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Al-Qaeda
Terrorism Organization known as Al-Qaeda(al-kida) began as a logistical to support the Muslims fighting against the soviet union in the late 1980s -
Hijacking of the planes
A group of 19 members from the Al-Qaeda boarded 4 domestic airlines at three East Coast airports. Each plane was large with full loads of fuel. -
First Tower
8:46 a.m. the first plane, American Airlines flight 11, was piloted into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. It was believed to be an accident involving a small computer plane. -
Second Tower
The second plane, American Airlines flight 175, struck the second tower 17 minutes later. This gave us no doubt that the U.S. was under attack. -
Third Plane
The third plane, American Airlines 77, struck the southwest side of the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. Minutes later the FAA (federal aviation authority) ordered a nationwide ground stop. -
Plane Four
The fourth plane was believed to be targeted towards the pentagon but at 10:03 a.m. United Airlines flight 93, crashed in Pennsylvania after the passengers got word of the attacks and fought against the terrorist. -
Towers Collapse
At 9:59 a.m. the heavily damaged south tower collapsed, and 29 minutes later the north tower fell too covering the streets of Manhattan with clouds of debris and smoke. -
Casualties
Nearly 3,000 people died.
- 2,750 in New York
- 184 at the Pentagon
- 40 in Pennsylvania -
Aftermath of the collapse
Nearby buildings and businesses were damaged and covered in debris. Fires at the World Trade Center site burned for nearly three months -
First Responders
Rescue for retrieval began almost immediately. More than 400 firefighters and police officers lost their lives after rushing in the scene. -
Ground Zero
President Bush visited "Ground Zero," which was just the smoking pile of debris of what used to be the world trade center and the thousands of people who have perished there. -
Fire Truck Speech
Standing on top of a pile of building debris and a wrecked firetruck, President Bush was instructing everyone with a bullhorn to quickly recover any and all remaining survivors. When a worker stated that he could nor hear him he made one of the most memorable remarks, and i quote, "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear from all of us soon." -
Emotional Aftermath
These attacks were very overwhelming and traumatic. The footage was played on repeat across every major news station, America's biggest city lost its most visible landmark and thousands of lives, and all the debris around the streets of New York and at the cite of Ground Zero -
NATO - Article 5
For the first time in history the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) issued Article 5. Allowing its members to collectively meet in regards to self defense. On Oct. 7th, we launched an attack on Afghanistan which ultimately led to the Afghanistan War with America.