911+(G1)

=September 11, 2001(9/11)=

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September 11, 2001 more commonly called “911” Is important because it was ultimately the second attack by terrorists on the world trade center or twin towers. Two planes were hijacked and crashed into the towers, and third plane was also hijacked and flew into the pentagon. One last plane was hijacked but was brought down by some brave passengers in the middle of no-where no one is sure where it was headed. 911 is important also because it was an attack by terrorists on native soil and it got us involved in Iraq and Afghanistan. Britain and France were even a bit shocked after hearing about the fall of the twin towers. Also with the fall of the world trade center conspiracy theorists are having a hay day. The only other times I can account that was this bad was the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese, and the assassination of JFK has it dug up so many theories. The twin Tower also brought on the anti-terrorism emotions and wars.

Critical Issue
==== The south tower was hit at 9:03 am on September 11, 2001. United Airline flight 175 was the plane that was crashed into the south tower. The reason the tower fell was that the twin towers were held up by thin metal that weaved and had fire proof spray on it. The plane got rid of the fire proof spray on the metal and the metal holding up the tower melted like butter in a microwave and then went straight down. The south tower was hit after the north tower hit floors 77- 85. The south tower tower unfortunately fell before the north even t hough it was hit after the north tower. On the 107th floor of the south tower was the world trade center observatories and on top of the top was a helicopter pad that was not used very often and the observatory deck that was open to the public. Tho se two were both popular tourist attractions. The south tower fell at 10:05am.

The north tower was hit at approximately 8:46 am on September 11, 2001. American Airlines flight 11 hit between floor 93 to floor 99. It fell for the same reason as the south due to the thin metal and the vanishing of the fire proofing done to help it stay in heat. The distance from each tower is around 60 meters apart from one another so people could easily see both get hit. The north tower fell at around an hour and 12 minutes after it was hit at 10:28 am.

Conclusion/Historical Significance
The collapse of the twin towers were significant to not only our history but important to basically the entire world. Most of our world trading was done in those buildings and it hurt some countries other than ours, Our congress our declared war on Iraq after the planes hit the the towers and killed thousands of Americans, and citizens from other countries. We are still in Iraq but we are slowly pulling out thanks to Barack Obama because he promised to do so before he was elected president. He

is up holding that promise to the American people.

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