First Terrorist Attack

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 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

The Oklahoma City Bombing would be considered the worst terrorist attack on America prior to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Just outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, on April 19th, 1995 a truck exploded, killing 168 people. 19 of those 168 being children. The explosion caused damage to 300 surrounding buildings. Oklahoma City was going through a tragedy and needed guidance from a leader.

The domestic pre-9/11 terrorist event I have chosen is the Empire State Building shooting. This shooting occurred on February 23, 1997, the gunman was Ali Hassan Abu Kamal a Palestine descent teacher. He shot seven people and then himself, this was on the observation deck of the Empire State Building. In this attack, two people died, including the gunman. A note was found on his body identifying that his motive were related to the anger he had against the world powers for the mistreatment of Palestinians. Ali wanted to punish the United States for supporting Israel.

To begin, the two attacks were launched by different types of enemies. On September 11, 2001, civilian terrorists attacked the United States. They belonged to a group called Al Qaeda and were from the nations of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. On December 7, 1941, the United States military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by the

On September 11, 2001 an Islamic terrorist group attacked the usa.This group disliked the USA a lot but they did not have the sufficient power to attack the USA directly. They decided to crash four planes into memorable places in the USA.

The 9/11 attack shocked the United States, but it should have not came as a surprise. Islamist people gave plenty of warning signs of terrorist attacks on the United States, yet Americans were still unaware of what was going on. For instance, in February 1993 Ramzi Yousef led a group of men and bombed the twin towers with a bomb truck killing six and wounding thousands. In October 1993, Somali Tribesmen shot down a helicopter of the U.S.

The September 11 attacks are the worst terrorist attacks ever committed on U.S. soil. On September 11 there were four passenger planes that were hijacked by terrorist. The first plane to be hijacked that morning was American airlines flight 11. This passenger plane was crashed into the north tower of the world trade center. About fifteen minutes later a second plane appeared in the skies it was united airlines flight 175 and it crashed into the south tower of the world trade center. Forty five minutes later the third hijacked flight American airlines flight 77 was crashed into the pentagon. The fourth and last hijacked plane was united airlines flight 98 this plane was crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers tried to stop the terrorist.

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

The morning of September 1, 2004, a terrorist group encompassed children, parents, and faculty on the first day of the new school year at School Number One in Beslan, a Russian town in the republic of North Ossetia, and took them captive. This was just the beginning of the three horrific days that were experienced by more than one thousand people held hostage. Chechen separatists stormed the school on Wednesday morning. The standoff lasted until Friday when Russian Special Forces took back the school following a firefight. After the three days of psychological and physical torture, the total carnage left 331 people dead and over 700 people injured. This terrorist attack had left Russia in shambles with the same devastating impact that the 9/11

The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was the single most devastating terrorist attack in this country and, indeed, the world, with more than 3,000 deaths. (Pollock, 2014, p.403). The terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001 was a wakeup call for local law enforcement and the United States. This resulted in an increase of law enforcement officials and change of missions for local law enforcement, federal law enforcement; the creation of the Department of Homeland Security(DHS).

Al-Qaeda is credited for the attacks of September 11th 2001, but before this tragedy there were 7 previous attacks that Al-Qaeda was credited for as well. Al-Qaeda’s first known terrorist attack occurred on December 29th 1992 in Aden, Yemen at the Gold Muhor Hotel. This bomb was detonated where United States troops where on route to Somalia. This attack didn’t kill any American tourists, but 2 Australian tourists lost their lives. This next one is known very well and it’s Al-Qaeda’s second terrorist attack, but their first on the United States. This attacks occurred on February 23rd 1993 in Manhattan, New York, in the basement of the Marriott Hotel which was building 3 in the World Trade Center. This attack injured 1000 people and killed 6

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

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

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