It Is The 17'Th Anniversary Of The Most Horrifying Event Of The 21'St Century

I can think of several more horrifying events than that.

22 March 2003, the destruction of Iraq by the US in revenge for 9/11

July 2006, 800,000 people ordered to leave Southern Lebanon because in 48 hours it became a free fire zone where over 1,000 people were killed by a marauding army.

26 Cecember 2004 when a tsunami killed 250,000 people in Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka