CASH remembers 9/11
September 11th, 2024
CASH Remembers 9/11
9/11 Anniversary
Thank you to AFJROTC Cadets Brook Davis (12) and Ryan Railing (11) for announcing the 9/11 Anniversary Information and leading our CASH Faculty, Staff and Students this morning in a moment of silence in memory of the victims and their families of the 9/11 attacks. Cadets Davis and Railing announced the following:
On September 11, 2001, terrorists linked to the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda—founded by Osama Bin Laden—hijacked four commercial passenger airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City. Within a few hours, both twin towers collapsed into rubble, demolishing a large section of lower Manhattan. A third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The passengers and crew of the fourth plane fought back, and the plane was downed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
2,977 people were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including the 19 al Qaeda terrorists. The shocking events of September 11 were televised globally and shocked the entire world. The administration of President George W. Bush responded by declaring a “war on terrorism,” including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the invasion of Afghanistan.
To honor the victims and their families moments of silence were held at 8:46, 9:03, 9:37, and 10:02 - which are the times of each of the plane crashes.
Thank you to Brooke and Ryan for their leadership and role in remembering 9/11 this morning!