The topic I chose for this assigned blog is 9/11. Early morning on September 11, 2001, 19 hijackers hijacked two boeing 757's and two boeing 767's. It is believed that they hijacked these planes because of the amount of fuel they could hold. The four planes took off from Boston, Boston, Newark, and Dulles. The first flight hit the Northern Tower at 8:46am and the second plane hit the Southern Tower at 9:03am. Then, at 9:37am, the third flight hit the pentagon. The North Tower collapsed at 10:28am after burning for one hour and 42 minutes, and the South Tower collapsed at 9:59am, after burning for 56 minutes.
The total number of deaths was 2996, including the 19 hijackers and 2977 victims. After the planes hit the towers, the FFA grounded all flights, and if the flights in the air did not land or talk via radio communication, they would shoot the plane down. Delta Airlines Flight 1989 was suspected to be hijacked, but they responded to communications and landed safely in Cleveland, Ohio.
Al-Queda was suspected to be behind these terrorist attacks. in 2002, the military interviewed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and they said the flight that went down in Pennsylvania was intended to hit the capitol, not the White house. Bin Laden initially declined being involved in the attacks, but later admitted being involved. On December 27, 2001, Bin Laden released a video saying, "Terrorism against America deserves to be praised because it was a response to injustice."
I think I can actually kind of remember when this happened, but it is a bit fuzzy. I think no country should ever do this, even if they have some sort of reason. I am sure if we had talked it through with Iraq, we could have worked something out. I got my information from here and here.
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