September 1, 2004 was distinct. It was the first day of the school year. Russian people hold a ceremony to celebrate that day every year. But something horrible happened that day. School number one in the rural North Ossetia town of Beslan was attacked by terrorists. As the people were gathering, they didn’t know that the school was abundant with bombs. When they went inside the school, a horde of Ingush and Chechen terrorists were waiting for them. They detained about 1,200 people hostage and took custody of them in the school gym; some fathers were killed. The gym was filled with bombs. If someone tried to escape the terrorists would bomb the entire school. Then the terrorists said they would shoot anyone who moves, and crying babies and their mothers would be shot. It degraded on the third day.Two explosions set off allowing some of the hostages to vacate the school. That made the terrorists angry, and they set fire, causing the Russian military to fire back in a hectic response. Then the Russian military went in the school and freed some people. At least 385 were killed and nearly 800 more hurt.
I was really sad, because I was celebrating the same holiday at my school on that day. When it showed on the news everyone was so sad because of what had happened. And now every one still remembers what happened. And I still remember it to! It was so horrible that it is so hard to forget.
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