...767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Centre in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767–United Airlines Flight 175–appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Centre and sliced into the south tower near the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and the streets below. America was under attack. The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama Bin Ladens al-Qaeda terrorist organization, they were allegedly acting in retaliation for America's support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military presence in the Middle East. Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had slipped into the country in the months before September 11 and acted as the "muscle" in the operation. The 19 terrorists easily smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports...
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...flights were hijacked. All of the planes were full of passengers. One aircraft crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, one hit the Pentagon, and the other two hit the World Trade Center in New York City. Most Americans remember where they were when they this malicious series of events happened, and the shocking feeling they had when they heard the news. When this first happened most people were scared for their lives and the lives of their loved ones. It was not until later that people started to ask questions about who was behind these events. Allegedly, a number of terrorists affiliated with the group Al-Qaeda were responsible. A few months after the attacks of 9/11 a group of skeptics formed something called “The 9/11 Truth Movement”. This group found a number of occurrences and facts that make some of the attacks and other happenings of 9/11, not likely, possibly set up, and in some cases nearly impossible. One of the groups most popular claims was that the World Trade Center falling was a controlled demolition. After demolition experts reviewed the videos of the World Trade Center falling, they agreed with the skeptics of the 9/11 Truth Movement. According to experts the building falls as if many small explosives were planted on all sides and it exploded in a very specific order, just like in a controlled demolition. When videos of the World Trade Center falling are compared with a building falling because of a controlled demolition, it does not take an expert to see that the...
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...forever be remembered and changed the world as we once knew it. The attackers were part of the Islamic terrorist group from Saudi Arabia and several other Arabic nations. There were 19 militants that smuggled on box-cutters and knives through security and were undetected. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the 19 men that...
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...May We Never Forget “9-11” September 11, 2001 the Islamic extremists group “Al-Qaeda” hijacked four airplanes in attempt to attack America. They carried out suicide attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon. There were 19 al-Qaeda members involved in all four attacks. Two of the planes crashed into the World Trade Center, another crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth crashed in a field in the middle of Pennsylvania. The attacks that day triggered significant U.S. involvement in tracking down “Osama bin Laden” who was responsible for the attacks. There were over 3,000 people killed that day in New York City and Washington, D.C. along with many firefighters and police officers. Tuesday morning September 11, 2001, at 8:45 the first plane an American Airlines Boeing 767 hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. The plane had just been fueled with nearly 20,000 gallons of jet fuel for its long trip before it hit the north tower. When the plane hit the building, it exploded leaving a huge hole near the 80th floor, the impact instantly killed hundreds of people working on that floor and surrounding floors while trapping others on the higher floors. Shortly after the first plane hit firefighters and police officers began to evacuate the north tower and the south tower, meanwhile local news began broadcasting live images of what appeared to be an accident. Then, approximately 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767 United airlines Flight 175...
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...States of Americas was victim of a terrorist attack that affected the whole nation and its population. It was a Tuesday, September 11th of 2001, in New York City and Washington D.C. It consisted in a group of nineteen terrorists, members of a red named: Al-Qaeda. They took possession over four American aircrafts with the only objective of exploiting them into buildings in the city and the Pentagon. After 30 minutes of the first explosion into the World Trade Center Twin Towers, flight number 77 of American Airlines was leaving from Dulles International Airport and was on its way straight to the Pentagon, in Virginia, ready for the next sabotage. This flight had 58 passengers, 4 flight attendants and 2 pilots on board. Many lives were...
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...9/11 There are many factors and events that have impacted and changed America from 1946-2012. One major event from this time period was the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which is referred to as 9/11. 9/11 was one of the worst terrorist attacks in American history, and changed the country forever. This article will be discussing 9/11 in detail. In particular, we will go over the events that led up to the attack and who was involved. After that the details of the attack will be discussed as far as how the attack was done and what was affected by it. Lastly, the article will discuss the events that took place after 9/11, and what would be done to bring justice to the criminals responsible for the attack. There were a lot of events that took place before 9/11 that occurred in the 90s and early 00s between America and Islamic groups like the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, and Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden and his followers were involved in many attacks in the 90s, and were being closely watched by the UN and America. In the late 90s, America was getting fed up with bin Laden’s ways. An article from Fox News explains some of America’s earlier involvement with bin Laden: “Aug. 28, 1998 -- FBI accuses bin Laden of having declared "jihad," or holy war, against United States. Complaint also alleges bin Laden founded Al Qaeda that year to promote Islamic fundamentalism and force non-Muslims out of Muslim countries.” (Associated Press, 2002) Bin Laden’s involvement...
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...The September 11 attacks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th, or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage. Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. Two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Within two hours, both towers collapsed with debris and the resulting fires causing partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the WTC complex, as well as significant damage to ten other large surrounding structures. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense), leading to a partial collapse in its western side. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was targeted at Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. In total, 2,996 people died in the attacks, including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four...
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...How many of you actually remember September 11, 2001? I was a year old when this tragic disaster occurred and was too young to remember-- but over the years I have gained lots of knowledge in history classes and various readings. 9/11 had a major effect on society. The 9/11 attack put our economy in a shortage and drew the U.S.A into a war with Afghanistan. Many innocent people lost their lives on this day. 19 militants related to the Islamic group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes and completed suicide attacks against US targets. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of The World Trade Center, New York City while a third hit the Pentagon right outside of Washington D.C., the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The...
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...On September 11 2001 four planes were hijacked, two of them hit the World Trade Center, The third one hit the Pentagon, and the fourth one landed in a field in Pennsylvania. Three thousand people were killed, which started a new attack on terrorism led by former United States President George W. Bush. More than 400 firefighters and police officers were killed during these tragic events. It was at 8:45 am on a tuesday morning, when two airplanes hit the Twin Towers, 40,000 gallons of jet fuel was unleashed onto the buildings causing mass devastation and loss of life. Due to the explosion from the aircraft’s on the 60th floor, many people were killed, and those on the higher floors were left stranded. It turns out that most people believed...
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...many American lives. At about 8:45am the World Trade Center was struck by a 747 commercial aircraft. At about 9:03am another plane was reported to have struck the south tower. The towers fell approximately an hour after the planes crashed into them. An estimation of approximately 3,000 lives was taken that day. This was labeled as a freak accident at first, but later relabeled as an act of terrorism. Terrorism is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. This act of terrorism has been the largest attack since Pearl Harbor. Many individuals can remember what they were doing when this tragedy took place. This disastrous event was just the beginning affects of terrorism on America. Terrorism has reached the top of the list on issues discussed amongst the news, radio, internet and even the ordinary citizens of America. The media especially, thrives on terrorism as if it is the only news available. The media’s focus on terrorism ranges from the Iraq bombing to new captures of Al Qaeda members. Individuals’ fear of terrorism draws their attention towards these topics. However, attention and focus on terrorism was not the only outcome of this event. The loss of revenue in the United States and the world has reach over billions of dollars just to the cause of terrorism. Thus, having terrorism rebred upon America can only mean a new age of terror. Lee 2 Terrorism has deeply affected the world, but for the second time in history reached...
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...On September 11, 2001, four planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. These planes had been hijacked by “19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda” who planned to carry out suicide attacks on the U.S. (9/11 Attacks). On this day, at 8:45am, the first plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, instantly killing many and trapping many more on higher floors. “Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767–United Airlines Flight 175–appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center and sliced into the south tower near the 60th floor” (9/11 Attacks). Many had already been evacuated out of the south tower but many more were...
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...Terrorism Many people around the world have been traumatized by the effects of terrorism. Terrorism can cause many different emotions and cause people to do many things. Some people go to church and pray with friends and family. Others want to be alone because they have lost loved ones. Many people just sit in disbelief when they see a terrorist attack, whether it be on tv or right next to them. Explaining what he thinks about the reaction in the United States against terrorism, Anup Shah said, “It was with disbelief and shock that people around the world saw footage of the terrorist attack in the U.S...”(Shah). Terrorism is horrific and must be stopped for the safety of our loved ones. Terrorism is also a worldwide problem, everywhere people's safety is being taken and destroyed by these horrendous events. Terrorism has caused global fear around the world and has taken the peace from people’s lives. Three events that have taken the peace from people’s lives are the attack of 9-11, Osama Bin Laden, and Al Qaeda and in understanding these events, hopefully they can be prevented. First, the tragedy that happened on September 11th, 2001 was possibly one of the worst incidents of this time for the United States. Many people lost their lives and safety that day. Four separate planes were hijacked that day by terrorists and their intent was to hit the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the White House. Luckily...
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...United States. The things that happened on this day changed every American and Canadian’s life For the next few years, and it most likely affected every other person in the world in some way. Our friends, family and fellow citizens, that this well-known event knows as 9/11, It is our duty as Canadian the keep our very freedom controlled and not become under attack on our soil But what are know as Terrorists. in 911 a series of deadly terrorist acts took place. The victims were in airplanes, business offices, military communications and federal workers amongst many others. Around 3000 lives of innocent people were suddenly ended by disgraceful acts of terror. On the day of September 11, 2001 (better known as 9/11 ), when the Pentagon and both North and South towers of the World Trade Centers (WTC) were devoured many Innocent people lost their lives. Why Did 9/11 Happen? And Why Was the (WTC) and the Pentagon targeted for attack?...
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...911: “The Day of Infamy, the Day We Will Never Forget” Devry University: Contemporary History Spring B Russell Johnson The date is September 11th, 2001. A normal day to the masses and the world, the weather is calm and cheerful birds are chirping and people are getting ready to depart to their jobs or reporting for a day of work while students are in school busy learning of current events, and expanding their knowledge. How could any of us know that this peaceful day would abruptly come to a startling end, and in such a horrific way? Years later, many would ask “where were you when it happened?” What seemed as a normal day to me which consisted of me sleeping in as I didn’t have to work on this particular day, I was awoken by my phone ringing and my hysterical mother on the other end of the line “TURN ON THE T.V. NOW!!!” she screamed and so as I wiped the sleep from my eyes and reached for the remote to do as she had instructed I asked her what’s wrong? and she cannot give me an answer as she is too upset to speak at this moment. Upon turning on the television to Fox 5, I was instantly snapped out of my usual morning stupor as horror crept into me. What I saw was nothing less than heart wrenching. The United States had been attacked by an unknown face, for unknown reasons, and all we the American people could do now was watch in horror. As the reporter spoke footage of the twin towers was replayed over and over again, and I watched in horror as a commercial...
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...[Name of the Writer] [Name of Instructor] [Subject] [Date] September 11 Attacks Introduction In 2001, al-Qaeda, an Islamic terrorist group launched four coordinated attacks in United States. The target locations for the attacks were the metropolitan area of Washington D.C and New York City. Nineteen terrorists of al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airlines. The purpose of hijacking was to use the airliners for the suicidal attacks to destroy the World Trade Center complex (Leach & Neil, 2003, p.75-92). The causalities resulted from the attacks closed at 2,996 people including 2,977 innocent victims and 19 hijackers. Almost all the victims were civilians. It includes 55 military personnel killed at Pentagon (Perrin & Andrew, 2005, p.167-194). The attacks resulted into the complete destruction of numerous buildings at the site of World trade Center including the 110 floors of the Twin Towers. The 9/11 attacks also damaged the St Nicholas Greek church badly. The end report of deaths reported to be 6,000 actually the double that eventually confirmed at the time of attacks (Leach & Neil, 2003, p.75-92). Discussion In 9/11 attacks, two of the hijacked airliner were crashed into the south and north towers of the world trade center. Both the towers collapsed within two hours. The resulting damage and fire cause the partial or full damage to the other buildings in the complex. It caused the complete destruction of the other ten big structures in the surroundings (Perrin &...
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