The first crash happened a couple of minutes before 9.00am and the second plane 18 minutes later. By 10.30 the structures of both trade centres had collapsed. At about the same time two other planes were hijacked one was crashed into the pentagon in Washington D.C. The pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S defence department; witch is the agency of the government that controls the military. The fourth plane crashed into an open field in western Pennsylvania.
On the fateful day of September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda coordinated four suicide attacks on the United States in the New York and Washington D.C areas. At 8:46am and 9:03am, the terrorists hijacked four American airplanes and flew American Airline Flight 11
Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Time, and 17 minutes later, Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower. Most people called 911 screaming "Help," but they did not know where they was inside the building. Both towers collapsed creating a massive cloud of smoke that ran through New York. The South Tower collapsed
9/11 2001 affected Americans because it was is the most tragic day in American history. Members of Al Qaudea, hijacked American Air Line’s airplanes, and crashed them into many buildings such as the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and were possibly going toward the White House. September 11 showed America that we’re not invincible and we need to expect the unexpected, to prepare for the future, and to be ready for anything. Also, fire fighters lost their lives do to the terrorist attack by saving others. Finally, it helped Americans come together and realize that every person in America was affected by the attack.
The day of the incident two waves of planes attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The first hit its target at 7:53 a.m., the second at 8:55. By 9:55 the attack was over leaving Japan’s objective complete. America’s base was in chaos and 2,403 were dead, 188 planes destroyed and 8 damaged or destroyed battleships. By 1:00
Many believe that the Iraq war was a fatal mistake and it actually heightened terrorist activities. So, Post 9/11, US had become a war mongering country in the name of fighting
Ng 1 Eva Ng Parada U.S. history Period 1 May 31, 2013 Effects of 9/11 Osama bin Laden was the leader of alQaeda. He planned the terrorist attack in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area. Four airliners were hijacked by alQaeda terrorist. Two of the planes hit the World Trade Center, causing it to collapse. The third plane hit the western side of the Pentagon, and the fourth plane was targeted at the U.S. capitol, but it crashed into a nearby field.
“THE 9/11 ATTACK” On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists (from a islamist group from Afganistan) hijacked three planes with intentions of crashing them into four buildings in the U.S. They set out to crash two of the planes into the Twin Towers of the world Trade Center, one into the The Pentagon (In Arlington, Virginia), and another into the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. They were successful with all the crashes except the plane intended to crash into the United States Capitol building. The plane that was intended to crash there ended up crashing in a field near Shanksville, Pennyslvania. The attacks were said to be put together by Al-qaeda, which was an islamlist organization that was ran by a man named Osama bin Laden.
Leah Kalmowitz HUM115 Thinking Critically In The Humanities 1. The events of September 11 from Wikipedia resources were: At 8:46 a.m., five hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center's North Tower (1 WTC), and at 9:03 a.m., another five hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower (2 WTC). Five hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the The Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. A fourth flight, United Airlines Flight 93, under the control of four hijackers, crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh, at 10:03 a.m. after the passengers fought the hijackers. Flight 93's ultimate target is believed to have been either the Capitol or the White House. Flight 93's cockpit
On September 11, 2001, four commercial flights were hijacked. All planes were full of passengers. One aircraft crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, one hit the Pentagon, and the other two hit the World Trade Center in New York City. A few months later, skeptics formed a group called the “9/11 Truth Movement” (911Truth.org, 2013). The group found a number of evidence and facts that make some of the attacks of 9/11 a set up and in some cases, nearly impossible.