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Topic- 9/11 From the Point of View of A Teacher

Interview Subject- Rick Johns (My Father)

September 11th, 2001 was just a normal day up until 8:46 when a commercial airplanes hit the North building of the World Trade Center. These organized suicide attack were by al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda is a terrorist Islamic group made between 1988 and 1989. The al-Qaeda has attacked many targets, civilian and military, in many different countries. Obviously their most infamous attack was the bombing of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, which caused the deaths of 2995 people, including the hijackers.

The attack started early morning on September 11th, when 19 al-Qaeda members hijacked 4 commercial airliners that were in route for San Francisco and Los Angles from Boston, Newark, and Washington D.C. At 8:46 AM American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the North Twin Tower. Later at 9:03 AM the South Twin Tower was attacked similarly by American Airlines Flight 175. The damage was catastrophic, and not restorable. Another group of hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 77 into The Pentagon at 9:37. The fourth and final flight, American Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03. The attacks caused widespread panic throughout the United States and a huge scare of terrorists.

The attacks on the World Trade Center impacted american citizens very much. The American government has become more aware of the terrorist groups that are out there and how to stop them. Also in airports, the security became much more tight and tough to get through. It is impossible to get into a plane nowadays with something that could cause any sort of damage to the plane or the people inside of it. But, sadly americans have become much more scared of these terrorist groups and the power they have.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv4s3fn8jDc Video on the 9/11 attacks.