Throughout America and across the world memorial ceremonies were held to honor the events of September 11, 2001.
Twenty years ago two hijacked airliners made New York’s World Trade Center towers fall. In Arlington County, Virginia another commandeered plane took a suicide plunge into the Pentagon. And over Pennsylvania passengers and crew of Flight 93 fought with their hijackers in an unsuccessful attempt to regain control of the airplane. Which ended up crashing into a Shanksville field.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed that day. It was the worst terrorist attack ever on US soil.
The event truly changed the world forever. Before September 11, 2001, America had not been as hard-hit by the growing terrorist attacks experienced by England, Italy, Spain, and our other allies. Suddenly terrorists were attacking us here. And 9/11 was just the beginning.
It was the start of two costly wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Foreign policy was adjusted. The attacks marked the start of the war on terrorism. Rules were rewritten. And in America, nothing would ever be the same again.
