September 11, 2001 is a day that has scarred the history of the United States. With hijacked planes
landing in both the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, unforgettable images and videos revealed
the horrendous devastation and aftermath of this attack on American soil. Screams of onlookers
are overshadowed by the collapse of both towers, smoke and remnants of the building covering
New York City. This attack pushed former President George W. Bush’s anti-terrorism agenda that
eventually led our nation to war. Now, seventeen years later, 9/11 remains on of the most traumatic
foreign attacks in our country.
But how has this event affected us to this day? Is it still remembered? History courses continue
to discuss the sequences that led up to the attack, while politicians use it as a platform to push
American intervention in foreign countries. Those who felt personal loss from the attack still speak
on the subject, hoping for change or a response to such a catastrophic moment in American history.
Conspiracy theorists claim that the attack wasn’t foreign at all--or that a plane never even hit the
Trade Center and that it was an internal attack. One thing is for certain, this national tragedy was
able to unite a divided nation. It brought people together against a threat that dared to claim the
lives of many in their land...on their soil. Tragedies are known to bring people together, but no one
expected that it would take such a tragedy and such a disaster to do so. The nation has managed to
move forward, but the classic saying still holds true to the matter: Gone but not forgotten.
by: Alyssa Nand