down because of all the fire and heat that the plane crashes and the debris caused. Then, a third plane hit the western side of the Pentagon, the USA’s military force headquarters, at 9:37 A.M. A fourth plane was hijacked and headed to the White House, supposedly, but was overtaken by heroic passengers of the plane who crashed it into a rural field in Pennsylvania.

So I asked a few questions to some fellow St. Philip’s Students about this topic. When asked “Why do you think 9/11 is important?”,  Heather Dopke said, “I think it’s important because it shows us that anything could happen and that there are terrorists everywhere and we have to be careful. A lot of people died and we have to remember them.” I agree with her because it does shows us that we have to be more careful about our surroundings. Another great answer came from Mackenzie Grube who was born on 9/11. She said, “It’s important because it shows even though we got terrorized it shows that we have each other and love each other.” I agree with her because 9/11 did show that even though we were going through a bad time, we still were caring for each other and tried to save each other from getting killed.

Overall, 9/11 was important in many ways.  The tragic events of 9/11 have shown Americans that they need to modernize, especially in the airports.

Works Cited

http://www.history.com/topics/flight-93