How Did Tuesday 9/11 Changed

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“Tuesday 9/11/01” is the modern day, Pearl Harbor attack. Americans felt secure in their homeland, “That stuff only happens in middle eastern countries!”
“It’ll never happen here.” No terrorist group would ever dare attack America on her home soil. But on Tuesday September 11th of 2001, that mindset was forever changed. Planes were high jacked, buildings burned, fell, and thousands died, at the hands of sick people. One-day people went to sleep feeling secure, but the next night they stayed up wanting to find out whether or not their loved one made it or not. A young kissed her, firefighter, father good night, but the next night there was no longer a father there to kiss goodnight. Thousands of people’s lives were changed during the course

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