A Short Story :Do You Understand?

The president of the United States emerged from the north White House Lawn to the waiting press and cameras. With a brief smile and wave, he looked down at the scripted message written by his staff and personally edited to fit the mood of the nation about the incident at the resort and national security of the nation. It was going to be a monumental day. He looked up once more with a dire countenance this time...

Lastly, the fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The flight that crashed was United 93. The hijackers intended to hit the white house, but passengers rebelled against the hijackers because they were concerned about the president's safety.(complex). Many passengers called family members to tell them what was happening. Forty people were killed in the crash. (simple)

While civilians watched the North Tower disappear in the mist of smoke another plane was enroute towards the World Center after also being

At 8:10, a 1,800-pound bomb smashed through the deck of the battleship USS Arizona and landed in her forward ammunition magazine. The ship

Then the first plane came in close, too close. The next thing we knew there was a huge ball of smoke and ash coming from the first tower. The first plane had hit! We had no idea what to do, so we just watched.

It felt like forever had passed, but as I kept looking up at the clock, I realized it had only been a few minutes from since we first reached the huge break room tables. My supervisor finally went up to the front of the break room and through his tears, he managed to inform us that hijackers had taken over airplanes and collided them into the Twin Towers in New York City. So much silence filled the room; you could hear a pin drop. Everybody’s blank and puzzled gazes twisted into an afraid and horrified look, like they had just seen a ghost appear. Mr. Smith, the vice president of the company, told us not to fear too much, New York is a long way away from us. Not one person moved an inch. There were looks of horror and shock throughout the break room. A few seconds of quietness passed when finally Mrs. Smith turned on the televisions in the break room. The only thing I saw was smoke, dust, haze, torn clothing, buildings on fire, and people running around trying to take cover. My mind will never forget that picture, it still feels like it happened just yesterday. We all sat completely horrified in fear as everyone pondered if we would

explosions rumbled from within and tore her apart. Lifeboats were deployed but to no avail as chaos

Nearly thirty minutes after the terrorists launched their take over, the passengers charged the cockpit door. The hijackers attempted knocking the passengers off balance by pitching the nose of the airplane up and down. The passengers did not give up; they continued their assault until the hijacker knew they were about to break through. The flight was going over Shanksville, Pennsylvania and the pilot decided to aim the airplane going 580 miles per hour into an abandoned field only about twenty minutes from its original target, Washington, D.C. where they planned on attacking the White House (CNN).

Hit it’s target. The Pentagon headquarters was hit at 9:45 am on the west side. This plane was

"On the short walk from the motorcade to the classroom, Karl Rove mentioned that an airplane had crashed into the World Trade Centre. That sounded strange. I envisioned a little propeller plane horribly lost," writes Bush.

As they were going in the two airplanes that had hit the building were stopped and it turns out that the people who had hit the two buildings had been terrorists that didn’t have enough strength to attack the army/Navy air force.

The first plane crash left horrible impact of a cracking and burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story high-rise building, which immediately resulted in assassinating hundreds of people and ambushed a huge number of people on the higher floors. Initially broadcast from the television and live coverage appeared to be an accident when the evacuation process of both towers was ongoing. However, a couple of minutes after the first plane crash, a second plane which was from United airlines, suddenly appeared in the sky and crashed into the south tower near the 60th floor.

He now had two hours to kill, he decided to head to the mess and get something to eat and some coffee. He realized he hadn’t eaten anything in over a day. After he left the CP a Corporal came running out and called him back telling him the President was on a secure channel ready to speak with him now. Caught by surprise by the change of events he turned around and headed back into the CP and the secure radio station.

The two boys then left the laboratory and hit the streets. They were astonished by what they saw. Cars were soaring through the air, people were weaving in between others on hoverboards, and buildings rose for miles. People were happy, and they could not see a frown on anyone's face. Suddenly, the side of a building lit up, and quickly it became a giant T.V. screen. The picture showed a man with a gun in his hand, and was holding it against another man's head. The man that was being held had a suit on, and they were both in what looked to be the Oval Office. The man with the gun started

THUD… The jets have landed. I could barely see them, but they were small by most standards - less than 500 meters long. It was full of blinking lights, but the core stood out with its bright green glow composed of a strange, almost fluid substance that shimmered in the light. When I stared at them, the jets almost seemed to move, as if they were alive. Finally, when the jets landed, the sides of the ships opened up like hundreds of large mouths.