September 11, 2001 – a date carved into history
             'Oh my God!' screamed passer-bys as thousands of people came running out of the World Trade Centre, New York – the WTC. New York City has never been in such a depressing situation. Screams of horror and cries for help filled the town as two hijacked airplanes plunged one after the other into the WTC. This event that caused one of the most important buildings in the world to come crashing down, shocked the world. September 11, 2001 was marked as a date carved into history. It was as if World War III was at its beginning, or as Republican Senator Chuck Hagel quoted, "This is this generation's Pearl Harbour".
             New York City was in a chaotic situation. At 8:45am, the American Airlines Flight 11 plunged into north of the WTC while the United Airlines Flight 175 plunged into south of the building 18 minutes later. The two hijacked planes that crashed into the WTC caused several explosions and resulted huge flames in the building. Parts of the building were rumbling down on to the ground, injuring an estimated 1500 passer-bys. On the ground of the 110 stories high building, people with burnt faces and bodies were moving around like the walking dead. Thousands of office workers working in the Lower Manhattan financial district burnt to death while some died jumping off the WTC hoping to get a chance of life. Hundreds of people were burnt from head to toe . Emergency personnel such as police officers, medical officers and fire fighters filled the site as they tried to help the injured victims. Borders with Canada and Mexico were closed. Flights were grounded for the first time in history . No airplanes were allowed to take off at that time as ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration. The CIA headquarters and public buildings such as markets, schools and theme parks were evacuated. The Kennedy Space Centre was shut down. The US capitol and the West ...