September 11 - An Unlucky date
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Well you might call it a myth or delusion but if you will start counting there are several tragic events that have happened on this date ’11th of September.’ And then you might believe that yes there is something bad about this date. Some of them are very well known while some of them are not. Though there are some great events that took on this date as well like The NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars and few more but most of the events are heart breaking.
Mecca crane Collapse (2015):
As we all know that this year on 11th of September
another traumatic event took place at Masjid al-Haram (The Grand Mosque) in
Mecca. There was less than two weeks left for the annual Hajj Pilgrimage, and
therefore it was filled with millions of worshippers. A massive red crane
crashed into a part of Grand Mosque and approximately 107 people died
and more than 238 people were injured by this accident. It has been reported
that Extreme weather, strong winds and heavy rains caused the crane to fall.
The victims include Malaysians, Indonesians, Indians, Pakistanis and Iranians.
This is one of the most disturbing events, my condolence are
with the families of those who are affected as many fatalities were away from
their beloved ones and their relatives were hoping to see them soon but this
news must have desolated them. But however I believe that all the martyrs will
be blessed with Jannah.
“To Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.” – Al Baqarah 2:156
Garment factories on Fire in Pakistan
(2012):
Pakistan has one of the biggest manpower and labour force
resources in the world. In 2012 one of the Garment Factory in Karachi named
“Ali Enterprises” exploded into flames. The blaze took the lives of more than
300 workers who were trapped in the building, behind barred windows and
locked exit doors. At the same day a shoemaking factory situated in Lahore
caught on fire and many people were killed.
This day has been named as ‘darkest day in the history of
the Pakistan labour movement' This event not only took the lives of
hundreds of workers but had wrecked the lives of their families as well. Most
of the workers there were the only guardians and financial supporter of their
families.
Moreover in 2012 The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya was
also attacked, resulting in four deaths.
9/11 (2001):
The World Trade Centre attack popularly known as 9/11 is one of
the most fatally memorable event that took place on September, 11. Most of you
are well aware of this disastrous event. Nineteen militants associated
with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial jetliners,
they crashed two of the planes into the North and South towers of the World
Trade Center in New York City, a third plane smack the Pentagon, and the fourth
plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This event is often referred to as
9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction.
Death
of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1948):
Our
beloved Quiad-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah died of Tuberculosis on 11th
September 1948. The decease
of Quaid had an extremely bad impact on the people of Pakistan. They were completely hopeless. The whole nation was
filled with grief and tears in their eyes because they have lost their beloved
leader.
Strongest HURRICANES:
On September 11, 1992 the most damaging and strongest Hurricane –
The Hurricane Iniki devastated the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu. It has
been named Iniki which means ‘strong and
piercing wind’. It is considered as the most disastrous Hurricane in The
U.S history.
In 1961 Hurricane
Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, it is considered as
the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
OTHERS:
There
are a number of traumatic and tragic events such as Sabra and Shatila massacre.  |
| Janet Parker |
I told my Mom and Dad about this blog and the fact that 11th of September is an unlucky date they said please mention that Their Anniversary comes on the same date and an unfortunate date is hence proved. Hehe.
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