What happened on 9-11-01?
On September 11, 2001, there were nineteen Al Qaeda hijackers who overtook four planes. At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the north tower of the World Trade Center by one of the hijackers. People were jumping out of the World Trade Center, taking their lives, than being trapped up in the building waiting for another plane to come through. The second plane, United Airlines Flight 175, strikes the south tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m. While people were still in shock of all two planes going through the World Trade Center’s, another attack was being executed. Another plane, American Airlines Flight 77, headed toward Washington D.C. At 9:37 a.m., the plane crashed into the Pentagon, which happens to be the headquarters of the military. Soon after, we found out there was another plane hijacked. The brave men and women of Flight 93 knew that this plane couldn’t come down and hurt America anymore, so they overtook the plane and crashed it in a field. In less than, one and a half, three planes have hit 3 buildings in America. Finally the airlines were shut down, due to the hijackers on the airplanes.
What do you remember about that day?
I don’t remember a lot about 9-11 only because I was only in kindergarten. I just remember the teachers having the news on all day, and kids talking about it in school. I really didn’t understand completely what happened, but I knew that something terrible had happened. It was crazy!
Who was responsible for the attack and why did they do this?
Several weeks after the attacks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation acknowledged the hijackers, and linked them to Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is a global, decentralized terrorist association. Senior members of the Al Qaeda admitted to having responsibility in these attacks. Some people say that they attacked us because they wanted us to be Islam believers. They wanted everyone to be an Islam believer and that’s all.
What did the U.S. do in response to this attack?
Soon after the attack, search and rescue company was launched, this incorporated 350 search and rescue dogs that were put in to find lost people under the debris. They found tons of wounded people at the site, weeks later they discovered there were no survivors to be found. The search and rescue took months to complete, along that it took several weeks to put the fire out of the buildings and all the rubble on the ground. Finally in May 2002, everything was cleaned up from this attack. On September 11, 2003, 2,833 applications had been received for all the families that have been destroyed or killed in the incident.
Sources:http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._government_response_to_the_September_11_attacks
http://http://www.wisegeek.com/what-happened-on-september-11-2001.htm
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_for_the_September_11_attacks
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