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President George Bush's Speech On 9/11

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I choose the speech President George W. Bush gave on September 11th, 2001. He gave this speech when the U.S was in terror because of the recent terrorist attacks which we now call 9/11. Terrorist from the group Al-Qaeda under Osama Bin Laden hijacked four planes and crashed the into each of the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field in southwest Pennsylvania. There goal was to strike fear in the hearts of Americans, and they succeeded. “America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.” They took thousands of lives, not just the ones on the planes and in the buildings it hit, but the hundreds of first

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