On September 11, 2001, There was a series of 4 suicide attacks on the United States of America. On that Tuesday, there were 19 terrorists from the al-Qaeda group. They hijacked 4 jets and went on with their plan to bomb the Twin Towers, The Pentagon, and The Capital Building. 2 planes hit the Twin Towers, 1 hit the Pentagon, and the other failed to hit the Capital Building and landed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people died from the flying bombs. Cleanup of the Twin Towers lasted until May of 2002. The Pentagon was also cleaned up within a year.
I honestly don't remember a whole lot about the incident since I was 4. I do remember that my parents were watching the TV the whole day. When my siblings got home from school they started talking about it too. Everyone seemed concerned about what was happening, but I was too little to really understand what had happened.
The terrorist group, al-Qaeda, was responsible for the attack. Their leader, Osama bin Laden, was the al-Qaeda leader and conducted the plan. There were 19 hijackers who took over 4 planes and they targeted the 4 buildings in order to punish the U.S and destroy our country. They attacked the Pentagon to disrupt our military, they attacked the World Trade Center to disrupt our economy, and they tried to attack our Capital Building to disrupt our government. They attacked the U.s probably because we have been supportive to Afghanistan's enemys. We gave support to Israel and put troops in Saudia Arabia before.
After the attacks, the New York City fire department deployed 200 units to the bombing site. Also, there were many policemen who showed up too. The World Trade Center wasn't cleaned up until May of 2002. That's almost a year! There were investigations of the attack and the search of Osama bin Laden (who recently was shot) began. In almost a month, the U.S was sending in soldiers to Afghanistan. This whole event started a dramatic hate for the Islam religious belief by some Americans. Some people hate the Islams because of the 9/11 attack, but really, It was the al-Qaeda terrorist group.
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