What do you remember about 9/11? Besides where you were?
I was teaching an ESL class in southern Florida. I stepped out of one class, saw there was a fuss, but didn't think it was anything big at the time....then taught another class.
My second break...I realized it was something big.
15 Facts we should remember about that September day.
1. 3,030 people were killed
2. 2,337 people were injured
3. 343 New York firefighters and paramedics lost their lives
4. 75 of New York's finest lost theirs
5. 115 nations lost one of their citizens
6. 3,051 children lost a parent
7. 39 was the age of the oldest person killed that day.
8. One in five Americans knew someone who was killed or hurt that day. I am one of the four in five.
9. 1.5 million tons of debris was removed
10. December 19th, 99 days after the fact, the fires of the WTC and Pentagon finally went out.
11. 188 people died at the Pentagon - 124 on the ground, 64 on American Airlines Flight 77. 64 people were injured.
12. 92 people died on American Airlines Flight 11 when it hit the World Trade Center North Tower
13. 65 people died on United Airlines Flight 175 when it hit the World Trade Center South Tower
14. 40 people died on United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, PA
15. Our military is still fighting the battle that was started that day.
I would have to disagree with #15. The US military is fighting a war created by the US administration - but that has nothing to do with 9/11. Remember: Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq had ANYTHING to do with 9/11 whatsoever. Not even the guys who supposedly planned or carried out the attacks were from there.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 28, 2007 4:09 PM | Permalink to Comment