An awakening to the eyes of America. A terrorist attack that affected and killed so many people. A vast sea of sadness. A..., “Just get to the point already!” “Okay Okay. You don’t need to get pushy about this. Sorry about that guy.” This event goes by many names but is most commonly known as 9/11. The event has brought lives upside down. My mom is a Primary Witness of 9/11. Quoting from an email she wrote to me, “It was one hell of a day.” So let’s go back 19 years, 8 months, and 2 weeks. Here are 2 links to some YouTube videos to watch.

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How did 9/11 happen? 

It started when Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda organization sent 19 men to hijack 4 planes, 5 on each. It was a usual Tuesday morning. Things were great until the planes were hijacked. The first attack happened at 8:46 Am when an American Airlines Boeing plane from Boston to Las Angelus struck the north tower of the WTC. The plane crashed around the 80th floor of the 110 story skyscraper, Instantly killing hundreds and trapping hundreds.  At 9:03 AM another Boeing flight hit the South Tower of the WTC at around the 60th floor. With a massive explosion, it was clear, America was under attack. 9:37 AM another Boeing plane was circling downtown Washington DC, then crashing into the Pentagon building leaving a devastating inferno in the concrete building. 9:59 Am back in NYC the south tower of WTC collapses in about 10 seconds. The time between both attacks and the WTC collapsing is 102 minutes. At 10:03 AM another Boeing plane from Newark NJ to San Francisco crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. 10:23 AM back in NYC the north tower of the WTC collapses. The crashes at the WTC killed 2,753 people. The crash in the pentagon killed 184 people. The Pennsylvania crash killed 40 people. In total 2,977 people were killed in the attacks. It is estimated that it took $500,000 to plan 9/11. Credit to WION for this research. In 2012 Former President Barack Hussein Obama II announced that Osama Bin Laden had been Terminated in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Obama called it Justice, but was it Justice? 

Why did 9/11 give people cancer?

The day of 9/11 killed 2,977 people but it also gave people cancer. You are probably asking yourself, Why did 9/11 give people cancer? 9/11 gave people cancer because of the debris. The cancers you got from it were Blood cancer, or skin cancer. Mostly, the first responders got it, but you should probably get tested for cancer if you were at the 9/11 attack. Remember kids, Cancer is something that tears people apart, and it does not care if you are it just gets you, anyway back to 9/11. Many people died from 9/11 cancer and this is a chart that shows all deaths of the first responders up to 2008.

The 98 deaths up to 2008 included 55 cancers 21 traumatic injuries (motor-vehicle crashes, gunshots, and five homicides, including four cops killed in the line of duty) 12 heart disease, including 10 heart attacks 2 sarcoidosis 1 polyneuropathy (neurological disorder) 1 pneumonia 1 granuloma pneumonitis 1 alcoholism 1 amyloidosis (bone marrow disorder) 1 kidney disease

How did 9/11 affect the next 2 decades?

On 9/11 many things changed according to history.com one example is that the war on terror began furthermore anti-Muslim violence grew a lot along with increased airport security, increased survalince and because of this America was safer but altered. On the other hand in 2014 the new World trade center was created, with 102 floors it is the tallest building on the continent. The ride going up the new world trade center is really cool and going down is even cooler. When you go down you get a full tour of NYC. 9/11 created a new type of war. 

Cya