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This past decade has really been "A Decade from Hell" because so many disasters has happened. Nine years ago a tragic attack happened in New York and the Twin Towers were bombed by terrorists from Iraq. That same day the Pentagon, in Washington DC, was also attacked. Flight 93 was high-jacked in Pennsylvania and and crashed, killing everyone on the plane. We also lost the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. The was a big hurricane in New Orleans known as Hurricane Katrina. Many people lost their homes, family members and most of their possessions. Lots of survivors from Hurricane Katrina are still trying to bounce back from the hurricane. The U.S. is suffering from a recession. Many peoples houses got foreclosed and are now homeless. An earthquake hit Gujarat in India. More than 20,000 people were killed and most of the historical city was destroyed. 10 people were killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worse school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre. Rosa Parks died at age 92. Coretta Scott King died. Not all of the past decade has been tragic and a living hell. In 2000 Hillary Clinton was elected to the United States Senate, and became the first 'First Lady' of the United States to win public office. In 2002 Salt Lake hosted the Winter Olympics. The U.S. got their FIRST black president, Barack Obama. The first American bombs were dropped on Baghdad, Iraq. Saddam Hussein's statue was pulled down in the center of Baghdad by American troops and Iraqi citizens. In the United States, the birth of Dewey, the first cloned deer by scientists at Texas A&M University. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was executed in Baghdad. His hanging made news worldwide.