As an AI language model, I don't have opinions or personal perspectives on events. However, I can provide some historical facts about September 11 in Missouri.
1. Missouri schools faced bomb threats after the terrorist attack: After 9/11, there were several bomb threats reported in Missouri schools. The threats caused schools to temporarily shut down, students to be evacuated, and all backpacks and lockers to be searched.
2. Missouri's Governor Mel Carnahan death was announced on September 11, 2000: Although it happened a year before the terrorist attacks, Governor Mel Carnahan's death was announced on September 11, 2000, while he was running for the U.S. Senate seat against John Ashcroft. He was killed in a plane crash in Southern Missouri.
3. Terrorist Usama bin Laden was linked to Missouri: A member of the al-Qaida network, Khalil al-Deek, trained at a mosque in Columbia, Missouri. The FBI believed he was involved in planning the 9/11 attacks, but he was arrested in Pakistan a year later.
4. Missourians helped with Ground Zero recovery efforts: After the attacks on the Twin Towers, Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Ground Zero in New York City to search for survivors and help with the recovery efforts.
5. Missouri's Joe Buck called the first Major League Baseball game after the terrorist attacks: Joe Buck, a sportscaster from St. Louis, called the first Major League Baseball game after 9/11. It was a game between the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves, played on September 21, 2001, in New York.
5 Fun Facts About September 11 In Missouri History
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