Occasionally Google includes special modifications or funny features to it’s famous logo. These are called Google Doodles, and they usually commemorate special dates such as Holidays, or birthdays of noted people.
Eight years ago, on this date, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners, and deliberately crashed them.
Two planes were crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. (Within two hours, both towers collapsed.)
The third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, killing everyone on board in addition to 125 occupants of the Pentagon.
The fourth aircraft, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington DC, crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after the passengers attempted to re-take control of the plane. (All were killed)
In total 2,974 innocent people (not including the hijackers) died in the attacks.
Many people consider this to be the worst terrorist attack in US history, and I agree. Nearly all who died were innocent people going about their daily lives.
I will never forget that day, and the rippling effects of that tragic event are sill felt throughout this country today!
That’s why I find it surprising that, today of all days, Google’s logo remains fully stock and unchanged.
Michael Jackson got a Google Doodle for his Birthday (see it here), and Korean Liberation Day was commemorated with the very logo pictured at the top of this post. But Sept. 11 slips by without a nod. (?)
Bad, bad google. I am disappointed in you!