Persuasive Essay About September 11 2001

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September 11, 2001 was a horrible and tragic day in American history, but not for the reasons one might think. The atrocious acts of terrorism that took place on this unforgettable and horrific day were committed by none other than our own government. Why would our government commit such terrible acts against their own country you may ask? The answer is, in order for them to further a corrupt economic and political plan designed to benefit the powerful individuals in the government. Background On the day of September 11, 2001 New York City and Washington DC were attacked. The attacks on these two cities became known as terrorist attacks. On this day a total of four United States passenger airplanes were hijacked and flown towards specific targets in New York and Washington DC. Three of the four airplanes hit their planned targets, the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC. David Ray Griffin provides us with a timeline of the events explaining that American Airlines flight 11 was the first plane to hit its target at 8:46 AM, the North tower of the…show more content…
If NORAD's story was true, then someone in the FAA should have been arrested and charged with a criminal offense. No one in ether the FAA or NORAD was punished though. In fact some workers were even promoted. The problem with NORAD's story is that they did not even send the scramble order until 8:46 AM. The second problem with their story was that they sent the scramble order to the air force base in Cape Cod which was 180 miles away instead of sending it to the New Jersey base only 70 miles away (Griffin 9). That certainly makes you wonder why NORAD proceeded to wait 6 minutes before sending the scramble order and then when they finally sent it, they sent it to a base 180 miles

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