Virginia & New York September 11, 2001
On September 11, 2001 a group of terrorist from the islamic extremist al-qaeda the created a suicide mission to hit the twin towers, 4 planes were hijacked to attack some of the most important buildings in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the two twin towers of the World Trade Center, the third plane had hit the pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C., the fourth plane had crashed into a field in pennsylvania, because it had been taken over by the passengers on the plane. We believed that the fourth plane that had crashed into the field was heading straight toward the white house, over 3,000 died on 9/11 terrorist attack.
In New York City, the twin towers were hit by two planes that have been taken over by hijackers. About 15 minutes after the tower was struck by the plane, the south tower had collapsed, time 9:59am about a little under half an hour the north tower had fell at 10:28am. Leaving the city with a huge cloud of dust and smoke that had covered the whole city of New York. 3,000 people have died in the New York 9/11 event and leaving 10,000 injured. This is what had happened in this event in the city of New York.
In Virginia during the 9/11 attack one of the four
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Millions of people were shocked to see this event taking place, metal, wood, and even glass objects falling out of the sky including people from the impact of the plane when it had hit the building. Firemen and policemen, waiting under the buildings moving in to rescue people that needed help. When the south tower collapsed all the firemen and policemen were crushed from the falling impact, including the people that were in the building in the south tower. Little under thirty minutes the north tower collapsed as well leaving huge clouds of dust and smoke, covering the whole entire city of New
9/11 is a horrific moment in history, and is well recognized for it’s spawn of mass hysteria in America. Because of this, The Crucible and 9/11 are highly similar in that both situations caused people to become so fearful and paranoid to the point where they began to treat others unfairly, and become more vulnerable/gullible to people’s selfish schemes. In the Crucible, the people of Salem wished for there to be safety in their town and in their religion. However the fear of witchcraft interfered with that, causing a mass hysteria to flood throughout the town. They began to point fingers. It also caused them to be vulnerable. hence becoming more gullible. These same situations happened to America after 9/11 occurred.
September 11, 2001 was a day that Americans and the world for that matter will not soon forget. When two planes went into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and two others went into the Pentagon and a small town in Pennsylvania, the world was rocked. Everyone in the United States felt very vulnerable and unsafe from attacks that might follow. As a result, confidence in the CIA, FBI, and the airlines were shaken. People were scared to fly after what had happened.
Military members and civilians were killed in the Pentagon along with the passengers aboard the airplane. 15 minutes later the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. At 10:30 a.m. the North Tower collapsed, leaving over 10,000 injured civilians and more than 3,000 killed. Meanwhile, while all these events occurred a fourth airplane was hijacked.
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On the morning of September 11/2001, 19 terrorist working for the Al Qaeda terrorist organization hijacked four commercial planes. They attempted to fly them into multiple U.S targets. One of the planes, American Airlines, flight 11, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:50 a.m. Another plane, United Airlines, flight 175, crashed into the south tower at 9:04 a.m. These tragedies took the lives of nearly 3000 people and affected the lives of millions.
Soon after, Flight 175 attacked the South Tower. By the end of the day, both towers had collapsed and other hijacked flights had caused damage. The amount of lives lost on September 11 was substantial; 2,749 people from eighty-three different countries died from the attacks (Facts about the attacks., n.d.). All in all, America has changed forever. Research Many conspiracy theories have been developed concerning what happened to the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001, but there are a select few that, similar to the truth, cannot be disproved without quite a bit of effort.
On September 11, 2001, the Islamist terrorist group known as al-Qaeda launched a series of terrorist attacks on the United States of America, specifically in the New York City and Washington D.C areas. Nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes with the intention of using them as suicide attacks that would crash those planes into designated buildings, or targets. Two of the four passenger jets were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, both of which collapsed entirely within two hours of being hit. The third plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and the west side of the building, which is the Headquarters of the US Department of Defense, partially collapsed. The fourth hijacked plane was intended for the US Capitol Building in Washington D.C, but instead crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers of the plane interfered with the hijackers. The attack on September 11th was devastatingly fatal—almost 3,000 people died in the attacks, including all of the al-Qaeda hijackers and every passenger aboard the four planes.
One of the most devastating terrorist attacks in United States history, 9/11, has taken the
September 11, 2001 is known as the worst terrorist attack in United States history. On a clear Tuesday morning, there were four planes that were hijacked and flown into multiple buildings by a terrorist group named al Qaeda. This group, led by Osama bin Laden, killed nearly 3,000 people. Out of those 3,000 people more than 400 police and 343 firefighters were killed along with 10,000 people who were treated for severe injuries. Many lives were taken, and to this day, people still suffer from the attack. September 11th is the most influential event of the early twenty-first century because it made an increase in patriotism, it caused a rise in security throughout the nation, and it had a tremendous effect of thousands of lives.
There were numerous events and threats leading up to the terrorists attacks on the World Trade Center which left chaos amongst the streets of downtown New York City and would leave America and its families devastated and prone to change after this infamous date in our nation’s history. What happened on September 11th, 2001 was without a doubt both horrific and ill natured. Multiple terrorists hijacked several US airliners that would later be flown into the North and South towers, the Pentagon, and also an unintended area in Pennsylvania. It can be said that the United States of America was unprepared and vulnerable for these occurrences.
On Sept. 11, 2001, A date that will live in infamy for Americans, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City. At 8:48 a.m. flight 11 crashed into the north tower. As it continued to burn a second plane flight 175 carrying 65 people crashed into the south tower around 9:05 a.m.. as smoke and debris fill the air in New York City after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed. Police officers and rescue workers on the disaster scene in New York are covered in Ash that was two to three inches deep in places. People wandered dazed and terrified, Several firefighters coated with dust sat on the ground gasping for breath. One top fire official was asked if both towers had completely collapsed: "You can see what I can see, " he responded. "We just have no idea." At least 202 firefighters and possibly up to 350 are missing,
On September 11, 2001 terrorists crashed two American airline airplanes into Twin Towers, killing thousands of people. It was the worst terrorist attack in American history and it showed us that we are not protected by Atlantic and Pacific. It showed us that we could be attacked by anyone at anytime. It showed us that if we will be attacked again that we can only depend on each other and not on other nations to help us. The 9/11 changed people forever, some lost family members or friends, others lost their jobs even so called “American Dream.”
To understand the impact of September 11, ("9/11 by the numbers") New York Magazine published a statistical report about the causalities. According to the report approximately, 343 firefighters, 23 New York Police Officers and 2,016 World Trade Center employees died. Furthermore, officials discovered nearly 20,000 body parts and 289 bodies intact. Moreover, on September 12, 2010, (Edelman) the casualty toll had risen, 44 survivors committed suicide, 49 died of a drug overdose and 14 were murdered. Also, 664 survivors died because of diseases and illnesses contracted from the collapsing towers, including cancers and lung disease from inhaling toxic smoke and dust.
9/11 was one of the darkest days in America, but some say the government could have been part of these attacks. For many years people have debated about the 9/11 cover up. This theory cannot explain why the government would do this. Once people understand why the 9/11 cover up is fake, they will begin to see the answer to their problem, could the government have done this? This conspiracy theory is wrong because, terrorists admitted to the attacks, so many people died, and there's no evidence against the government.
About 20 minutes later news broke across the country that the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City had was engulfed into smoke. A loud explosion was heard across Manhattan. Very few people knew what exactly happened. Thousands of people looked up at the building thinking that it was a fire or some kind of , but people had realized just 17 minutes later the South Tower was struck by a plane. Right as the plane hit people knew that this was an act of terrorism.