Everybody knows what happened on 9-11, right?

The truth is most of my peers, I was born after 2001, don't.

They almost certainly don't know why it happened.

Most probably don't even know who did it.

Such things aren't taught in schools now.

So here's what took place on that Faithful Tuesday,

with the United States of America did about it

and why it's one of the most important days in American history.

September 11, 2001, began as a beautiful morning

on the East Coast.

America was at peace, not embroiled in any foreign war.

Passengers boarded their early flights, headed to business meetings,

or to visit relatives across the country.

Tragically, they were not the only ones who boarded planes that morning.

19 Islamic terrorists organized by the terrorist group

that calls itself al-Qaeda, directed by its leader Osama bin Laden

and drawn from four Arab countries also boarded planes that morning.

All of the planes, the terrorists were split among four of them,

or cross-country flights.

Their tanks were full to capacity with jet fuel.

Within an hour after takeoff,

these 19 terrorists would hijack the planes,

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