The 30th anniversary of 9/11 It's the 30th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, a father and his 12 year old son are walking through New York City, looking at all of the plaques and memorials and that signified what happened on that day. They walk up to the One World Trade Center memorial building and the son looks at a specific plaque and says, ""Dad, what is this?"" The Dad responds, ""Well son, about 30 years ago a terrible thing happened. A few bad guys from the Middle East hijacked four airliners and caused chaos throughout our nation."" ""Two of those airliners hit and destroyed the buildings that use to stand in this very place."" ""Many men and women lost their lives on that tragic day. So we come back here to pay tribute to all of them, including the brave police officers and fire fighters that lost their lives trying to save people from this incident all those years ago."" The son replies, ""No, no, Dad, I meant what's the Middle East?""