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9/11/2001

In class this week have seen the movie 9/11 which is exactly about what the name implies. The date 9/11 is very memorable to every person in the entire world, this was the day when the world trade center fell, and thousands of citizens died. The terrorist attacks came unexpected, and two planes crashed into the twin towers. The first plane crashed into building one, and the second plane in building two. 

The film was originally a documentary about firefighters in NY. Two French brothers had a project to tape the average day in the New York fire department, and they were following one person, Tony, who had just started working in the fire department. An average day was quite boring and nothing huge was happening, but this was before 9/11 when something that no one would predict happened. Now the firefighters who were used to not having much to do, had no idea what to do at all. How could they be prepared for something like this?

In the film you get a real close up of what happened on this special day, and how the firefighters were trying their best to save as many lives as possible. Something that became almost impossible. The days after the attack the firefighters worked hard on trying to find survivors in what was left of the building, which was very difficult since both buildings were turned into ash.

Something that is quite interesting is how this attack not only affected the United States, but also the whole world. After 9/11 all of the security has been much stricter than before, espesially in airports all over the world. I also believe that most people who are traveling have been more careful and maybe afraid to go by plane. No one of the passengers in the two planes who crashed into the world trade center survived. What if something similar would happen again, and this time you were inside the plane yourself.

Shirin