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There are some
men that decided that they didn’t like what America stands
for: freedom, liberty, and the rights of men and women of all races,
backgrounds, and beliefs. So on that morning, they hijacked four
planes and attacked America in a terrible way.
Two of the airplanes
were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. The third
plane was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington,
D.C. The last plane was going to crash into another building in
Washington, D.C., but the passengers stopped the hijackers, and
the plane crashed into a field instead.
Thousands of
people lost their lives through these attacks. Hundreds of people
were on the planes. Thousands died in the buildings that were hit
by those planes.
The men that
arranged this terrible attack want Americans to feel afraid and
disorganized. They want to make Americans do what they say by threatening
us. Basically they’re big bullies.
That’s why
it’s important for Americans to join together and help each other.
There are
many ways
to do this.
- You can read
about What’s Going On and talk about
it with your family and friends.
- You can
show that you are proud to be an American by wearing red, white,
and blue or hanging a flag in
your window.
- You can help
raise money to help the families of the people that died in
the attacks, or you can write letters
to the people that are helping put New York City and Washington,
D.C. back together again.
The people of
the United States are a strong group of people. Keep faith in who
you are and what our country stands for and we will become even
stronger than before.
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