Post by Mrs Ophelia Mulholland on Mar 16, 2011 18:04:51 GMT
It was a lovely New York morning and the sun in the sky was brightly shining
When, from up above in the clouds we all heard a horrid noisy whining,
And we looked up in the air to see a large silver plane flying by,
And the sun was glinting off its fuselage as it flew swiftly through the sky.
But then the plane made a change of course and headed right in our direction,
Pointing straight at the World Trade Centre (a mighty double concrete erection),
And then the aircraft went into the side of one of the towers causing much dismay
And a terrible shock to all who saw the incident on that cataclysmic day.
The explosion was very loud, and greatly shocked everyone who saw the accident,
(At that stage it was thought to be a mistake and not something that was meant)
But after 45 minutes we saw another plane on New York airspace encroaching,
And realised that the first was no accident as there was another one approaching.
The other plane flew straight into the second of the towers standing proudly there;
One minute the plane was flying in the sky and the next it was no longer there,
For the aircraft disappeared totally into the core of the giant concrete building
And it was about half way up the tower, I suppose you would say in the middling.
The world's radios and TV stations covered these happenings 'live' with horror and with awe;
No one knew who had done these things, they shook the whole of America to its very core;
The New York firefighters sped to the scene and it is agreed they were very brave
As they did their best to rescue people in the towers, and many a life they did save.
But there was worse to come and all know this nowadays (but did not at that particular time)
Because the towers had been weakened by the aircraft strike in this international crime;
Then first one tower fell to the ground with a big and shocking noise which raised a lot of dust
And the other one crumbled with a mighty roar which might have damaged the earth's very crust.
This was truly a terrible event and one of the blackest days in the history of the U.S.A.
Which is still talked about with shock and awe and people still cry about it to this very day;
And news commentators all over asked who had done it and soon opinion began to harden
With the agreement that it had been masterminded by a Saudi Arab called Osama bin Laden.
On the same day as these terrifying events which did such damage to good old New York City,
Two other planes got hijacked by the terrorists and the results of that were not very pretty;
One of the other planes landed with an explosion on the walls of the Pentagon,
But the fourth one failed in its deadly mission and crash landed en route to the White House, Washington.
So looking back on these dramatic events, the historian is sure to say that they were the beginning of a war of terror
(And only time will tell whether the subsequent US attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq were justified or in error)
But whatever transpires in the future these happenings everyone will always be sure to remember;
However by calling these dire events "9/11" most of the world believe they happened on the ninth of November.
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