Posted by 4kayley. on September 21, 2009 at 4:40pm
On September 11th, 2001 a total of 2,993 people were killed because of an attack by Al-Qaeda on the United States. On this morning 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airlines. The people that hijacked the planes intentionally crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. They killed everyone on the planes and many others that were in the buildings. Both of the buildings collapsed within two hours and it destroyed nearby buildings and damaged others. A third airliner was crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in Pennsylvania. There were no survivors from any of the flights.
<The United States responded to the attacks by launching a “War on Terrorism”. We invaded Afghanistan to depose the Taliban. Many other countries also strengthen their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. Some of the American stock exchanges stayed closed for the rest of the week after the attack. They posted enormous losses upon reopening, especially in the airline and insurance industries.
The damage of the Pentagon was cleared and repaired within one year. The rebuilding process started on the World Trade Center Site. In 2006 they built a new office tower on the site of 7 World Trade Center. The 1 World Trade Center is still under construction at the site and at 1,776 feet when completed in 2011 it will become one of the tallest buildings in North America.
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