Hi, my name is Ashley Hendricks with a Student Sound Off (scroll down to hear my commentary). On September 11, 2001 there were a series of terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York City. The Islamic extremist group hijacked four airplanes. The attack happened at 8:45 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. A second plane hit 18 minutes after. This was a devastating time in history.
A total of 2,996 people lost their lives that day, including 19 terrorist, 343 firefighters and paramedics and 23 New York City police officers.
The reason I chose this topic was because the anniversary of this attack just recently passed. At the time I was living in Brooklyn, NY. I didn't know what was going on because I was only four years old. After time past and I was old enough to understand what had transpired the tragedy was horrific. Knowing that innocent people lost their lives and family members could never get them back is even worse.
Click below to hear my 911 commentary:
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