On September 11, 2001,2 planes were hijacked by terrorist causing 343 american citizens to die.Two of the planes were flew into the twin towers that really hurt new york citizens.The twin towers were really important to them because people of new york grew up seeing the buildings so it really hurt people seeing them go down.Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and including Washington Dc and more than 400 police officers and firefighters.The third plane crashed the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.People felt frightened and didn't know what to do at the time.The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations.They reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist organizations.Nobody ever thought he was going to do a big thing as he did so everyone was really surprised.In less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve center of the U.S. military, the horror in New York took a catastrophic turn for the worse when the south tower of the twin towers collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke.At 7 p.m.President George Bush,who had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House.
