What Happened on 9/11- An Overview
Saanvi Kunisetty
September 11th, 2001 began as an ordinary day, just like any other. In fact, the weather was beautiful- bright, blue skies and scintillating sunlight. That was all going to change, because the Taliban group, led by Usamah Bin-Laden, orchestrated an attack on America that involved hijacking four planes. The first plane, Flight 11, was hijacked and flown into the North Tower. All the people aboard the plane perished. A few members had come to know that the plane was hijacked. Some members contacted family, while others contacted Airlines personnel. In the planes that were to later be hijacked, someone would even contact 911. President Bush, who was at that time visiting an elementary school in Florida, was alerted of the so-called “accident.” When the North Tower was first attacked, people were concerned for those in the building, but no one was particularly afraid. Everyone thought that it was an accident- an odd one, but still an accident. But after the second hijacked flight flew into the South Tower, killing all aboard, people panicked frantically. First responders were now hurriedly saving all the survivors they could and evacuating people as people of the area rushed out. President Bush was, once again, informed, and this time it was as clear as ever- our nation was under attack. The President was rushed onto a plane to be evacuated to a safe spot, and the Vice President of that time was evacuated to an emergency area beneath the White House. A third hijacked plane then crashed into the Pentagon, destroying one of the rings, and killing all the aboard passengers, as well as many military individuals stationed at that location. The fourth and final plane was believed to be heading for either the Capitol or the White House, but that remains unknown. The fourth plane that was hijacked was taken over by the passengers aboard, and crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, some 20 minutes from Washington DC. Later that night, President Bush delivered a speech to the entire nation about the tragedy that had occurred that day. From now on, America would remain a different nation, more wounded, but more united than ever before.
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