THE FALL OF THE TWIN TOWERS

INTRODUCTION

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, THERE WERE A SERIES OF COORDINATED ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA BY A GROUP OF AL QAEDA TERRORISTS, A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. FOUR
PLANES WERE HIJACKED: TWO PLANES HIT THE TWIN TOWERS, ONE PLANE HIT THE PENTAGON, AND
ONE PLANE WAS SUPPOSED TO HIT CAPITAL HILL BUT MISSED IT.

TWIN TOWERS

TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ATTACK ON THE TWIN TOWERS. THE TWIN TOWERS WERE THE
WORD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK AND THEY WERE IN MANHATTAN. THEY WERE TWO EQUAL
SKYSCRAPERS OF 110 FLOORS AND 410 METERS HIGH THAT WERE INAUGURATED IN 1973. ON
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, A FIRST PLANE WITH 80 PASSENGERS HIT THE NORTH TOWER OF THE TWIN
TOWERS AT 8:50. AFTER 20 MINUTES A SECOND PLANE WITH 50 PASSENGERS HIT THE SOUTH TOWER. IN
TWO HOURS BOTH TOWERS COLLAPSED KILLING THE PASSENGERS OF THE PLANES, THE PEOPLE IN THE
TOWERS, MANY FIREFIGHTERS, MANY POLICEMEN AND EVEN PEOPLE NEAR THE TOWERS.

VICTIMS AND HEROES

ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE DIED IN THIS ATTACK, OF WHOM 250 WERE AIRCRAFT PASSENGERS, AND 350 WERE
FIREFIGHTERS. ONLY 23 PEOPLE WERE EXTRACTED ALIVE FROM THE RUBBLE OF THE TOWERS. THERE
WERE ALSO MANY HEROES WHO SAVED PEOPLE, SUCH AS WILLIAM RODRIGEZ, A NORMAL CITIZEN WHO
ENTERED THE SOUTH TOWER THREE TIMES TO HELP THE FIREFIGHTERS OR RICK RESCORLA, BROUGHT
MORE THAN 2700 PEOPLE OUT OF THE TOWER BUT DIED WHEN THE TOWER FELL.

OSAMA BIN LADEN

THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ATTACK IS OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE HEAD OF THE AL-QAEDA
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. BIN LADEN WANTED TO PUNISH THE UNITED STATES FOR ITS POLICY
AGAINST ARAB COUNTRIES. OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS IN FACT ONE OF THE MAIN ENEMIES OF THE
UNITED STATES AND IN FACT WILL BE KILLED IN 2011 BY AMERICAN FORCES IN PAKISTAN.

THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL

TO REMEMBER THIS SAD EVENT A MONUMENT WAS CREATED IN THE PLACE WHERE THE TWIN TOWERS
WERE. THIS MONUMENT CALLED THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL WAS INAUGURATED WITH
AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2011, ON THE OCCASION OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE ATTACKS ON THE TWIN TOWERS AND CONSISTS OF TWO POOLS WITH ARTIFICIAL WATERFALLS.
ALONG THE EDGES OF THE POOLS ARE WRITTEN THE NAMES OF ALL THE VICTIMS ON BRONZE PLATES.

THE MEMORIAL SERVES TO KEEP ALIVE THE MEMORY FOR THE AMERICANS AND FOR THE WHOLE
WORLD OF WHAT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS EVENT BECAUSE MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE DIED