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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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