The twin towers going down in flames does not sound like a beautiful sight, and they was not. September 11, 2001, was caused by terrorism, which was started to increase in the 1960s but has occurred throughout history. Terrorisms acts of violence on an opposing country to scare the country and is the usually targeted against innocent victims and symbolic locations. Not just the falling of the twin towers but multiple things happened on September 11. Osama ben Laden’s group, AlQaeda, hijacked four planes. One was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., another one of them crashed in Western Pennsylvania, and the other two crashed into the World Trade Center Complex in New York City. The southwest side of the Pentagon was damaged along with the twin towers destroyed a total of about 3,000 lives were taken that day which does not include the 266 lives of people on the airplanes. Many firefighters risked and lost their lives helping rescue people. America has been affected dramatically by this terrorist attack. Not only did it cost the government a lot of money for the rebuilding of buildings but also lives of people we love. We Americans mourned deeply and still do when that time of the year comes around. More people are scared to go on airplanes or into large cities now because of the fear a tragedy like this may happen again which most of us dread. Out of all the sorrow and negative aspects of September eleventh, September had a few benefits to it. We proved to ourselves and other nations our country is strong and will stick together in times of disaster. That day also made many people be more appreciative and thankful for their own and family’s lives. September eleventh has helped me be thankful for such a great country I live