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On September 11, 2001, something bad happened. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. It destroyed the world’s two largest building. 9/11 is also a very important event in U.S. history because it took lots of lives, affected the U.S., and changed lots of people’s lives.
9/11 took a lot of lives. It was 8:45 Tuesday Morning. Two Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia high jacked an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel. The first plane crashed into the North Tower of the world Trade Center. When they hit the building, it left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper. When all this happened, it shocked everybody in New York and the whole United States. People that were in the building that plane crashed into, people started jumping out of the building from the 80th floor. So I know they died instead of trying to find another way to get out. The people that were watching the other people jump, they were freaking out. And as the people were jumping out of the building, the others were trying to find a way out. Some people were trying to get out by going down the stairway because the elevators were not working. Then a few minutes later, another plane crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. After the plane crashed into the South Tower, the North Tower collapsed. When the tower collapsed, everybody and everything that was around the World Trade Center was covered in dust. Everything looked Disastrous. While the Trade Centers were getting destroyed, another plane had flown into the Pentagon building in Washington D.C. Another plane was going to crash into the White House, but somebody on the plane stopped the high jackers. The reason why they were going t...

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...ves that day, from either getting killed or trying to save somebody’s else life.

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