9/11 Research Paper

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Imagine a 747 plane crashing through the side of a building causing mass chaos, injury, and death. This is exactly what happened on September 11th 2001. A 747 plane crashed into the side of the north twin tower setting fire to the biggest skyscrapers. Following this another plane crashed into the adjessent south tower. No one was prepared, people were running for their lives, jumping out of the sides of the tower, and worst of all people lost their lives. How could anyone have predicted this was going to happen? Following these events the nation was divided by race religion and color. Not only did the events that happened at the twin towers have a major loss of life but the events after left the country in fear. In the events after the 9/11

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