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Tuesday, September 11, 2001AMERICAN HISTORY

Before The Attack

26 Feb 1993New York City, New York6 died1040 injuredTruck bombing in garage of World Trade Center

19 Apr 1995Oklahoma City, Oklahoma169 died675 injuredTruck bombing of federal building, causing partial collapse

31 Oct 1999Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts217 died0 injured Intentional crash of Egypt Air flight off Nantucket Island by copilot

What Happened?September 11, 2001Terrorist group called AlQaeda Hijacked four airplanes, American Airlines Flight 11,United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines Flight 93 Two of the planes (11 175) crashed into the twin towers at the World Trade Center in New York City. Flight # 77 destroyed part of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane (93) crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

FlightsAmerican Airlines Flight 11, a 767. It took off at 7:59 a.m. It carried only 81 passengers.United Flight 175, also a 767. Took off at 8:14 a.m. Only 56 passengers. American Airlines Flight 77, a 757. With 58 passengers.United Airlines Flight 93, was a 757. It carried only 37 passengers.

Who Did It?Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist organization called Al Qaeda were supposed to be the main suspects. The military captured numerous leaders within the terrorist organization but wasnt able to capture Bin Laden.President Bush sent troops into Iraq on March 19, 2003 claiming that the country led by Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction and aiding Al Qaeda operatives. As time passed and no evidence of those weapons were found in Iraq.

The hijackers

19 arabian men hijacked the four airplanes. 15 were from Saudi Arabia, two men were from United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt and one from Lebanon.

Flight # 11 American AirlinesMohammed AttaWaleed al-ShehriWail al-ShehriAbdulaziz al-OmariSatam al-Suqami

Flight #175 United AirlinesMarwan al-ShehhiFayez BanihammadMohand al-ShehriHamza al-GhamdiAhmed al-Ghamdi

Flight 77 American Airlines:Hani HanjourKhalid al-MihdharMajed MoqedNawaf al-HazmiSalem al-Hazmi

Flight # 93 United Airlines:Ziad JarrahAhmed al-HaznawiAhmed al-NamiSaeed al-Ghamdi

Phone Calls From The PlanesFlight 11Michael Woodward, 8:21, talked for 25 minutes, until the plane crashed. Sweeney related many details such as seat numbers of the hijackers.

Flight 175Peter Hanson called his father and reported details of the hijacking starting at 8:52.

Flight 77Flight attendant May used a cell phone to call her mother at 9:12. May's mother then called American Airlines to inform them that the flight has been hijacked.

Flight 93The last call: At 9:58, a frantic passenger called from a bathroom to report an explosion and smoke.

Timeline Of The Events7:59 a.mAll planes begin take off8:56 a.m.First crash, Flight 11, north tower 9:03 a.m.Second crash, Flight 175, south tower9:05 a.m.George Bush is told about the attack9:31 a.m.Bush makes a public announcement 9:36 a.m.Vice president gets moved to safety9:37 a.m.Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon9:45 a.m. White House and U.S. capitol are cleared9:59 a.m.The south tower collapses 10:03 a.m.The fourth plane crashes in Pennsylvania10:28 a.m. The north tower collapses1:04 p.m.The air is cleared 5:20 p.m.The World Trade Center collapses8:30 p.m.Bush gives final address of the day

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FactsA total of 2,977 people are killed in New York City, Washington, DC and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.

On any given workday, up to 50,000 employees worked in the WTC twin towers, and an additional 40,000 passed through the complex.

9/11 was the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil.

18 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the World Trade Center site.

Memorial

QuotesYou can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.-Colin PowellIm clinging to one last thought: pain is the harbinger of hope. You have to be alive to feel pain. If you are alive, then you have purpose. If you have purpose, then you have hope. Tucker Elliot"New York is a city largely based on great skyscrapers, and they will always be the essence of New York. That won't change, just as the character of the people who live here will not be altered by this tragedy." Donald Trump

Group conclusionThere are some theories about the reason of the attack, such as the Bushs plan to manage all the civil liberty, spy americans and blame AlQaeda, so its confused to decide which theory is the right one.Nevertheless, there is one fact that we consider true: the wars that occured among USA, Afghanistan and Iraq were directed to achieve the USAs goal: get the oil of these countries, even if they lie saying that they wanted to help them as a big brother.

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