It was a beautiful foggy Tuesday morning. Until chaos falls at hands. It is exactly 8:45 am, when an American Airline Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact made a gaping in the 80th floor of the 110 story skyscraper instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in the higher floors. Within minutes one of the workers in the South Tower Building sees a second plane going at a massive speed over 400 mph. That is when the second Boeing 767 - United Airlines Flight 175- turned sharply toward the World Trade Center and sliced into the South Tower near the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion the showered burning debris over surrounding building and the streets below.Both of the planes had been hijacked by Saudi fugitive Osama Bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist organization. Before these crashes/ impacts happened many people called home and told them there final words. Over 10,000 calls were made in 10 minutes. Many people that were called were even more devastated because they were to busy to answer their phones. There was a total of 400 fighters, but 343 of them didn't make it.As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., and slammed into the west side of The Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building. All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner. More than 3,000 people died.
Reflection:
My feelings towards this chaos is really devastating and touching. Every time i hear this story I always wonder why someone so cruel would do this to many innocent people who had lovely families and they didn't even get a chance to say Goodbye or tell them their final words.
The Pentagon 
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