September 11, 2001Attack on NYCTwo attacksAmerican Airlines
Flight 11World Trade Center North Tower8:46 amCollapsed at
10:28United Flight 175WTC South Tower9:03 amCollapsed at 9:59
Attack on PentagonAA Flight 779:37 am
United Flight 93Shanksville, Pennsylvania10:03 amHeaded for
Capitol or White HouseCrashed when retaken by passengersLets
Roll
CasualtiesNYCWTC 2606 (411 emergency workers)American 11
87United 175 - 60Pentagon - 125American 77 - 59Flight 93 402977
totalOsama bin LadenFormer head of al-QaedaMastermind behind
attacks3 MotivesPresence of US troops in Saudi ArabiaUS support of
IsraelSanctions against Iraq
Khalid Sheikh MohammedMember of al-QaedaPrincipal architect of
attacksCited US involvement in Israel as motivationCaptured March
1, 2003 in PakistanCurrently resides in Guantanamo Bay
