On September 11, 2001 nineteen Islamist terrorists hijacked 4 U.S. passenger planes in an attempt to crash them into 4 different places. Those places were Both of the WTC towers, the Pentagon, and the U.S. Capitol Building. The first 3 attacks were successful while the plane intended to go to the U.S. Capitol Building was retaken by passengers on that plane, but crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
These attacks were coordinated and executed by the radical Muslim group Al Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden. These attacks were part of a "holy war" that bin Laden felt was necessary. Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed was the actual planner of these attacks, 9 years after he planned and financed the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. Sheikh Mohammed was the one who thought of which planes they would hijack, and which buildings they would attack. He then brought these plans to bin Laden who finalized them.
The attacks on the World Trade Centers caused both towers to collapse. From these collapses 2,606 people died which includes those on the ground, and the search and rescue teams. All 246 passengers on the planes were killed, 125 also died at the Pentagon. The collapse of these two towers greatly effected the U.S. stock market for the next few months.
I think that these attacks were horrible and pointless. The fact that they were done mainly because the U.S. supported Israel. The thought that anyone would want to assist in the killing of almost 3,000 people is disgusting. I am glad that bin Laden has been killed and that Sheikh Mohammed has been captured.
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