Today we went to the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. When we got there we had a guest speaker who told us about the day that 9/11 happened, and how he had to fly president Bush from The Pentagon to The White House. Before Mr. Bush had arrived he heard that the North Twin Tower had been hit by a plane and then 15 minutes later a second plane flew into the south tower. He said that before the president had arrived he had to go to the helicopter pad and start the helicopter. As he was setting up for the president he heard on the radio that an airplane had crashed into the Pentagon. When he was finishing up he noticed that there was burning paper and ashes floating through the air around him. When he was ready he went back to the Pentagon to see if the radio was right, and sure enough it was. He had just seen the destruction caused by the terrorist gang know as Alquada.
When we had a chance to go and witness the memorial it was much different than we all expected. When we got to look at the ages of the people that had been killed and their names it felt like we had been there at that time. When we looked at the year our parents were born and traced the date back to the people that had died the day of the attack it was very eye opening because we were all wondering what it would be like if our parents were harmed in that attack. In school they always talk about the number of casualties and just the basics of what happened. But when we talked to someone who witnessed it first hand it was a whole different experience.
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