On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of people were killed and many were wounded by the loss of loved ones.

After four flights were hijacked by terrorists, two crashed into the twin towers, another crashed into the Pentagon, and the last never made it to its destination.

Ten years after this horrific experience, we are still rebuilding our country and making it safer.

Many programs and groups of people are recognizing the people and responders in many different ways.

The Boy Scouts of America honored the country through focused acts of service as part of Scout Surge 9/11.

Through Sept. 10 and 11, the scouts participated in community activities such as American flag retirement ceremonies and projects that recognize and assist local first responders in honoring the memory of the first responders and others who sacrificed so much on 9/11.

Technology is contributing in a lot of new ways to honor the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Facebook has set up a memorial page in honor of 9/11 and its victims.

Kennedy Center’s 9/11 Tribute was streamed live on Facebook.

There are smart phone and iPhone apps that are being created just so people can feel and understand what really happened on that tragic day.

The apps are trying to create a more authentic narrative, so that people can get closer to the event itself.

Explore 9/11, an iPhone application that uses a technique called “augmented reality,” lets users aim their phones at Ground Zero and see it as it looked on Sept. 11, 2001.

Most of Northtown students were very young when the 9/11 attacks took place, anywhere from 4 to 8 years old.

“I was so young, I really didn’t understand,” junior Neiah Stanley said.

But teachers like Ms. Andrea Taylor and Mr. Steve Epley can remember exactly what they were doing.

“I was teaching across the street in the Methodist church, which in 2001 was the academy. Someone called me and said you need to turn on the television, and I just watched,” Epley said.

He then explained how he was first confused and was soon taken over by sadness.

“I was in the field house,” Taylor said, remembering exactly where she was when she found out.

When the attacks happened, Taylor said she realized that the United States wasn’t as big and bad as she thought.

This shows how far our country has come since 2001.

The attacks were tragic but when the terrorists thought they would break America, the country showed its strength and became strong.