Remebering September Eleventh
Remebering September Eleventh
On September 11 America witnessed the worst tragedy it has ever seen. As Americans we think that we have freedom and that we are secure, but the truth is, were not. In a span of no more that three hours, America was brought to its knees with a powerful blow from a group of terrorists. Planes going to California started crashing into buildings in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania the country was under attack. The very thing that makes America the greatest county in the world was under attack, our freedom. Word started getting out and people were in shock and more so in disbelief. I personally heard about it when I was in school and I refused to believe what I was being told. Every news and radio station was covering the breaking news. Even regular channels paused their programming to cover the situation at hand. As the day progressed more and more information was coming out about who was behind this horrible act. With the missing count in the thousands in New York and the death count already in the hundreds in Washington the terrorists had us in a choke hold. All of out nations airspace was closed, airports were shut down and businesses were closed.
These attacks had literally shut down our country. People had been calling loved ones that were in the World Trade Center only to find that their cell phones would not work because the main antennas were situated on top of the Twin Towers. Dozens of New York firefighters and police officers had rushed into the towers before they collapsed and were feared to be dead. Entire companies were lost during the collapses. As news stations started showing video of the events this fantasy became a reality for everybody around the country. Americans across that nation were starting to come together and show a great deal of patriotism. We all started to come together and comport each other. The mayor of New York Rudolf Juliani was and has been amazingly supportive and helpful in our time of need. Thousands of people were left out of jobs and in desperate need of money. The families of victims were also flocking to the armory in New York to...