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How September 11 Changed America

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"Where were you when the world stopped turning, That September day" (Jackson). The opening lines of the popular Alan Jackson song stir something deep within every American old enough to remember the horror of September 11, 2001. One Tuesday morning, America, and the world, was changed forever. The very freedom America so boldly stands for came under attack. Americans were introduced to a new form of warfare: terrorism. Throughout the United States, the citizens of this great land stared at televisions screens in utter disbelief, as they watched planes fly into the World Trade Center Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. With tears streaming down their faces, they watched people trapped inside the buildings jump from 90 stories

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