Summary: Do You Think We As Citizens Of The United States

Preview of Main Points: Four planes were hijacked, each intended for different targets. According to the New York Times, the flights that were hijacked included AA Flight 11, UA Flight 175, AA Flight 77, and UA Flight 93. (Schmemann A1)

On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists took control of four planes and caused one of the biggest tragedies in American history. At 8:45 a.m. and 9:03 a.m., two of the hijacked planes crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving hundreds trapped, dead, and injured. The towers were given unsustainable damage for they both soon collapsed, the South falling first within minutes, the North following a little more than an hour later. As those shocking events were happening, a third plane crashed into the west side of the Pentagon at 9:45 a.m. in Washington D.C., leading to half of the building’s ruin. The last plane –Flight 93– did not suffer as big as consequences as the other crashes, thanks to a group of

On September 11th, 2001 four airplanes were hijacked by 19 militants from the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda. Two of the hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York. The third plane hit the Pentagon right outside Washington D.C. The fourth and final plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

On September 11th, 2001 there was an attack on the World’s Trade Center. Supposedly, nineteen hijackers were put up to a suicide mission leading into the United States. Two of the hijacked planes were flown into the World’s Trade Center in New York City. The third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington D.C. And lastly, the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Although, the fourth plane was originally suppose to be a target somewhere else, the crew and passengers had fought against the hijackers causing it to land in the field. Fifteen years later

On Tuesday September 11, 2001 a group of 19 attackers associated with the Islamic group al-Qaeda hijacked four airlines and carried out suicide attacks targeting against the United States (“9/11 attacks”). These terrorists simply smuggled illegal weapons through security check and boarded four flights heading for California, two departing from Boston, one from Washington, D.C, and another from Newark, N.J. Two aircrafts were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third was crashed into the Pentagon out of Washington, D.C and a fourth was crashed into a field in Pennsylvania (“9/11 attacks”). The two planes that were crashed into the World Trade Center and the one that was

On a beautiful, sunny Tuesday in New York City everyone was having a normal day. But all of that changed at 8:45am when the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda, hijacked four planes in order to launch a suicide attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, most commonly known as the Twin Towers. At 8:45, the first plane crashed into the north tower near the 80th floor of a 110-story skyscraper. Everyone just thought it was an accident until 18 minutes later, the second Boeing 767-United

On the peaceful day of September 11th, 2001 there were a total of four planes hijacked by

On a beautiful morning in September 2001, 19 members of the group al-Qaeda hijacked commercial planes crashing into the Twin Towers in New York City leaving both building and their surroundings in destruction. Within two hours, both skyscrapers had crumbled to the ground, filled with fire and rubble. Another plane flew into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and caused a lot of damage

On September 11, 2001, four U.S. airlines were hijacked by nineteen Islamic extremists of the Al-Qaeda group. Two out of the four planes were flown into the famous U.S. landmarks, The World Trade Center. Another one was flown into the Pentagon and the last plane was headed towards the Nation’s Capitol or the White House, we believe, but was overrun with heroic passengers who risked their own lives to save thousands

there were five hijackers that crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the northern side World Trade Center, and at 9:03 a.m. there were another five hijackers that crashed a second plane which was United Aline Flight 175 that they crashed into the south tower. At 9:37 a.m. there were another five hijackers that flow the American Aline Flight 77 into the Pentagon. The United Airline Flight 93 was the fourth plane which four hijackers which had people believing that the hijackers were trying to crash the plane into White House. The passengers fought with the four hijackers to gain control back over the plane after hearing about the other three flights that crashed into three other buildings, but they crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in the southeast of Pittsburg. The (FAA) Federal Aviation Administration held all aircrafts grounded within the continental U.S. and any aircrafts that were flying were told to land

On September 11, 2001, a terrorist group went on a suicide mission and drove 4 airplanes into 3 different places. Two planes went into the World Trade Center, another plane hit the Pentagon, and the last one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.

Four planes were high jacked by well trained al Qaeda members all instructed by Osama Bin Laden. The first plane was Flight 11 where five hijackers including Mohamed Atta specialist in hijacking and four others board Flight 11 at 8 am from Boston en route to Los Angeles. The other three flights were Flight

The attacks that occurred changed the lives of many people. This day will not only be remembered for the traumatic events but also be remembered for the changes that occurred. This date marked a start of a whole new era. Many changes occurred in the post 9/11 era. This changes were both domestic and international and had a large change in our country. These changes were put in place to protect the American people and prevent another attack from occurring. The domestic changes focused on heightening security. The Patriot Act, The TSA and the Department of Homeland Security were all established as a security measures to protect America. The government wanted to do as much as they can to ensure that nothing like this would occur again. Along with the domestic changes international changes occurred as well. The US entered in a global war on terror. This included invading countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. Countries with corrupt governments that took part in the 9/11 attacks. The US invaded these countries to minimize the treat and overthrow the leadership. The US set out to develop democratic rule in these middle eastern countries. The events that took occurred on September 11, 2001 were traumatic and substantial changes both internationally and domestic in order to prevent another attack from

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

As a result, many more people to include fire fighters lost their lives during the collapse of the World Trade Center. Through all this chaos, a fourth plane had been on hijacked; the delay of departure allowed for the passengers to learn of the events that occurred with the other three planes. The passengers of the fourth plane sacrifice their lives to prevent the hijackers from hitting their next target. It was discovered that attacks were the results America’s part in the Persian Gulf War. The hijackers were discovered to be Islamic terrorists who received funding from the Osama Bin Laden’s organization. This deadly massacre caused America to take some drastic measures in different departments. Department of Homeland Security, aviation and US Customs and Immigration immediately made changes that would help to prevent from any future terrorist attacks.