Remembering 9/11: America's Darkest Day

September 11, 2001 was a life changing event for everyone in America and we will always remember the lives that were taken from us that day. On September 11, 2001 The terrorist group Al Qaeda decided to strike in four important places around the U.S causing the deaths of almost 3,000 people. Everyone will remember that day as the worst incident of terrorism in the United States history. Muslims have been a target to people ever since 9/11, people are afraid of them and consider all of them terrorists.

One of the attacks on September 11, 2001 in America was in New York City, on the North and South Twin Towers. The first plane, American Airlines Flight eleven with eighty seven passengers crashed into the North Tower. Minutes later United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower with sixty passengers aboard the plane. Within thirty minutes after the first hijacked plane crashed. Everything was closed from local bridges, to all tunnels, to highways and airports. Everything was shut down. In addition, all American planes were to land immediately because no one knew which planes had hijackers aboard. 3,000 people died in New York that due to the horrible events, also only 15,000 people out of the 17,400 people evacuated safely out of the Twin Towers. Who

September 11 was a scary day for people and their families, but even now the immigration of more muslims scares people considering their history with terrorism. According to the article 9/11 to now: Ways we have changed says “In 2002, the number of tourist visas given to Pakistani citizens fell almost 70 percent and immigrant visas dropped more than 40 percent compared to 2001.” That shows that before the attacks on September 11 happened America was giving out more visas than after 9/11 happened. Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness is a way to honor the lives we lost on that tragic