The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to take control before it could reach the hijacker's intended target in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks.
From Wikipedia
Timeline:
7:59 a.m. (ET)76 passengers, 11 crew members and five Al Qaeda hijackers take off on American Airlines Flight 11 (Boston to Los Angeles). The flight will be hi-jacked around 8:14 a.m. and re-routed toward Manhattan.
8:14 a.m.
51 passengers, nine crew members, and five hijackers take off on another Los Angeles-bound United Airlines plane, Flight 175 from Boston. This flight will be hi-jacked around 8:45 a.m. and re-routed toward Manhattan.
8:19 a.m.
Aboard Flight 11, flight attendants Betty Ong and Madeline Amy Sweeney alert ground personnel of the hi-jacking.
8:20 a.m.
American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Washington, D.C.
8:42 a.m.
United Airlines Flight 93 takes off from Newark, N.J.
8:38 a.m.
Air traffic control notifies the military air defense command of a hijacking.
8:43 a.m.
The FAA notified military authorities of a second hijacking
8:46 a.m.
Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center's North Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds more within the tower.
8:55 a.m.
Flight 77 begins turning east, away from its intended course.
9:03 a.m.
Flight 175 crashes into the WTC's South Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds more within the building.
9:37 a.m.
Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, killing the 59 people on board and 125 others in the building.
9:42 a.m.
The FAA grounds all flights over or headed toward the United States.
All international flights headed for the U.S. are redirected to Canada. Transport Canada follows and closes down its airspace. Transport Canada take in diverted U.S.-bound international flights, launching the agency's "Operation Yellow Ribbon."
During the procedure, 38 planes will be diverted to Gander, N.L.
9:59 a.m.
The WTC South Tower collapses, killing approximately 600 people.
10:03 a.m.
Flight 93 crashes into a field in Somerset County, near Shanksville, Pa., killing all 40 people on board.
10:15 a.m.
The Pentagon E Ring (the outermost ring of offices) collapses.
10:28 a.m.
The WTC North Tower collapses, killing approximately 1,400 people.
10:43 a.m.
NAV Canada orders a grounding of all flights over Canada.
11:02 a.m.
Lower Manhattan is evacuated.
12:30 p.m.
14 survivors discovered in the WTC North Tower, in stairwell B.
12:28 p.m.
Canadian airspace is closed.
2:54 p.m.
A Korean Air flight lands in Whitehorse – met by armed police – after accidentally signaling a hijacking.
5:20 p.m.
7 World Trade Center (across the street from the twin towers) collapses.
From CTV news
Clip:
Live footage of attacks
George Bush at Yankee Stadium:
New Ground Zero Memorial:
Watch the clips and get a sense and appreciation of this event.
Provide a summary timeline for the event ( time towers were hit and collapsed)
explore and share links on the topic
as well share 2 interesting facts/stories you discovered
possible search topics ( George Bush, World Trade Center, Bin Laden, Terrorism, 9/11)
i found these things interesting
ReplyDeleteThe original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is being rebuilt with five new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks. As of November 2011, only one skyscraper has been completed, with four more expected to be completed before 2020. One World Trade Center will be the lead building for the new complex and is expected to be finished by 2013. A sixth tower is still awaiting confirmation to be built. At the time of their completion, the original 1 and 2 World Trade Center, known colloquially as the Twin Towers, were the tallest buildings in the world.
from wikipedia
and now a video
mr.cheney i found something really scary that was about the world trade center is this all true :
http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/YEiRW94YfAo/default.jpg
overall i think the 911 was the most scariest thing that happened in my life time.
i do not think that the video has no meaning because the person gave random connection also twin towers makes 10 letters.
Deleteis 911 thing a accident or they made 911 the numder on purpose
Deletewheres the video
Deleteits 9 11 for the reason that thats when this happened september ( 9) 11th ( 11)
DeleteI think 911 the emergency number came before this tragedy.
Deleteyes, but they called it 9/11 because thats the date it had happened.
DeleteFBI: Paying Cash for Coffee Potential Terrorism?
ReplyDeleteFBI says paying for your morning coffee with cash a potential terrorist activity, urges coffee shop owners to report cash-paying customers to authorities
February 08, 2012
by Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
NaturalNews.com
Purchasing a cup of coffee using cash instead of a credit or debit card, using Google Maps to view photos of sporting event stadiums and large cities, and installing software to protect your internet privacy on your mobile phone -- these and many other mundane activities are now considered to be potential terrorist activities by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). And the agency is now distributing a new series of flyers as part of its new "Communities Against Terrorism" (CAT) program that urges shop owners and others to report such "suspicious" activity to authorities.
"The Communities Against Terrorism program is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance through the SLATT Program to provide law enforcement agencies with a tool to engage members of the local community in the fight against terrorism," writes SLATT.org, the program of the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance that is promoting the program, on its website. "To assist law enforcement in the outreach effort, templates of flyers containing potential indicators have been created for distribution to specific industries" (https://www.slatt.org/CAT).
i find this very weird like what mr . cheney said there is way more security in the airports but now i find it weird for them going this far.
i think paying cash should not be a sign of terrorism.if i went to america i would like to use american money because some places in canada (or any country)don't ecept american money.
Delete@ sana
Deletecanada does accept american money.
@ aqib thats crazy!
you're a terrorist if you pay by cash?
i dont get how that could be a sign of being a terrorist.
is this act currently being used?
Deleteno some places don't except american money.
Deletelike where?
Deletehttp://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/02/03/mexican-government-successfully-sheds-th
Deleteread the third paragraph
i also found this amazing i do not think it is right if you pay by cash and get a chance to be called a terrorist
Deletei found this it says that the world trade buildint wasn't hit by a plane or anything was 1 block away from the twin towers.but the building collaspe at 5:20 the evening the twin towers fell.this building fell like it was scheduled for demolistion.
ReplyDeleteThe collapse of WTC Building 7 shows five characteristics of a controlled demolition:
It “dropped directly into its own footprint in a smooth, vertical motion”;
It “collapsed completely in less than seven seconds”;
“Dust streamed out of the upper floors of Building 7 early in its collapse”;
“WTC 7’s roof inverted toward its middle as the collapse progressed”; and
“WTC 7’s rubble was mostly confined to the block on which the building stood.”13
when nasa flew a plane over WTC site it recorded 1,341F(im not sure how many celsius that is)that temperature indicate the use of high explosives.
i foud this information on this site
http://wtc7.net/articles/kimball/thirdskyscraper.html
than how did the twin towers fall
Deletei find this really interesting osama bin ladin's, Muhammed bin Laden, was killed in 1967 in an airplane crash in Saudi Arabia when his American pilot misjudged a landing.
ReplyDeletehere the link:
http://www.dnforum.com/f254/interesting-osama-bin-laden-facts-thread-446065.html
that interesting!
Deletedo you think that osama was trying to take revenge against the americans for his loss?
Thats his father and maybe its relates to why he was against America because his father died in an crash from an american pilot...
Deletei think that is the reason.
Deleteyes i think it is related that why i found it interesting.
DeleteI found these really intense pictures
ReplyDeleteLike the twin towers, the crowd and a person falling .....They also have little summaries with them
~Zero continued to burn for 99 days after the attack -- a bleak reminder, day and night, of the thousands who lost their lives, and the countless millions more who lived, but whose lives were forever transformed.
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/9-11-the-25-most-powerful-photos-1315611364-slideshow/25-most-powerful-photos-photo-1315610966.html
i found the picture with the smoke most powerful i never thought the whole area would be filled with smoke.i can't imagine the people who had to go through all that
Deletei just realized that me and janat both gave the same link for pictures.
Deletei find that interesting i never knew that it was burning for 99 days in a row
Deletethe multiple scenes of the plane hitting the south tower was very shocking, and it happened so fast.
ReplyDeletewhat really surprised me was that the news reporters didnt act very shocked, and were a bit calm about what happened.
in the first video, at 6:30, thats the part to me, was the most powerful because it was so close up, and also the most quick.
i didnt hear a noise after the plane crashed.
i thought i would hear a load noise.
The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11[nb 1]) were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to take control before it could reach the hijacker's intended target in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks.
Suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaeda, and in 2004, the group's leader Osama bin Laden, who had initially denied involvement, claimed responsibility for the attacks.[1] Al-Qaeda and bin Laden cited U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives for the attacks. The United States responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaeda. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. In May 2011, after years at large, bin Laden was found and killed.
The destruction of the twin towers caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan and had a significant impact on global markets. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002, and the Pentagon was repaired within a year. Numerous memorials were constructed, including the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, the Pentagon Memorial, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. Adjacent to the National Memorial, the 1,776 feet (541 m) One World Trade Center is expected to be completed in 2013.[2]
i found this on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
here are some very powerful pictures of 9/11:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/9-11-the-25-most-powerful-photos-1315611364-slideshow/
the 5th and 8th picture is the most powerful to me because on the 5th, it shows a man falling down from the building, and the 8th one is where the plane is just about to hit the south tower.
i didnt know that 9/11 wasnt only in new york.
other planes were intended to also hit Washington D.C
i didnt know that Al-Qaeda was a whole group of terrorists involved in the tragedy. i though that Al-Qaeda was another person helping osama at first.
same here i thought al'quaeda was a person.
Delete@ mr cheney
ReplyDeleteis united we stand part of we all fall down?
Yeah,Its the second part of how they react after 9/11 and about what happens next.The books are very interesting.
Deleteso the book ends at the part where the planes crash?
Deleteand united we stand is what happens and what the americans do about it?
This a site teaching about 9/11.
ReplyDeleteThey provide information about the cause and how you can help.You can visit the memorial or their museum.They even have a blog.
http://www.911memorial.org/?gclid=CPKZ_t_Gj64CFeEDQAodoHoHeg
Terrorism
ReplyDeleteDevastating acts, such as the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, have left many concerned about the possibility of future incidents in the United States and their potential impact. They have raised uncertainty about what might happen next, increasing stress levels. Nevertheless, there are things you can do to prepare for the unexpected and reduce the stress that you may feel now and later should another emergency arise. Taking preparatory action can reassure you and your children that you can exert a measure of control even in the face of such events.
The site shows way to face event but at the same time in such event no one thinks of those stuff.People dont even know whats going on or as Mr.Cheney said they dont even have their final thoughts.
http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.86f46a12f382290517a8f210b80f78a0/?vgnextoid=cbc95d795323b110VgnVCM10000089f08
When terrorism is talked about,people often accuse Muslims.Just because a few Muslims were caught doing teetotalism it doesn't mean all the rest of us are.As a Muslim,I wasn't taught to hate but to love.I wasn't taught to offence innocent people but to care.Those people who are terrorist could be of any race.Women who wear Burka's are judged because of their clothing?What happened to all those people who talk about not judging others on the outside but the inside.(personalities)In Wiki they have a topic on Ismalmic Terrorism and by relating it that were meant to do such acts is beyond me.Or including the Quran and taking out the wrong meaning........
ReplyDeletei agree
Deletethat statement is very stereotypical.
i agree just because you where a hijab or something doesn't mean that muslim are terrorist like i remeber i wore a hijab once and some one like "oh look a muslim"and they made weird faces.Why are muslim consider as terrorist why others.
Deletehow is osama related to 9/11 i only found this that he sent people to go to flight school i can't find any hard clues.
ReplyDeletehe sent the people to hit the world trade center and the pentagon
Deletei found some info on binladen and the twin towers
ReplyDeleteBin Laden, who orchestrated the attacks, initially denied but later admitted involvement.[1][91][92] Al Jazeera broadcast a statement by bin Laden on September 16, 2001, stating, "I stress that I have not carried out this act, which appears to have been carried out by individuals with their own motivation."[93] In November 2001, U.S. forces recovered a videotape from a destroyed house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. In the tape, bin Laden is seen talking to Khaled al-Harbi and admits foreknowledge of the attacks.[94] On December 27, 2001, a second bin Laden video was released. In the video, he states, "Terrorism against America deserves to be praised because it was a response to injustice, aimed at forcing America to stop its support for Israel, which kills our people", but he stopped short of admitting responsibility for the attacks.[95]
Shortly before the U.S. presidential election in 2004, in a taped statement, bin Laden publicly acknowledged al-Qaeda's involvement in the attacks on the U.S. and admitted his direct link to the attacks. He said that the attacks were carried out because, "we are free ... and want to regain freedom for our nation. As you undermine our security we undermine yours."[96] Bin Laden said he had personally directed his followers to attack the World Trade Center.[92][97] Another video obtained by Al Jazeera in September 2006 shows bin Laden with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, as well as two hijackers, Hamza al-Ghamdi and Wail al-Shehri, as they make preparations for the attacks.[98] The U.S. never formally indicted bin Laden for the 9/11 attacks but he was on the FBI's Most Wanted List for the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.[99][100] After a nearly 10-year manhunt, bin Laden was killed by American forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 1, 2011.[101][102]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
ok i just found this link that says that FBI has no clue for blaming osama for 9/11 and the article was amde in 2006 and the video they found in 2001
Deletewho is Khaled al-Harbi ?
Deletehttp://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13664.htm
ReplyDeleteif in this link it says that FBI had no hard clues so why do poeple say he was behind all this
i don't understand osama was killed becuse we thought he was related 9/11 without any clue proving that he was connected to 9/11 and we have so many clues that the wtc could have been a demolistion but no one considers it has a demolistion when we have proof
ReplyDeletehe also did other attacks. and he did send the people to high jack the planes
Deletewell the FBI dosen't have proof
Deleteyes they do.
Deletein 2004 he admit to have done 9/11
but this link says FBI has no proof against osama
Deletehttp://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13664.htm
fbi might not, but maybe the government does
Deletei also found out that a man named rip rick was head security of the centers and somehow knew the planes were coming . he also risked his life to save 2,700 people. he went up and downt the building to save people. he wanted no alive person left behind
ReplyDeleteso why didn't that guy infrom the police
Deletehe did, noone listened
DeleteSome interesting facts:
ReplyDeleteGeorge Bush witnessed the attack on the WTC himself. He even said "I was sitting outside the classroom and I saw an airplane hit the tower".
On September 11, The New York Yankees game was cancelled. So were all the other games that week at The Yankees Statium.
Summary:
Four planes were highjacked on September 11,2001 by Al Qaeda. They crashed at The World Trade Centre (North and South tower), The Pentagon, and a field in Somersent County. All passengers on the planes were killed as well ascountless others. The Pentagon E wing, The WTC Towers (Twin Towers, 7 World Trade Centre ( across the street from the Twin tower) collapses. Nearly 3,000 people died on September 11, 2001.
what classroom are you talking about i also never knew if there was schools near the twin towers
DeleteHe was at Emma E. Booker Elementary School, here's a video of it;
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDJMxSvd4x4
More than 90% of the workers and visitors who died in the towers had been at or above the points of impact.
ReplyDeleteAt least 200 people fell or jumped to their deaths from the burning towers
Summary: 4 planes were hijacked on 9/11 by Al Qaeda. 19 terrorists were accused of this suicidal tragic incident. This all happened in Manhattan NY over 3000 people died in this. The 2 twin towers then collapsed.
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ReplyDeleteThe September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, both towers collapsed within two hours. Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to take control before it could reach the hijacker's intended target in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks.
ReplyDeleteSuspicion quickly fell on al-Qaeda, and in 2004, the group's leader Osama bin Laden, who had initially denied involvement, claimed responsibility for the attacks. Al-Qaeda and bin Laden cited U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives for the attacks. The United States responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaeda. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. In May 2011, after years at large, bin Laden was found and killed.
The destruction of the twin towers caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan and had a significant impact on global markets. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002, and the Pentagon was repaired within a year. Numerous memorials were constructed, including the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, the Pentagon Memorial, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. One World Trade Center has been expected to be built in better quality by 2013.
If you visit New York today you will see many memorials etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11
Found these facts about 9/11 and the losses of life on 9/11 and many other fascinating facts that i and maybe you guys didn't know.
ReplyDelete2,749 death certificates were filed relating to the WTC attacks, as of February 2005
13 people died after the disaster, from injuries received on September 11; three of these people died in Massachusetts, Missouri, and New Jersey, and the rest died in New York.
Of the 2,749 people who died, 2,117 (77%) were males and 632 (23%) were females.
911 wtc death toll in the Twin Towers Graphic 1,588 (58%) were forensically identified from recovered physical remains.
The median age for the victims was 39 years (range: 2-85 years); the median age was 38 years for females (range: 2-81 years) and 39 years for males (range: 3-85 years). Three people were aged under 5 years, and three were aged over 80 years.
23 New York City Police Officers died on September 11th, 2001.
People from 83 different countries died in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
http://www.wtc911.us/wtc_911_facts.html
wow do you know why there is more men than women
Deletewhat were the jobs for the 80 years old
Deletetest
ReplyDeletefinally worked BACK ON THE BLOG AFTER A LONG TIME FINALLY
Delete4 planes were hijacked by Al Qaeda and crashed in to the WTC, the building is immediately evacuated as well is the White House , plane flights in almost every country have to be stopped due to this.A plane then crashes into the Pentagon and that to is immediately evacuated. Meanwhile the WTC north and south tower collapse causing smoke to fill NYC. Victims came from more than 90 countries around the world
ReplyDeletei thought only two planes were hijaked also do you have any info on the passengers in those four planes
DeleteTwo planes hit the WTC, the other 2 hit the Pentagon and a field near Pennsylvania.
DeleteIn the first video the people were so shocked when they saw a second plane. They had no clue what was coming. Also one of the ladies said that the second plane seemed like it crashed on purpose.
ReplyDeleteSummary~ Four planes were highjacked on September 11,2001 by Al Qaeda. This happened upon the United states in New York and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001. 19 Terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes.
I found this on yahoo answers it states why the twin towers were purposely destroyed~ Because Radical Islam hates the U.S. and any other free nation. They fear that an elected government will result in change that they cannot control. They fear that they will be destroyed as a force in the region. As a result, they tried to destroy the U.S. economy, in hopes that we would not be able or willing to stop the threat of radical, militant Islam in the world. The attack on 9/11 was little more than hate for our way of life. They are intent on taking over the world. They want to destroy all who will not convert to radical Islam.
Read More~ http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_they_blow_up_the_twin_towers#ixzz1lvqEUH6u
I'm having so much fun searching for info IT'S FUN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T WITNESSED PLUS THERE'S NEW THINGS YOU LEARN!!!!!!! Stuff you didn't know before.
ReplyDeletei found this info shocking i could not think of people going this far for their fear
ReplyDeleteAqib are you talking about the info I posted or something else? And if it's about what I posted then exactly like you would destroy some building for your fear of losing control if the government changes any rules. WOW!!!!!! What A World!!!!!!
Deletethis is what i found:
ReplyDeleteThe original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is being rebuilt with five new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks. As of November 2011, only one skyscraper has been completed, with four more expected to be completed before 2020. One World Trade Center will be the lead building for the new complex and is expected to be finished by 2013. A sixth tower is still awaiting confirmation to be built. At the time of their completion, the original 1 and 2 World Trade Center, known colloquially as the Twin Towers, were the tallest buildings in the world.
The complex was designed in the early 1960s by Minoru Yamasaki and Associates of Troy, Michigan, and Emery Roth and Sons of New York.[2] The twin 110-story towers used a tube-frame structural design. To gain approval for the project, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to take over the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad, which became the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH). Groundbreaking for the World Trade Center took place on August 5, 1966. The North Tower (1) was completed in December 1972 and the South Tower (2) was finished in July 1973. The construction project involved excavating a large amount of material, which was later used as landfill to build Battery Park City on the west side of Lower Manhattan. The cost for the construction was $400 million ($2,200,000,000 in 2012 dollars).[3] The complex was located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district and contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m2) of office space.[4][5] The Windows on the World restaurant was located on the 106th and 107th floors of 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower) while the Top of the World observation deck was located on the 107th floor of 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower). Other World Trade Center buildings included the Marriott World Trade Center; 4 World Trade Center; 5 World Trade Center; 6 World Trade Center, which housed the United States Customs. All of these buildings were built between 1975 and 1981. The final building constructed was 7 World Trade Center, which was built in 1985. The second King Kong was filmed in 1976 with some scenes mentioning and showing the World Trade Center. The World Trade Center experienced a fire on February 13, 1975, and a bombing on February 26, 1993. In 1998, the Port Authority decided to privatize the World Trade Center, leasing the buildings to a private company to manage, and awarded the lease to Silverstein Properties in July 2001.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda-affiliated hijackers flew two 767 jets into the complex, one into each tower, in a coordinated terrorist attack. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower (2) collapsed, followed a half-hour later by the North Tower (1), with the attacks on the World Trade Center resulting in 2,753 deaths.[6] 7 World Trade Center collapsed later in the day and the other buildings, although they did not collapse, had to be demolished because they were damaged beyond repair. The process of cleanup and recovery at the World Trade Center site took eight months. The first new building at the site was 7 World Trade Center, which opened in May 2006. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), established in November 2001 to oversee the rebuilding process, organized competitions to select a site plan and memorial design. Memory Foundations, designed by Daniel Libeskind, was selected as the master plan, but this went through substantial changes in design. The new World Trade Center complex will include One World Trade Center, three other high-rise office towers, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center
ReplyDeleteOsama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden:
ReplyDeletewas the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite.
Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror, with a US$25 million bounty by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
After being placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden remained in hiding during three U.S. presidential administrations. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs and CIA operatives in a covert operation ordered by United States President Barack Obama. Shortly after his death, bin Laden's body was buried at sea. Al-Qaeda acknowledged his death on May 6, 2011, vowing to retaliate.
Well Now I Think This Mightve Been Why http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0Ms7mId34
ReplyDelete9/11 conspiracy theories are theories that disagree with the widely accepted account that the September 11 attacks were perpetrated solely by al-Qaeda,[1] without any detailed advanced knowledge on the part of any government agency.[2] Proponents of these theories claim there were inconsistencies in the official conclusions or evidence that was overlooked.[3] In a 2008 global poll of 17 countries, 46% of those surveyed believed al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks, 15% believed the U.S. government was responsible, 7% believed Israel was and another 7% believed some other perpetrator, other than al Qaeda, was responsible. The poll found that respondents in the Middle East were especially likely to name a perpetrator other than al-Qaeda.[4] People who believe in 9/11 conspiracy theories are also more likely to believe other conspiracy theories such as competing theories about the death of Osama bin Laden, with some believing he is still alive.[5]
ReplyDeleteThe most prominent conspiracy theory is that the collapse of the World Trade Center and 7 World Trade Center were the result of a controlled demolition rather than structural failure due to fire.[6][7] Another prominent belief is that the Pentagon was hit by a missile launched by elements from inside the U.S. government[8][9] or that a commercial airliner was allowed to do so via an effective standdown of the American military.[10][11] Motives cited by conspiracy theorists include justifying the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and geostrategic interests in the Mideast, including pipeline plans launched in the early 1990s by Unocal and other oil companies.[12] Other conspiracy theories revolve around authorities having advance knowledge of the attacks and deliberately ignoring or helping to assist the attackers. [3][13][14]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and media outlets such as Popular Mechanics have investigated and rejected these claims.[15][16] The civil engineering community accepts that the impacts of jet aircraft at high speeds in combination with subsequent fires, rather than controlled demolition, led to the collapse of the Twin Towers.[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center
ReplyDeleteis i guess the new building memorial ish if you wanna say
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_September_11_Memorial_%26_Museum
this is more info on the Memorial and museum
Interesting fact from Wikipedia:
ReplyDeleteIn a 2008 global poll of 17 countries, 46% of those surveyed believed al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks, 15% believed the U.S. government was responsible, 7% believed Israel was and another 7% believed some other perpetrator, other than al Qaeda, was responsible. The poll found that respondents in the Middle East were especially likely to name a perpetrator other than al-Qaeda.
On september 11th, 2001, exactly starting at 8:46am, a series of terrorist (suicide) attacks occurred by a Terrorist organization called al-Qaeda. Four planes have crashed that morning. One crashed in the Pentagon in Virginia, and the other one crashed in Pennsylvania. The first two planes hit the Twin Towers in New York. At 8:46am, five hijackers in Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center's north tower. At 9:03am, five hijackers in Flight 175 crashed into the south tower. The aftermath of all the terror attacks are almost 3,000 civilians dead. The leader of al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, denied responsibility of the 9/11 attacks, but later in 2004 claims he is responsible. Later on, when George Bush came in to power, the United States responded to the 9/11 attacks, by invading Afghanistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Starting "The War on Terror" had a purpose to eliminate terrorists, also 'revenge' from the United States.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories
hmmmm conspiracy theories
ReplyDeleteThe September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11[nb 1]) were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to take control before it could reach the hijacker's intended target in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks.
ReplyDeleteSuspicion quickly fell on al-Qaeda, and in 2004, the group's leader Osama bin Laden, who had initially denied involvement, claimed responsibility for the attacks.[1] Al-Qaeda and bin Laden cited U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives for the attacks. The United States responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaeda. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. In May 2011, after years at large, bin Laden was found and killed
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@8:46am the so called "terrorists" crashed American Airlines 11 into the world trade centre's north tower, then at 9:03 the south tower was attacked. Not only the world trade centre but the pentagon as well at 9:37. There is alot of conspiracy on whether the government did it or not. They must have covered it up then it hasn't been proven that the government did it 100% nor has it been proven that Al Qaeda did it.
the most interesting thing about 9/11 was the pictures and the story about Asama bin laden because first of all the pictures have lots of story's and meaning to them when u see pictures like this when no one has a choice to choose to live or die u see people jumping from the top because they didn't know what else to do.It took them a while to find everyone who was behind this and who was involved it just came as a surprise now a days every airport has tight security because of 9/11.here r the pictures i looked at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/09/pictures/110908-about-911-september-9-11-twin-world-trade-center-towers-indelible/ and here is the history of wtc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center
ReplyDeleteBin laden crashed the twin towers on september 11, 2001. he crashed the towners in the morning around 10 both of the towers were hit and clapsed within 2 hours. They call it 911 becuase there was 11 attacks and it was on the 11th of september. When the twin towers were crashed and hit the president of the united stats was reading a book and never acted and did anything from.
ReplyDeletethere wasnt 11 attacks. it was on the 11th and the 9th month
DeleteThere were actually 4 attacks one to the pentagon. One was planned to hit the pentagon. they tried to do it again but crashed because of the people holding them back. Then the other two going for each of the towers.
DeleteI heard that the military had sent out fighter jets to get control of the planes that were high jacked during that time. When the fighter jet had got in the ski, they were told to get to the plane and secure it. But the direction told was the wrong way! They ended up not getting to the plane which made the other twin tower to be in danger. When all of this was over, the fighter jet made it too late.
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The twin towers were more then just building. They were proof Of new York belief of itself. Built at a time when new Yorkshire future was uncertain, the towers restored confidence and helped being a halt to the decline Of lowers manhattan.Brash, Glitzy, and grand ! They quickly became the symbols of new york.
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ReplyDeleteThe origins of al-Qaeda can be traced to 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Soon after, Osama bin Laden traveled to Afghanistan and helped organize Arab mujahideen to resist the Soviets. Under the guidance of Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden became more radical.
In 1996 bin Laden issued his first fatwā, calling for American soldiers to leave Saudi Arabia.
In a second fatwā in 1998, bin Laden outlined his objections to American foreign policy with respect to Israel, as well as the continued presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War. Bin Laden used Islamic texts to exhort Muslims to attack Americans until the stated grievances are reversed, and according to bin Laden, Muslim legal scholars, "have throughout Islamic history unanimously agreed that the jihad is an individual duty if the enemy destroys the Muslim countries."
Information on Osama Bin laden
Bin Laden, who orchestrated the attacks, initially denied but later admitted involvement. Al Jazeera broadcast a statement by bin Laden on September 16, 2001, stating, "I stress that I have not carried out this act, which appears to have been carried out by individuals with their own motivation." In November 2001, U.S. forces recovered a videotape from a destroyed house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. In the tape, bin Laden is seen talking to Khaled al-Harbi and admits foreknowledge of the attacks. On December 27, 2001, a second bin Laden video was released. In the video, he states, "Terrorism against America deserves to be praised because it was a response to injustice, aimed at forcing America to stop its support for Israel, which kills our people", but he stopped short of admitting responsibility for the attacks.
Shortly before the U.S. presidential election in 2004, in a taped statement, bin Laden publicly acknowledged al-Qaeda's involvement in the attacks on the U.S. and admitted his direct link to the attacks. He said that the attacks were carried out because, "we are free ... and want to regain freedom for our nation. As you undermine our security we undermine yours." Bin Laden said he had personally directed his followers to attack the World Trade Center. Another video obtained by Al Jazeera in September 2006 shows bin Laden with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, as well as two hijackers, Hamza al-Ghamdi and Wail al-Shehri, as they make preparations for the attacks. The U.S. never formally indicted bin Laden for the 9/11 attacks but he was on the FBI's Most Wanted List for the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. After a nearly 10-year manhunt, bin Laden was killed by American forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 1, 2011.
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The attacks resulted in the death of 2,996 people, including the 19 hijackers and 2,977 victims. The victims included 246 on the four planes (from which there were no survivors), 2,606 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. Nearly all of the victims were civilians; 55 military personnel were among those killed at the Pentagon.
More than 90% of the workers and visitors who died in the towers had been at or above the points of impact. In the North Tower 1,355 people at or above the point of impact were trapped and died of smoke inhalation, fell or jumped from the tower to escape the smoke and flames, or were killed in the building's eventual collapse. A further 107 people below the point of impact did not survive. In the South Tower one stairwell remained intact, allowing 18 people to escape from above the point of impact. In the South Tower 630 people died, fewer than half the number killed in the North Tower. Casualties in the South Tower were significantly reduced by the decision of some occupants to start evacuating when the North Tower was struck.
Do you know what type of things or work the workers do?
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EFvGuIXIJc&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3D911%2Bthe%2Bfalling%2Bman%26oq%3D911%2Bthe%2Bfalling%2Bman%26aq%3Df%26aqi%3Dg3%26aql%3D%26gs_sm%3D3%26gs_upl%3D1756l6575l0l7183l19l19l0l9l9l0l254l1780l1.7.2l10l0&has_verified=1 I found this video ( the link is so long!!!!)
ReplyDeleteI found this topic very interesting and it became more interesting when in 2008 i visited the location. Now there wasn't anything cool about the twin towers after the attack because nothing of it was left except for a burnt ground but just seeing at how busy that place was how so many people were always in a rush.Just thinking about that the day the towers were attacked how many people OUTSIDE of the building died? When the bombs were set the flames were strong if we go to science not many people around would have survived because of the strength of the flames when the building tumbled down those bricks, stones, cement who and where did it all fall on . And when i went to NYC there was hardly any space for anyone to get through so a picture in my mind was very surprising and very depressing. One day browsing through the channels my mom found a movie about the twin towers being attacked they showed how the people planned about attacking all of this and that's the most i can remember. But its very cool to get an inside scoop on how they would have planned and it didn't seem easy and there was a lot of tension and depression because they didn't want anything to go wrong and everything happened the way they wanted it to.Somethings sound easy but aren't easy.
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ReplyDeletehow it affects us**** not benefit
Deleteit can affect us in a positive or negative.
Work Mrs.McMahon gave: Why is it so important for the next generation to learn about 911.How does this effect us?
ReplyDeleteits important for the generations to come to learn about 9/11 because like mr cheney said:
Deleteeverything is a byproduct of 9/11.
9/11 is the reason why security checks are very strict. anyone with a darker skin tone with poor english will be questioned more. its because of al-queda's attack.
because im a darker skin tone, it does affect me. it affected my parents more because they couldnt talk in english that well.
Okay so are you trying to say we should learn about it because we will know why certain things happen? If yes then do you think we should do something about it? And if you reply yes to the question above then why don’t you do anything? Like mostly everyone knew about the attacks before why didn’t they do anything? If changes should be made why don’t you help make a change?
Deleteat that time people couldn't do anything and so what do you expect them to do now? Like really there's nothihng to do and you can't help
Deletepeople then couldnt find a way to make things better that generation couldn't so its really worth a try ex. someone just found out about how a bug carries anti bio-tics why couldn't people before figure that out
Deletethis generation has to learn about 9 11 because in the future these attacks have a chance to happen again so we need to learn how to cope with these attacks
ReplyDeleteHave you learned how to cope with attacks?
Deletei think that the security in airports is enough protection for 911 and i guess we learnt enough to protect our selves
Deletedo you think anyone will go over board like even though their is very good security do you think someone would still try to take bombs or illegal stuff?
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ReplyDelete1. In my opinion it is important for the next generation because you need to no the past in order to continue in the future. It is important because this situation can come back and hit us any time any where .Someone once said that those who do not learn about history repeat it (or something to that extent). If you don't want to bad things to happen again, learn about and try to prevent them. It is also important to study about the 9/11 attacks because if you want to know how the stuff (calling all m Muslims terrorist etc..) really started, then you can research History and try to find out. History teaches us many vital lessons about life
ReplyDeletethis generation has to learn about 9 11 because 9 11 was a huge factor of change because it was a ripple effect. for example now since of the hijacks security has to check our luggages and security has to check our body for bombs etc. We youths should know the reasons why these things started and where it came from like we lived by these strict rules!
ReplyDeleteSo would you say if 9/11 attacks never happened then they wouldn't do security check or would'nt be that picky about checking and stuff?
Deleteya because who would of thought of it. Like for soccer you wore shinpads because the old soccer plyers got injured there, otherwise we wouldnt wears shinpads.
Deletecould someone do something bigger then the 9/11 attacks and would it make this security more strict??
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