American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center's North Tower. Then, seventeen minutes later United Airlines Flight 175 flies into the World Trade Center's South Tower. Thirty-four minutes after that, American Airlines Flight 77 hits the Pentagon in the nation's capital. And finally, twenty-six minutes after the Pentagon is hit, United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into the ground in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The Twin Towers eventually collapse and the western side of the Pentagon goes up in violent flames.
The world has transcended. Nineteen hijackers had ended the lives of nearly 3,000 people on this terrible day. Over 2,000 alone in just New York. But out of the worst of humanity came the best of humanity. The terrorists may have taken 2,977 innocent lives on 9/11, but they couldn't take our unity. Our honor. The terroists tried to pick America apart, but instead they brought everybody together. Everyone helped each other and no one hurt anybody. If some dropped a magazine in public, five people would immediately be there to help them. They couldn't take America.
While the images of the Twin Towers collapsing, the Pentagon burning, and the 44 people on Flight 93 courageously overpowering the hijackers for the good of their country still burn in my memory, the thing that I (and probably most Americans) take out of this is the unbelievable unity. There was no crime in New York for a week. Unheard of. And the planes were back up in four days at Logan Airport. Also the memorial building in New York will be the new tallest building in the United States. We are not afraid. They can't take our security, our honor, our pride. We are one. The two airplanes, United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11, that crashed into the World Trade Center are exactly what we are United and American.
Very nice tribute to those lost on such a horrible day.
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