Gage Miller English 11 Period 3 9 April 2014 The Truth Behind Lies September 11‚ 2001 is the most tragic day in America’s history. These attacks were a series of United Airlines plane hijackings by Al-Qaeda radicals. Two planes hit the twin towers‚ one hit the pentagon‚ and another was aimed to hit either the White House or Capital Building but was crashed prematurely. Although the death count is not an exact number‚ it is estimated to be around three thousand people. There are many conspiracies
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organization‚ Al Qaeda‚ headed by a expelled Saudi nationalist Osama bin Laden‚ directed four airplanes to deliberately crash into New York City’s World Trade Center ‚the Pentagon outside Washington‚ DC ‚ and in rural Pennsylvania causing the death of over three thousand innocent civilians and injuring over six thousand. Osama Bin Laden stated that the attack was in response to America’s support of Israel and the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. 9/11 resulted in an almost immediate and continuous increase
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Zach Betten The Impact of 9-11 On September 11‚ 2001 America woke up expecting a normal day. What America did not expect was that this day was going to change history forever. On that day Islamic extremist high-jacked four U.S. airplanes with the intent of crashing them into the twin towers‚ the Pentagon and the White House. Two of the planes did indeed crash into the twin towers in New York City and another was used to hit the pentagon. The passengers on the last plane however‚ fought back‚ and
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The events surrounding the September 11 attacks on the United States of America have often been shrouded in a cloud of controversy and mystery‚ with no one individual seemingly able to apprehend the “true” details of the terror attack. Many proposed theories have been brought forth‚ the most widely accepted being that of co-ordinated attacks by terrorist organisation “Al-Qaeda”. “9/11”‚ as the event is commonly known‚ is simply one of many global terrorism attacks that have seemingly consumed the
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As we all know‚ on September 11‚ 2001 Muslim terrorists attacked the United Stated. They hijacked 4 airplanes in mid-flight. The first 2 planes flew right into 2 skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. Obviously‚ the buildings caught fire and collapsed. The third plane demolished part of the Pentagon (the US military headquarters) in Arlington‚ Virginia. The final plane crashed in Shanks Ville‚ Pennsylvania. Both articles agreed that exactly 19 terrorists hijacked the 4 planes; and
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Trade Center and the Pentagon were an attack on the heart of America” (Newman). For every cause there is an effect‚ and unfortunately the effects of 9/11 are disturbing. I like to say that everything happens for a reason‚ and the reasons of 9/11 still continue to puzzle the people today. The attacks on world trade center and pentagon on September 11 2001 were tragic and devastating not only for the victims‚ but all the people of United States of America. The tragic losses will forever haunt the mind
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memories they would have made.” 9/11 was not just terrible for the people involved and their families‚ but for everyone in the United States. 9/11 was the day when a group called al-Qaeda made a plan to bomb multiple buildings in the New York area because they felt that the Christian-Jewish alliance was trying to destroy Islam. The group said they were motivated by religious
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E.Torres Critical Thinking Perspectives of 9/11 There is a lot of speculation on who was truly behind what happened on September 11‚ 2001. On this date one of America’s greatest tragedies occurred. About three thousand people were killed‚ with a total of six thousand injured. Four planes were hijacked; two of them struck the Twin towers in New York city‚ one stuck the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia just outside Washington D.C.‚ and a fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania‚ the intended destination
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Shock‚ disbelief‚ and devastation were just a few of the emotions that people around the world were experiencing on September 11th‚ 2001. On what seemed like a normal day in Manhattan‚ New York‚ little did everyone know it was the beginning of a huge unthinkable disaster. 8:46 a.m. was when the first highjacked plane had hit Tower One. Not too long after‚ the second tower was hit. Dozens of fire crews responded as soon as they heard the news. The issues that were recognized in the outcome of this
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ Americans woke up literally and figuratively to the realities of terrorism. To many‚ a terrorist attack was something that they only saw on the evening news. Never did anyone think of the deep impact that it would cause. Since the 9/11 attacks‚ things have changed. Prior to 9/11 did you even know that a Homeland Security Advisory System existed and that they were color coded?! Would you ever believe that strip searches would be a possibility when you boarded a flight to
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