A short story on 9/11. Comments are welcome!

1. By Spencer Gilchrest

2. The morning of September 11, 2001 started off just like any
other day. Civilians and government officials were driving
to work, children were in school learning, and people on
the sidewalks stopped to get a glimpse of the famous
World Trade Center.

4. But then, without warning, the Twin Towers were attacked!
Two planes had been hijacked: Flight 11 and Flight 175.

5. George W. Bush was the president at this time. He had
visited an elementary school in Florida to tell children
how important education is. While he was listening to the
kids read to him, someone came and whispered into his
ear to tell him that the Twin Towers were attacked.

6. Over 2,000 people died that day….

7. ….and dozens more were injured.

8. Later, after the attacks, President Bush made a televised
speech. He promised the Americans that they would “hunt
down those responsible for these cowardly acts”.

9. The person behind the attack was Osama bin Laden, the
leader of al-Quaeda. For the next ten years, he was on the
FBI’s Most Wanted list until he was killed on May 2,
2011.

10. That night, dozens of spotlights were switched on to
remember the people who were killed in the attacks.

11. For weeks, funerals and memorials were held around the
country.

12. The attacks were especially hard on the children because
some of their parents were in the towers when they fell.

13. After 9/11, some movies were edited to show respect.
In the 2002 movie Spider-Man, a scene showing a stolen
helicopter getting caught in a web built in between the
Twin Towers by Spider-Man was deleted, but the scene at
the end of the movie that shows Spider-Man hanging on to
a flagpole was added in response to the attacks.

14. Here is the original movie poster and two other scenes from
the movie, Spider-Man. If you look closely on the poster,
you can see the Twin Towers reflecting off of Spider-
Man’s eyes.

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