The Worst Day In American History

One of the worst days in modern American history is September 11,2001. That day was a horrific day of events. On that day the leader of Al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden ordered the attack on the Twin Towers in downtown Manhattan. This attack was the worst attack in history. When the towers came down it killed almost 3 thousand people. Ever since I was young I have always had a great deal of respect for our service men and women. I come from a military background. Both of my grandpas were in the military. When the attacks on 9/11/01 happened and I got older and came to understand more about what happened I became infuriated about it. I became infuriated that thousands of innocent people died at the hands of some gutless bastard who just wanted to kill Americans just because they were a American. Being an American is everything to me. It means that I have freedoms that other people are not fortunate enough to have. When something happens to my
When he was eighteen years old he married his first cousin, fourteen year old Najwa Ghanem, who was promised to him. Osama graduated from his high school Al Thager in 1976 the same year as his first child, a son named Abdullah, was born. Osama Bin Laden attended King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. Some experts say he received a degree in public administrations in 1981. While others believe he received a degree in civil engineering, in an effort to join the family business. Osama wouldn’t have a chance to use his degree. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, Bin Laden joined the Afghan Resistance believing that as a Muslim it was his duty to fight. Osama moved to Peshawar, Afghanistan. Using aid from the U.S. under the C.I.A. program Operation Cyclone, he began training a mujahideen, a group of Islamic Jihadist. When the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989, Osama returned home as a hero. The U.S. referred to him and his soldiers as “Freedom