Topic > Argumentative Essay on September 11th - 548

Some of us may remember how beautiful that day was, how blue and clear the sky was. September 11, 2001 is no longer just an ordinary day, but marks the day terrorists attacked, not only New York but also America. Just like Pearl Harbor, this is the day we were caught by surprise and the day we reacted and went to war. With all that had been taken from us and with no idea what was happening, a country that was fine on September 10, 2011 was now destroyed, on such a beautiful day such terror occurred. According to The Best American Magazine in the article “Experts from the Encyclopedia of 9/11” there is a quote that reads: “Many of us remember going to work that week, searching for an adequate journalistic response to a world that it was changing in ways we couldn't yet see.” (page 107) When our country expected failure and loss of control, we came together as a nation and began to pick up the pieces of this tragedy that has torn us apart today. After reading this article I asked myself, how could someone do such a horrible thing? Why would anyone want to give the...