On the morning of September 11, 2001 life as we know it in America changed forever. 19 men from a Muslim extremist organization known as al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes with the intent of killing thousands of Americans. Three of the four airplanes hit their targets, the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, the last plane was crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after the passengers tried to regain control. These attacks killed almost 3,000 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. The man behind these attacks was a Saudi Arabian man named Osama bin Laden. These attacks caused mass panic throughout the world, but it also increased patriotism throughout the United States. It also is what got us into the Global War on Terror.
Suspicion of the attacks quickly fell on bin Laden and al-Qaeda. The United States invaded Afghanistan to help dispose of the Taliban, which harbored al-Qaeda. Initially, bin Laden denied any involvement in the attacks, but in 2004 he claimed responsibility. The United States military and its allies started a manhunt throughout the
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79 JSOC operators and CIA agents along with a Belgian Malinois and five helicopters carried out Operation Neptune Spear with the mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. One of the two helicopters that carried operators to the compound crash-landed right outside of the compound, thankfully none of the operators were injured in the crash. 40 minutes after the raid the JSOC commander on the ground spoke the words “Geronimo EKIA” and “For God and Country, Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo” indicating Osama bin Laden was dead. The long manhunt that started shortly after the attacks on 9/11 finally came to an
The 9/11 incident had a lot of people lost no one actually knew what really happened at first. A lot of people were confused and shocked people didn’t know what to think all they could really do was assume. So the town evacuated it took tons of boats to get the people off of the island.
This week we mark the 14th anniversary of one of the worst days in American history -- the day we have come to know by two numbers: 9/11.
The United States’ War on Terror following the attacks on 9/11 began with the invasion of Afghanistan and an attempt to to overthrow the Taliban government for harboring Osama bin Laden, the one responsible for the devastating attacks, led to devastating casualties of American and Taliban soldiers, as well as countless civilians. The United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom on October 7, 2001 and began a ground and air attack in Afghanistan. In the first year of the war, it is reported that between 1537 to 2490 civilians were killed in the air assault led by U.S. forces (Guilliard 66). The U.S. swiftly defeated the Taliban but failed to capture Bin Laden before he escaped to Pakistan. It is reported that roughly 13,000 Talibani soldiers were killed in the first year of the war Guilliard 74). This led to very poor relations with Afghan “rebels” in which there were many sporadic battles with that led to Afghanistan becoming a
On September 11, 2001 at 8:45 am. a horrific event occurred. Four jets had been hijacked by an Islamic terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. They were on a suicide mission to attack the most symbolic and important united states landmarks.
President Bush started searching for Al- Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden. And President Bush also informed that they were the mastermind behind the attack. Then, a war unleashed in Afghanistan. After Taliban leaders rejected Bush’s demands, (on October 7) the U.S and British Aircraft released a massive bombing attack on major Afghan cities. The capital of Afghan, Kabul fell by mid- November. And, Osama Bin Laden was believed to escape during the “war” of Tora Bora in December 2001.Couple years after, on March 2003, a war in Iraq began with an “air campaign” followed by a ground invasion led by the U.S forces. Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad fell in April 2003, then on May 1, 2003, President Bush announced the “end of major combat operations in Iraq. Then on December 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by the U.S forces, then they were executed by Iraqis in
This project is about accidents that happen in New York and in Virginia during September 11 2001. There are some places that occur something at this date. These are the places that occur something.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four airliners were hijacked by members of al-Qaeda who aimed to carry out suicide attacks against United States. Of the four planes, one struck the Pentagon, one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, and the two remaining planes were flown into the Twin Towers in New York City, New York. Claiming almost three thousand lives, this event gave birth to a war and brought about everyday sociological changes for Americans. Is America safer post the tragic day we all refer to as 9/11? In my opinion, America is safer post 9/11 because of changes in immigration and deportations, border patrol, and airport security.
2,600 in the World Trade Center, 125 at the Pentagon, 256 on airplanes, 37 New York Port Authority officers, 342 firefighters, 23 police officers. Over 2,900 lives were taken from this world and over 6,000 individuals were wounded on September 11, 2001. Often referred to as the tragedy on 9/11, is considered one of the darkest days American history. On this day, immeasurable pain was inflicted on the lives of innocent American citizens as a result of a terrorist attack. Americans were left wondering how and why a plan so precise, destructive, and extremely elaborate was able to occur on their soil. Americans were foreigners to blood being spilled on their land, leaving them in the dark of what was next.
On September 11, 2001, the terror attacks that struck upon the American people etched a wound so deep that will take years to repair. The whole world watched and mourned as 2,977 innocent lives were taken mercilessly away by the clutches of vile people. The group responsible for these attacks had malicious intent and animosity toward the people of the free world. They took their accumulated hatred and attacked the American people. The way the American people responded was not what the terrorist group had expected.Instead of cowering in fear from the attacks as presumed, the American people began to display more patriotism and exhibit a sense of unity. While 9/11 is a day we remember the innocent lives lost to terrorism and the new sense of togetherness it founded, it is also a day that birth the term Islamophobia and gave rise to mistaken-identity hate crimes.
Everyday millions of people, more specifically U.S. citizens trust and rely on their government to make the right decisions in order to keep them safe. On September 11th, 2001, the U.S. government betrayed their citizens by letting and also taking part in the worst attack to ever happen on our soil. Our government betrayed us that day and our former President George Bush and many other government officials had prior knowledge and even were a part of the 9/11 “terrorist” attacks.
We all remember that tragic day on September eleventh 2001. Four planes were hijacked and placed with a particular mission. Two planes hit the north and south tower of the World Trade Center. One hit the Pentagon, and one landed in a field in Pennsylvania. Many changes were made to the world because of 9/11. Some of those changes are airport security, war, and government issues. September eleventh changed the world changed for the better and worse.
As the 9/11 attacks were happening millions of people’s eyes couldn't leave the t.v. screens they all thought only that it couldn’t be real. The assistant fire chief was talking with his men after he had his coffee when what he thought was a t.v. show came on but soon found out the terrorists hijacked a plane and crashed it. Many of the first responders were busy treating smoke inhalation when the first plane struck its target, but many others waited for their broken bones and bad burns to be treated. The emergency responders do these things every day, protect other people from getting hurt by these types of things.the noises around them was the hardest things to see happen what he heard was pain and death.
Throughout the years there are events that stay with you, and the date September 11, 2001 is one of them. The plane hijackings, attack on the Twin Towers, and plane crashes that took place on 9/11 were tragic. Though being born that year and not being able to witness the event, I feel as though it changed me in some way. This action of terrorism effected the U.S. in many ways, that would help prevent terrorism in the long run. Which would give the new generation ideas to help prevent terrorism. Despite the years that have gone by, 9/11 will always be a travesty that will be remembered.
In the attacks of 9/11, nearly 3,000 people died and this was mainly because of how easy it was to use airplanes for terrorist attacks. 9/11 security has changed drastically because of this. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 was when terrorist hijacked four planes going into four important buildings. Lucky enough, it only hit three. A big reason for this was post 9/11 security and how unsafe it was. Overall, 9/11 helped airport security and improved it.
What was the real story of September 11, 2001? In New York City, what seemed to be a normal day for everyone changed -- a plane traveling very fast crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. Everyone thought it was an accident until another plane crashed into the other twin tower at 9:02 a.m. After the second crash, it was apparent that the occurrence wasn’t an accident. Then, people started to learn that four passengers airplanes had been hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda members behind the work of Osama Bin Laden. The third plane was a minor attack hitting the Pentagon and killing many people working inside the building. Later, the fourth plane which was thought to be heading towards the White House or the Capitol Building