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September 11th 2001 there was a surprise attack on the United States by terrorists. The terrorists allegedly hijacked four airplanes. One was meant for the White House, one was meant for the Pentagon and the other two were meant for the twin tower which fell and many lives were lost. However some say it was not terrorists and that it was the United States government and that the government set a bomb and that they had several motives to do this.

On April 21 authorities charged Timothy McVeigh. The authorities had only come to find out that he was already in jail after being arrested for unlawfully carrying a gun shortly after the bombing. Before McVeigh was released from jail, he was charged as a prime suspect in the bombing. Also on April 21, Terry Nichols who was a partner of McVeigh’s, surrendered in Herington Kansas. Both McVeigh and Nichols were in a group based out of Michigan which was the radical right-wing survivalist group. Just days later, both men were charged with murder and unlawful use of explosives.

On September 11, 2001, the worst attack on the United States took place from the extremist group called al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda had 19 members hijack four U.S. airplanes and used them to strike various targets on the East Coast. This attack of terrorism killed nearly 3,000 people. Osama Bin Laden took responsibility for being the mastermind behind this attack. Americans were scared and

Yousef, a 29 year old electrical engineer, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan, in February 1995, and extradited to the United States. Prosecutors say that he was the ringleader of the plot. Four other men already convicted in the case got sentences of 240 years in prison each

A second plane, United Airlines Route 175, with 65 passengers on board, was hijacked by five Arab men and armed with knives. During the struggle, to take over the plane, the stack a member of cabin crew down. A female flight

On April 19th 1995 the worst terrorist attack on US soil took place in the heartland of America. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was targeted and almost completely blown to pieces by one enormous homemade bomb. The unthinkable had happened at the beginning of an average day at the office. This day would be remembered for the rest of America's history, unlike any other day, as a blatant attack on the United States government.

April 19, 1995, a date that will not be forgotten by the citizens of Oklahoma City. The day that a bombing took place at the Murrah building, killing over 168 people. The main culprit, a man that has a bone to pick with the government. With the assistance of a few of his friends, strike the biggest terrorist attack in the United States before 9-11 took place. Fortunately the major culprits were apprehended and arrested. However, the mastermind was sentenced to death. His name would never be forgotten and he succeeded in leaving a mark on the nation's history. Timothy McVeigh, the cruel crook who desired nothing less than the downfall of the government. The punishment McVeigh received was right in the name of justice.

The attacks were conducted on a Tuesday morning, September 11th, 2001. Flight 11 was crashed into floors 93-99 of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. United Airlines Flight 175 was hijacked and crashed into floors 77-85 of the South tower of the World Trade Center. 343 firefighters (FDNY) personnel were killed battling the blazes caused by the massive explosions of jet fuel. Later that morning, Flight 77 was crashed into the west section of the Pentagon, a major military operations center in Washington, DC.

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.

Since the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, approximately 330 terrorist attacks have occurred on American soil. The number includes successful and failed attacks from President Lincoln’s assassination until a New York incident with a van running down pedestrians on October 31, 2017. The results also exclude attacks deemed “criminal incidents” and accidents. Of course, not all of the attacks were at the same magnitude of the four coordinated attacks on September 11, 2001. Also, those behind the attacks vary greatly in ethnicity, religion, and background. For example, on August 12, 2017, during a protest by left-wing activists, in the constant debate between left- and right-wing protestors, a vehicle mowed

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists who were members of the Islamic terrorist organization named al-Qaeda, hijacked four commercial airplanes and committed suicide attacks against the United States. Two of the planes were ran into the towers of the World Trade Center (Twin Towers) in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks resulted in mass death and destruction, triggering the United States initiatives to fight terrorism and defend our country. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., among these people were more than 400 police officers and 300 firefighters, these heros lost their lives

October 7, 2001 less than a month after the Twin towers went down the United

On February 26th 1993, Al Qaeda members Ramzi Yousef, and accomplice Mohammad Salameh drove a rented van, loaded with explosives into the basement parking lot of the World Trade Center in New York City. The van exploded, killing 6 innocent civilians and

April 19, 1995. Timothy McVeigh blew up the Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma killing 168 people. McVeigh remains one of the most violent terrorists in the course of history. Domestic extremist are the most violent and unpredictable threats in modern history.

The attack on the Twin Towers in New York City on September 11th, 2001 is one of the most, if not the most well-known terrorist attack to happen on United States soil. The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed