The Responsibility Of 911 Attacks

September 11, 2001 (herein referred to as 9/11) was a day in American history, which will be remembered as the most horrific attack on American soil. This attack, carried out by nineteen Islamic extremists, was associated with al-Qaeda, and involved the hijacking of four airplanes. Two of those airplanes were hijacked and flown directly into the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. The third plane’s target was the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the fourth plane was brought down in Pennsylvania where it is believed the passengers aboard fought the hijackers. This horrific day in history cost over 3,000 people their lives, and was labeled the worst attack on American soil since the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

On September 11, 2001 the World Trade Center buildings one and two were attacked. However, who we were attacked by and even if we were attacked is a hard decision to make. There have been many different claims about how everything on that fateful day happened. There are facts that we know are true, though; Flight 11 flew into the North Tower at eight forty- six in the morning. Soon after, Flight 175 attacked the South Tower. By the end of the day, both towers had collapsed and other hijacked flights had caused damage. The amount of lives lost on September 11 was substantial; 2,749 people from eighty-three different countries died from the attacks (Facts about the attacks…, n.d.). All in all, America was changed forever.

Another major unsuccessful attempt to attack was in October of 2012. Two packages were being transported from Yemen to the United States, and those packages contained 300 to 400 grams of explosives. The bombs were discovered during two stopovers at the airport in the United Kingdom and in Dubai. A week later, after the packages were found, Al Qaeda took responsibility for the attempt yet again (“Major Al Qaeda attacks,” n.d.).

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The morning was like every other, people woke up got ready for work, sent their kids to school and some were even still sleeping in bed. The news was on giving updates on the weather, famous people, and even regular TV shows were going. 92 people were boarded and taking off on the American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 around 7:59 am September 11, 2001. Everything seemed normal nothing to worry about, but then everything changed and almost at the same time too. Flipping through the channels you could see it on every channel. A tragedy was happening, a plane had crashed into one of the trade center towers.

One of the most known and worst events occurred on September 11, 2001. Terror attacks occurred in the United States of America in the cities of Washington D.C. and New York City. An Al-Qaeda terrorist group organized this attack by sending terrorists on four different airplanes to crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center, while another one was targeted for the Pentagon. Although one plane hit the Pentagon, the other went off course and crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The plane that crashed into a field in Pennsylvania was supposed to either hit the White House or the Capital building. Over 3,000 people died and this day in

On September 11, 2001, the United States witnessed horrific attacks of terrorism better known as “9/11.” On the morning of 9/11, a terrorist organization known as Al Qaeda, hijacked four different commercial planes; two of them attacking the Twin Towers in New York City, one of them attacking the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and one of them crashing onto a rural field of Pennsylvania. Over 3,000 people were killed in these attacks, making it the largest terrorist attack in US history. As soon as these attacks occurred, US citizens concerned and feared for their safety, and questioned President Bush’s leadership. There were people who believed in Bush’s leadership, and there were people who blamed Bush for the attacks of 9/11.

Are you a proud American? Do you know the bad events that happened in our country in the last 30-40 years? But the worst event of all, was the terrorist attack from al-Qaeda on the World Trade Centers in New York, and the Pentagon in D.C. on September 11, 2001, otherwise known as 9/11. People were always blaming the terrorist and people in the Middle East for this tragic event, but evidence has shown that it wasn’t just the terrorist. The 9/11 attack was a wrongful doing, yes, and it was all the governments fault.

When the citizens of the United States went to bed on September 10th, 2001 they had no idea that the events the next day would change their lives in one way or another for the rest of their lives. September 11th began just like any other day but by the end of the day, almost 3,000 people died in four separate deliberate terrorist attacks against the United States. The events on September 11th had shocked the world, caused billions of dollars in damages and made Americans question their sense of security. The attacks on September 11th, conducted by the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda, was an important event in United States history because it was the deadliest and biggest terrorist attack on American soil and caused extensive death and destruction

When the twin towers, also called the world trade center fell down due to the terrorist attacks in 2001 there were conspiracies about how the twin towers fell. Some of the conspiracies seem true. For example, like someone or something other than al Qaeda orchestrated the events of 9/11. There is also another conspiracy that seems untrue as well. An example of this would be when a plane, flight 93 to be more specific was shot down by a missile in Pennsylvania.

The dreadful occurrence of 9/11 is in and of itself a horrible reality that is a fact of American history. However, the Bush administration attempted to alter that reality by turning that event into something else. According to Nuzzo, the only way the Bush administration could have made it seem as if America as an “absolute victim,” free of any fault, was to mark the event as the beginning of conflict between the two sides (338). To say that 9/11 was the effect of unprecedented evil was the only way that Bush could use 9/11 as a cause for invading Iraq and hunting down Hussein and bin Laden (Nuzzo 338). The messages and propaganda put forth by the media and government following 9/11 and leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq persuaded

One single person caused this entire tragedy. The approach he took to carry out the massacre has never been seen before; however, that does not mean it can not be seen again. This situation could have never been imagined, just as 16 years ago 9/11 could not have been imagined. While there are far less deaths than 9/11, this is still the largest mass shooting in U.S. history. The U.S. responded with change following 9/11. Should the nation respond with change now? Is there anymore action the government can

September 11th, 2001 was one of the most tragic days in American history. On this day, an Islamic group called al-Qaeda launched numerous attacks on the United States and killed thousands of innocent americans. Although the cause of it all was al-Qaeda, people believe that it was in fact the U.S. government that attacked its own nation. However, evidence from live footage of the attacks show that their claims are indeed false.

After a tragedy like 9/11, I am sure that many people were scared to death and would not want to leave their houses to go outside. Many had already died, some were in hiding and the rest were missing. No one was ever going to leave their homes to go to a football game, no matter, how badly they wanted to before. Litsay & Williams (2001) believe that the reason the sporting events were postponed or cancelled was because N.F.L commissioner Pete Rozelle made a mistake of playing weekend games after President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and they did not want to make the same mistake he did (para. 6). They continued by saying, “N.F.L. officials are still sensitive about the action 38 years later. Rozelle said years later that his decision to continue play had been the worst mistake of his career. ” (Litsay & Williams, 2001, para.7).

September 11, 2001, millions of New Yorkers and American citizens woke up and started their day, unprepared and unaware for the catastrophic attack that would be taking place in just a few short hours. At 8:46 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. The impact killed all of the passengers and crew as well as hundreds inside the building. At 9:03 a.m., a second plane, Flight 175, crashed into the corner of the South Tower killing passenger, crew, and workers who worked on floors seventy-five to eighty-three. Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. killing approximately 185 individuals (History.com Staff). Because of the damaged to the support system, fires, and impact at extremely fast speed, the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. (Lipton and Glanz). Having heard about the acts of terrorism that had just taken place in New York and Washington, D.C., a group of passengers drove their plane, Flight 93, into a Pennsylvania field killing everyone on board but possibly saving hundreds of other lives in the process. The North Tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m. 102 minutes after being struck (History.com Staff). On September 11, 2001, almost twelve hundred people were wounded or killed by “coordinated suicide attempts” by Al Qaeda terrorists. In result to the four airplanes being hijacked and used for premediated reasons, the United States government instituted new regulations for entering the country and airport security as well as expounded on systems already in place.