Paris/Berlin/Vatican City

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, PARIS, FRANCE, 3:03 PM

(Brooklyn Alexander, age 19)

Studying abroad as she came from Toronto, Canada, Brooklyn decided to go on a date with American student, Travis Matthews (20). They were eating near the Eiffel Tower as they were done with classes for the day. 

"I like this. We should do this again sometime." Brooklyn smiled. 

"Yeah. I am indeed the romantic type." Travis snickered, sipping on some iced tea. 

Suddenly, they heard a loud crash as they turned around and saw a semi-truck crashing directly into one of the columns at the base of the Eiffel Tower. A few seconds later, the truck explodes, completely destroying a large base of the Eiffel tower. The tower creeks and it groans before finally giving away and falling over into the Seine River. Before crashing into the tower, the truck plows through dozens of people, killing 58 people.

Then, another truck came over and out came ten gunmen, gunning down people who were running away from the falling Eiffel Tower. Brooklyn was shielded by Travis before he was killed, severely wounding Brooklyn before she suffered a fatal wound to the head. The gunmen got back in the truck and speed off, running over people in the process. They killed a total of 63 people. 

The second truck speed over to the Notre Dame Cathedral and drives directly into the base of the building. Then, the truck explodes, leading to the front wall of the Notre Dame Cathedral collapsing, killing over 103 people. 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, BERLIN, GERMANY, 3:28 PM

Several minutes later at 3:28 PM, another bombing was reported, this time at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany

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Several minutes later at 3:28 PM, another bombing was reported, this time at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Yet another semi-truck drives right into one of the columns of the gate before detonating. The explosion is strong enough to cause the gate to collapse. 

20 minutes later at Cologne Cathedral as another truck bomb was set off. The Cathedral was severely damage as both structures indeed suffer a total loss as roughly 90 people were killed. 

AT THE SAME TIME

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, VATICAN CITY, ITALY, 3:45 PM

At the same time as the attack in the Cologne Cathedral took place, a large group of armed gunmen stormed St

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At the same time as the attack in the Cologne Cathedral took place, a large group of armed gunmen stormed St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City. The gunmen proceeded to invade the Cathedral and begin gunning down any members of the Clergy of the Catholic Church that they can find. The Italian Military and is called in, soon lay siege of St. Peters Basilica. 

However, as the army begins surrounding the building, the building suddenly went up in flames. The terrorists fight off any firefighters who would try to put out the increasingly deadly blaze.

By the end of the day, St Peters Basilica is near entirely destroyed, and the entire clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, including Pope John Paul II were dead with the deaths of 120 visitors.

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