... commercial jets were hijacked and two of those aircraft were flown into the World Trade Towers, leveling the once mighty skyscrapers that stood tall above New York City. After the smoke slowly dwindled away, thousands of Americans were dead, thousands were missing, and The United States was in a state ... of shock, but what still lingered was the threat of another possible terrorist attack. Americans no longer felt safe as they sat with their families, thankful to be alive, huddled around a television set trying to comprehend what just had happened in the early morning hours of ... of ...

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