I will never forget the morning of September 11, 2001. I was home sick and sleeping in my bed when my Father came in my room and woke me up. His eyes were wide and I could tell something was wrong. He told me a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center and quickly turned on my little television to Fox News. We sat on the edge of the bed and he told me he suspected terrorists because of the previous attack. That's when the second plane hit and my Father looked at me with rage and said get dressed and meet me downstairs, America is under attack.
There were a total of 2,996 deaths, including the 19 hijackers and 2,977 victims. The victims were distributed as follows: 246 on the four planes (from which there were no survivors), 2,606 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. All the deaths in the attacks were civilians except for 55 military personnel killed at the Pentagon. More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.
“Our enemies have made the mistake that America’s enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat."
President George W. Bush
