September 11, 2001
A date.
That’s all it is.
And yet it’s not. It’s so much more. So much more consequential, so much more impactful, so much more… awful.
On September 11, 2001—23 years ago today—the World Trade Centre in New York City was attacked, with two of the four passenger flights deliberately hijacked and crashed into the upper floors of the North and South Towers of the Centre complex and a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
After learning about the other attacks, passengers on the fourth hijacked plane, Flight 93, fought back, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington, D.C.
The attacks killed 2,977 people from 90 nations: 2,753 people were killed in New York; 184 people were killed at the Pentagon; and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
Today we remember these unspeakable atrocities. Today we pray for those it affected—the aftermath is still influencing people even now. Today, we thank the Lord for His mercy and all He has done for those who suffer.
Today we remember.
Astrya
Always in our prayers, and may they rest in peace <3
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