9-11 Day Speech

As soon as I asked my dad about the 9-11-2001 tragic event, he has recollected his memory of this day. He told me that he and my mom were traveling in a suburban train to attend Mother Mary’s novena at the famous Mahim church in Bombay (Present Mumbai) on that day. He had a habit of reading a local daily called “Mid-Day” while traveling in local trains to get rid of the noisy and boring commute. That day, on 9-11-2001 too he bought this daily. He was terrified by seeing the pictures and breaking news about the suicide terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York. This attack has brought down the landmark twin world trade centers and almost 3000 innocent people have lost their life in the tragic event. He remembered that two planes were used
in the attack to destroy the south and north towers of 110 stories each. A third plane was crashed into Pentagon on the same day and a fourth plane targeting Washington DC was crashed into a field, missing the target. My dad was numbed and terrified by hearing this tragic news and shared his sorrows with my mom. My dad thought there would definitely be a retaliation from US on the countries from where the culprits have come and which would end up in another world war. In 2004, when my dad first came to US, he had visited this place which was then renamed to ‘Ground Zero’ in New York and paid homage to all the deceased in the attack.