(HL-정치/사회/경제) Remembering Sept. 11, 2001

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Sunday is September 11. It is the 15th anniversary of the day thousands of people were killed in a terrorist attack in the United States. Early that morning, two airplanes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. All the people on the planes were killed, along with thousands of people in the buildings. Another airplane crashed into the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. The Pentagon is the office of the U.S. Department of Defense. A fourth airplane crashed in a rural part of Pennsylvania, when passengers fought back against terrorists who were planning to crash it into a Washington, D.C. landmark.
* anniversary = 기념일/ terrorist attack = 테러공격/ crash into ~ = ~와 충돌하다/ along with ~ = ~와 함께, ~에 덧붙여; ~와 마찬가지로/ the Department of Defense = (美) 국방부/ rural = 시골의, 지방의/ landmark = 주요 지형지물   

On social media, people are posting messages about their memories of that day, using the hashtags #NeverForget and #September11. Ben Sturner lives in New York City. On Thursday, he posted a photo to Twitter showing the reflection of light off one of the new towers at the old site of the World Trade Center. It was shared and liked thousands of times. States and cities around the U.S. are remembering people who died. Staten Island is a small part of New York City. It is an island in New York harbor, close to the Statue of Liberty and the location of the World Trade Center. Many people in that small community died. The local newspaper is remembering their lives by tweeting their photos one at a time. On Friday morning, many U.S. lawmakers gathered outside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. to remember those who were killed. They participated in a moment of silence and also sang “God Bless America.” Some people will run almost 400 kilometers from the Pentagon to New York City to honor the firefighters, policemen and rescue workers who saved many lives that day. They started on Friday in Virginia and will finish on Sunday in New York City.
* post a message = 메시지를 올리다[게시하다]/ reflection = (거울 등에 비친) 상[모습]/ harbor = 항구, 항만/ the Statue of Liberty = 자유의 여신상/ one at a time = 한번에 하나, 하나씩, 차례로/ participate in ~ = ~에 참가[참여]하다/ moment of silence = 묵념, 묵도/ honor = 예우하다, 공경하다/ resue worker = 구조대원

Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 - WTS.mp3