The Dark Day

The Dark Day by Emilio Anderson


The day was September 11, 2001. That morning, terrorists attack to place. I will always remember this day. To me, it was just as horrific as it was of the films I have seen about the Pearl Harbor bombing.
There were four planes stolen by kamikazes that morning from different airports in America. Three of the planes flew into different targets. The fourth plane was taken down by passengers trying to prevent the hijackers from doing what they set out to do that day. Some reports stated that the plane was headed to hit the White House.
I was returning from the Naval Hospital back to work when my peers told me that a plane crashed into the Pentagon. When I heard that the Pentagon had been hit I was very disturbed. Being in the Marine Corps at the time, I was affected most knowing fellow serviceman were either hurt or killed. Things started to get chaotic as people I worked with from that area started to phone relatives and friends. Most of...