9/11 was a series of 4 suicide terrorist attacks. That morning, 19 terrorists from the Al-Qaeda group hijacked 4 passenger planes. The terrorists that hijacked the planes had had flying lessons in Florida so they were able to acurately fly the planes. The American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines flight 175 were 2 of the planes hijacked and they were intentionally crashed into the twin towers in New York City, New York. Both towers collapsed within two hours. At first, most of the people tought the planes crashing into the World Trade Center was just an accident, but once the second one hit, they knew it couldn't just be a coincidence. The terrorists also hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 but intentionally crashed it into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
United Airlines Flight 93 is probably the most remember jet name because this jet was also hijacked but was headed for Washington D.C. but instead of hitting the target, the plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. When the people on this plane could get in contact with the people below them, they soon realized what the terrorists’ intentions were. They then gained up on the terrorists and tried taking over the plane and successfully guided it away from the target. There were unfortunately little to no survivors of the flight. Over 3,000 people died in these attacks.
The leader of the terrorist group, al-Qaeda, denied their involvement up until the year 2004. In 2004 Osama bin Laden confessed to leading the attacks on 9/11. In May of 2011, Osama bin Laden was found and finally killed.
The destruction of the twin towers caused lower Manhattan to have huge economical problems. It also had a significant impact on global markets. The cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May of 2002. The Pentagon was repaired within a year. There have been numerous memorials made including the Flight 93 National Memorial, the Pentagon Memorial, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The 1,776-foot-tall, One World Trade Center is expected to be built by 2013. 9/11 is still known to be one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the history of the world.
I was around 5 years old when this attack happend and don't think I realized what was happening but I do remember seeing the impacts it made on the people. Especially the people who lost loved ones on that day. There were many films and many pictures of the attacks on the World Trade Center and in some of them, you could see people jumping out of the building and commiting suicide because they knew they were going to die anyways. I think this was one of the most trajic things I have ever heard of but now they have very high security in airports and everyone takes extra caution.
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