The attack of the World Trade Center

By Leon Buengel

'There is no belief in God, on whom one can rely to justify such crimes'

The day of the attack started well. Blue sky. The sun was shining. The morning seemed to be innocent. But in that morning more than 3000 people lost their lives.

8:45 An airplane (Boing 767) was hijacked by a terrorist and flew at a flying speed of 700 km/h on the 96th floor of the World Trade Center's north tower. In the moment of hitting against the tower the airplane exploded and a huge fireball went out of the tower. Parts of the broken plane fell to the ground and killed passer's by. The tower swayed like it never had. The people in the tower burnt, because of the heat and the Kerosin of the airplane made everything melt. Even the lifts with the people inside.

9:02 Another hijacked airplane (Boing 767) flew at a top speed of 700 km/h in direction of the south tower. A tragedy because there were still over 31.000 liters of Kerosene in the plane. Here the people burnt after the impact of the plane. Everything burnt. Experts later found out that the force of the impact was more than 32.600 Kilonewton. The south tower swayed very much too, but one stairwall wasn't destroyed by the impact so some people could leave that horrible place. The rest were immediately killed or burnt until they were dead.

9:35 An airplane flew into the Pentagon, the most important military headquarters of the North-Americans. Luckily, only some people were killed and a little part of the Pentagon was destroyed.

10:02 Another hijacked plane exploded in Pittsburgh. The objective wasn't clear, as some people in the airplane attacked the terrorists so they couldn't complete their plan. The terorrists were Arab. Some people think that they got their money from Osama Bin Laden but we can't know for certain.

10:05 The South Tower broke down. The North tower 13 minutes later. Both of the towers buried many people under them.

After the attack many things changed. The fire brigade has the number 911 on their cars and if you want to call the police you have to phone 911.

One month after the attack the United States and the British Empire started a military attack against Afghanistan.

Here are some opinions of the people after the attack :

-Before my eyes, a part of our floor broke down . I managed to get out of the stairwell. A few minutes later, everything collapsed.

-Building parts were flying through the air, broken glass, paper was everywhere. Suddenly I saw the landing gear of an airplane crash on the road.

-A man and a woman jumped together hand in hand from the flame into the depth. A cruel picture.