...and tyranny. Anyay, something final happened on the clear sky of the Occident. Something important and, maybe, not very clear, but perceived by the global community as a fact meant to mark an irrevocable moment, the start of an epoch-making change. For all of us, the image of the to Boeings crashing the Tin Toers as enough to understand that the Apocalypse, as it as imagined, could finally erupt on the face of the Earth. This is not about the Christian orld on one side and the Islamic orld on the other side it is about the orld of richness, individualism, progress, and efficiency on a side and The orld of poverty, misery and blind faith on the other side. These to different orlds had to meet, finally to confront themselves and destroy each other as sandcastles. It is important to see that they are based on different conceptions concerning life in the previous century it seemed that the estern orld broke any connections ith the spirit and its purposes ere only materialIn the so-called the third orld, the man is still in contact ith his spiritual roots and traditions, and in the confrontation ith the Occident, it seems that this orld is losing itself in the tornado of despair. Ne York - time 846 a.m.- hell is unleashed. The second hijacked plane, ith all the people on board, crashes violently into the north toer of orld Trade Centre. The eyeitnesses have a great shock and despair becomes general. People caught at the superior floors understand that these are the last moments of their life. The help asked, doesnt come hite clothes are aved, screams are heard, objects thron but vainly, for them there is nothing to be done. Desperate, some of them thro themselves out of the indo, the impact being fatal. These people accepted their fate and decided to finish faster ith this torture. Others died aiting for somethingsomething that as only an illusionthe illusion of a second chance. But God takes care of His people and some of them, managed to find some stairs that ere not badly damaged by the impact. e can say, ithout any doubt that these people ere born for the second time This is just the beginning because after a fe minutes the second hijacked plane reached its target the south toer of the orld Trade Centre. After only 17 minutes from the first attack, the second hijacked plane crashes into the south toer of the orld Trade Centre, in front of the terrified eyeitnesses and TV cameras. In the first place, people thought that this as the tank ater plane meant to stop the fire in the building. Hoever, it did not resemble at all a tank ater plane, rather a big flying grave. No, the Tin Toers became to huge torches covering a great part of Ne Yorks sky ith their infernal smoke. The TV cameras and civilians took pictures of a landscape that they surely ould not see again. U.S Federal Aviation Administration shut don all Ne York area airports. At 921, all bridges and tunnels leading into Ne York are closed.At 40 minutes from the second attack and an hour later from the first, the last hijacked plane, ith people on board, crashes over a section of the Pentagon. The president, George . Bush ith the entire hite House staff are immediately evacuated and put in the presidential airplane, Air Force One, here he is safer than staying on ground. All flights, commercial, tourist, passenger, are cancelled and the USs sky is supervised by airplanes ith the order of knocking don any kind of flying object. Everything takes place as a chain reaction, but this chain has unimaginable consequences that ill change the course of history. At only one hour from the attack, the south toer falls ith big noise. The south toer is the last crashed and the first falling don. After five minutes, at 1010, the third hijacked airplane, crashes in a ooded area in Pennsylvania, the only victims being the passengers and the hijackers. It seems that the passengers fought and preferred to sacrifice their life instead of fulfilling the diabolical plan. The destination of this plane is unknon. Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and military units are brought to pull out the survivors from the demolished south toer and from the north toer that has not collapsed yet. Half-hour later after the attack, all the all Street stock exchange is in shock. The American is loosing important percentages, its value being 30 smaller. The orld economy is very close to an abyss.President George . Bush called these events acts of ar and he transmitted to the Army and secret services to find those responsible and bring them to justice. He asked the US Congress to vote 20 billion for reconstruction, reorganization and the affected by the tragedy. At short time after the south toer crashed, the north toer crashed too. The falling of these giants as symbolic for the falling of America and not onlythese giants seemed invincible and untouchable but they ere crushed like some flies. A perfect system has proved to be imperfect. The heart of America as deeply bleeding and it is unknon if this ound is ever going to heal or at least to become a big scar. Besides the Tin Toers, because of the shock and dust, another seven buildings collapsed and many more have been damaged badly. The material losses ere estimated to billions of , the human losses-around 2000. It is certain that September 11th 2001 ill remain a memorable day in humankinds history. Unimaginable forces that e are not able to understand ere unleashed on that day, not only a hand of Afghan rebels.The fast investigations made by the secret services gave only a nameSecretary of State Collin Poel confirmed the first results of the investigationsOsama bin Laden is the prime suspect. The nes spread as a flash of lighting over the orld and for a long time the name of this man as on all peoples lips. Bin Laden denied any implication, but hen he heard the nes that the Tin Toers had fallen, he knelt ith enthusiasm saying Allah be glorified. After a fe days, there ere no doubts the real author of the attack is Osama bin Laden. The truth is that Bin Laden, if it is he ho ordered the attacks, obtained the effect he anted to obtain. The Tin Toers, the Pentagon, besides The hite House, represented a symbol for America, a symbol that has been destroyed. Sloly, the chaos makes room for order and ith very hard ork and in time, people go again to their normal life. About 9 months ere necessary finish cleaning the spot and then the reconstruction started. A couple of eeks after the attack the authorities started to collect money for the affected ones. Many commercials ere broadcast on TV to raise funds. In ashington, all stars met and gave concerts in order to collect money to help those ho lost members of their family or their home during the attack. Thousands of candles and floers ere put on the streets and in churches in the memory of those ho lost their lives in the attack. After a couple of months, a monument as built for th...
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