This article is about the 15th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. On September 11th 2001, over 2,996 people died in terrorist attacks from an Islamic terrorist group, al-Qaeda. The Pentagon and world trade center were hit by hijacked planes, and another was heading for the white house before hitting the ground. The passengers on that white house plane heroically stopped the plane from hitting it. The costs to repair all of the damages took over three trillion dollars. Today President Obama held a moment of silence at 8:46 Eastern time for the victims, and many Americans took time out of their day to think about the attacks.
I was too young to remember the attacks, but it's by far the most famous date in American history. It is a terrible tragedy, and it is so hard to watch video footage of it. I took an elective in middle school studying this specific event, and it was pretty horrifying to hear personal stories about it. It's a day that changed many people's minds about security threats and Islam. This event was huge and impactful, but there aren't that many other cases in the past 15 years of Islamic terrorism happening on American soil. There are many more cases of domestic gun violence than that. I can understand though how people can think that that kind of terrorism is more prominent because of the scale of this attack. Airline security has gotten a lot better since 9/11, because of the outcry. The bigger implication of this 15 year anniversary is that people really aren't going to forget for some time. This case of terrorism hurt the American economy and killed so many more lives than most terrorist attacks. It also showed resilience for the city of New York, and the bravery of those men on the plane headed towards the White house. I wish that people didn't use this case to support the fact that Islamic terrorism is an imminent threat because this was quite some time ago, and a lot has changed. Most cases of terrorism in the U.S would be prevented if we fixed our gun control issues, in my opinion. Rest in peace to all of those lost in these attacks, and even though I have nothing to remember, I will never forget.
I was too young to remember the attacks, but it's by far the most famous date in American history. It is a terrible tragedy, and it is so hard to watch video footage of it. I took an elective in middle school studying this specific event, and it was pretty horrifying to hear personal stories about it. It's a day that changed many people's minds about security threats and Islam. This event was huge and impactful, but there aren't that many other cases in the past 15 years of Islamic terrorism happening on American soil. There are many more cases of domestic gun violence than that. I can understand though how people can think that that kind of terrorism is more prominent because of the scale of this attack. Airline security has gotten a lot better since 9/11, because of the outcry. The bigger implication of this 15 year anniversary is that people really aren't going to forget for some time. This case of terrorism hurt the American economy and killed so many more lives than most terrorist attacks. It also showed resilience for the city of New York, and the bravery of those men on the plane headed towards the White house. I wish that people didn't use this case to support the fact that Islamic terrorism is an imminent threat because this was quite some time ago, and a lot has changed. Most cases of terrorism in the U.S would be prevented if we fixed our gun control issues, in my opinion. Rest in peace to all of those lost in these attacks, and even though I have nothing to remember, I will never forget.
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