7:59 AM.

American Airline flight number 11 with ninety two passengers on board took off from Boston’s Logan International Airport heading towards Los Angeles.

Little did these people know they would never make it to Los Angeles. Many people can recall exactly what they were doing on the day of September 11, 2001. Some of us were not born yet, some of us were only 2, or 3 years old, but as for our parents and elders it is a day that will live with them forever. For many people September 11, was a routine day. For those in the world trade center buildings, in the pentagon, and for everyone in the nation. You get up, drop your kids off at school, go to work, eat lunch, or whatever your daily routine may be. No one expected death, no one expected terror, no one expected that this day would go down in history as the first act of terror in the United States.

8:14 AM.

United Airline flight number 175 also took off from Boston, and was also headed to Los Angeles. Sixty-five people were on board, and none of them would make it out alive.

September 11, is a day that is of great and utter importance. We must not only remember this day as tragic, but we must also remember this day as important in the eyes of history. For those who lost their lives, for those who lost a parent, for those who lost a loved one, it is truly tragic. It is unfathomable to think about the events of that day and how much the people who were directly affected by it endured, but we must learn from this event and be knowledgeable in hopes of preventing another 9/11.

8:41 AM.

The final plane takes off from Newark International airport with forty-four people on board. This plane had been scheduled to go to San Francisco.

Little did everyone know that in the next five minutes flight number 11 would crash into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, officially making 9/11 an act of terrorism. Seventeen minutes later the second plane crashed into the South tower. Everyone on board of those planes lost their lives, and many people inside of the building were faced with the choice of jumping 50 floors out of the building towards their death, or staying in the building with a burning explosive plane. How do you make that decision of which way you would rather die?

The third plane hit the pentagon at 9:37 AM, killing everyone on board and 152 military and civilian personnel inside the building. Soon after, both of the towers would collapse leaving New York City covered with debris from the building. Nearly 3,000 people were killed that day.

September 11, marks a moment in history that must live on in our minds forever. It is our job to educate those on the events that took place, the lives that were lost, and how we must learn from this event. On this day we must remember and honor all of the lives that were lost. We must never forget. This event affected more than the people in New York, it affected a nation, and as a nation we must stand tall and honor those that lost their lives