On September 11th 2001 there was a total of four suicide attacks on the united states by terrorists. They flew two jets in to the World Trade Center (WTC, Twin Towers, Ground Zero). Both towers collapsed within two hours of jets impact. The terrorists flew a third jet in to The Pentagon. They tried to fly another jet in to The White House but the passengers and flight attendants attempted to retake control of the jet and the jet crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3000 people died in these attacks, including jet passengers, and people who were in the WTC when the jets struck, and also the people who were killed in the jet crash on The Pentagon.
The Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda were behind the attacks. At first the groups leader Osama BIn Laden denied all accusations, but in 2004 took full responsibility for the attacks against America. Al-Qaeda says that they attacked because of the U.S. supporting Israel and the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. Al-Qaeda attacked because most of the western nations were interfering with Muslim affairs. The western nations would send supplies to the people of Israel to fight against the Muslims. They attacked the way they thought right.
The United States response to the attacks was the War on Terror. They invaded Iraq to take out the Taliban. They established a Search And Rescue system to find any survivors of the collapsed towers and the other crashes. America also announced the war on Iraq to overthrow the Taliban's rule over Afghanistan. The United States passed the Homeland Security Act to create a department of Homeland Security. Congress also passed the USA Patriot Act saying that it would help prosecute terrorism and other sorts of crimes.
The memories i have of this day aren't vast. The only thing i remember is my moms eyes glued to the tv trying to see what was going on. My mom took me to a place that i dont remember the name of, and she was doing something while i was watching the tv in the waiting room. All i saw on the tv was the news channel with pictures of the burning towers. thats all i remember about that day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
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