September 11, 2001 remains our country’s saddest day in aviation history. The attacks that occurred on 9/11 killed nearly 3,000 people, injured over 6,000 and caused over $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. On top of that, thousands of people have died of 9/11-related cancer and respiratory diseases in the months and years following the attacks and tens of thousands still live with illnesses directly caused by 9/11. It was the day that changed, not only U.S., but worldwide aviation for forever.
Anyone from the U.S. who’s old enough to remember 9/11 can remember where they were, and sometimes what they were doing when they found out about the attacks. That not only goes for us everyday citizens, but those who were making the decisions of what we should do as a country, as well as those who were working at the affected airlines and loved ones of those who were lost.
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