The hijacking and destruction of several planes and buildings rocked the world on September 11, 2001. One of these planes collided into the north building of the World Trade Towers in lower Manhattan, destroying it. Americans and millions around the globe watched these atrocities while wondering if their family member or friend was on that plane or managed to escape millions of tons of concrete that fell on while they were at work. At around 8:00 in the …
showed first 75 words of 672 total

showed last 75 words of 672 total
…out windows on top of the world. Americans stared at their televisions in awe of such a horrific event. The hijacking of the Boeing 767 orchestrated by terrorists, the destruction of the symbol of American Capitalism, and the deaths of perhaps thousands of innocent people touched those who witnessed it. People all around the world have stopped for a moment of silence in respect for this tragedy and all the lives lost and those still unaccounted.