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The Navasota Examiner — Since 1894 — www.navasotaexaminer.com VOL. 129 No. 35
September 8, 2021
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HAVE WE FORGOTTEN? BY MATTHEW YBARRA Senior news reporter
S
eptember 11, 2001 is described as the day the Earth stood still, and “NEVER FORGET” became the rally cry of Americans as they watched Al Qaeda attack the United States on home soil.
Americans watched in horror as the United States were under attack. Nineteen militants associated with the Islamic extremist group Al Qaedea hijacked four airplanes carrying out suicide attacks on the United States. The first of the planes, an American Airline Boeing 767, loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York leaving a gaping hole in the eighth floor of the skyscraper that stood 110 stories tall and killed hundreds instantly. Any thoughts the crash was simply an accident were quickly erased as a second plane struck the south tower of the World Trade Center near the 60th floor, 18 minutes after the initial crash. A third plane circled downtown Washington D.C. then crashed into the west side of the United States Pentagon, the military headquarters, at 9:45 a.m.
Thanks to the heroics of brave passengers on the fourth plane, United Flight 93, the final attack could not be carried out by the Islamic Terrorists that were funded by the Al Qaeda terrorist organization of Saudi Arabia fugitive Osama bin Laden. Passengers aboard the plane learned of the attacks and brought the plane down themselves in a rural field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The destination of that attack planned for that plane is unknown, but those brave passengers saved many American lives. At the World Trade Center 2,763 people died including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City Police Officers and 37 Port Authority Police Officers. At the Pentagon 189 people were killed including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the jet that struck the building. On Flight 93, 44 people died when the plane was brought down in Pennsylvania. SEE SEPTEMBER 11 PAGE 6
A Rattler salute to first responders
Examiner photos by Ashely Bautista
Navasota Independent School District honored local first responders at the annual First Responders Night at Rattler Stadium Friday, Sept. 3. This was a special night embarking on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, attacks.
Chamber Member of the Year for Grimes County!
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