On September 11, 2001, 19 suicide bombers from the Islamic
group al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial planes and carried out their suicide
attacks against in the United States. Hitting the World Trade Center in New
York City and the Pentagon, in Washington D.C Of the four planes two hit the
twin towers, one the Pentagon and the last in a field in Pennsylvania. Over
3,000 people were killed during this tragic event, which triggered major U.S.
initiatives against terrorism. This was a dark day for all of the United
States, lots of people were lost, and we were definitely defeated that day. We
were knocked down, but that is not the moment that we will remember, we will
remember what we did after, how we got back up. What we do to recover what was lost;
obviously somethings can never be recovered, to make sure this never happens
again, this is what we need to remember. Take a moment to process what happened
and be happy for what we have today.