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September 11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks refer to terrorist attacks made against the US on September 11, 2001. Four commercial jets were hijacked, crashing them against the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. The fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.
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What part of twin tower did flight 93 hit?
Flight 93 did not hit either of the Twin Towers. It was the one that went down due to the passengers overtaking the would-be terrorists.
How many planes crashed into the twin towers in 9-11?
There were four. Two were flown into the World Trade Center towers, one into the Pentagon, and one crashed into a Pennsylvanian field when a number of the passengers bravely overcame the hijackers and prevented the plane also crashing into another target, probably the White House, and causing a much greater loss of life.
How long were planes grounded after 911?
A nationwide ground stop -- where no commercial, military or private airliner is allowed to take off and all planes in the air are required to land as soon as safely possible -- was unprecedented. The FAA had previously implemented mini-stops for specific airports, cities or regions because of weather or safety concerns, but to intervene in air traffic on such a wide scale was unheard-of. On its own and before the FAA got involved on the morning of the hijackings, the president of American Airlines had ordered the groundings of all American and American Eagle planes on the East Coast; shortly afterward, when he learned that United Airlines was also missing a plane, he halted American service nationwide. United executives quickly followed suit.
CLEARING THE SKIESAfter the FAA declared its ground stop, it had to figure out what to do with all the planes that were already in the air. It sent notices to pilots, called NOTAMS, instructing them to find the nearest airport and land their planes as quickly as possible. As a result, Southwest Airlines sent planes to Denver, an airport it never used, and huge JetBlue jets bound for New York City landed in tiny airports in upstate New York.
At 10:31 a.m., FAA Administrator Jane Garvey sent a message to all international flights headed to the United States Turn around or land someplace else. That someplace else, in most cases, was Canada. Garvey worked with officials at NAVCanada, the semi-private organization in charge of Canadian air traffic, to devise a plan. Four hundred planes were already high above the Atlantic on their way to the United States. About 200 of those were not yet halfway across the ocean, so they turned around and headed back to Europe; the others were redirected. Many of these (38 flights, carrying about 6,600 people) landed at the Gander Airport in Nova Scotia. Others, instructed to stay away from Canada's largest cities, landed in Deer Lake, St. John, Goose Bay, Moncton, Mirabal and other towns. Some of these planes had to dump fuel into the ocean so they would be light enough to land; others, by contrast, were running low on fuel and caused a panic by telling NAVCanada controllers that they, too, had been hijacked. That way, their pilots thought, they would get landing priority. At the same time, 34 diverted planes from Asia were landing in Vancouver. By about 6 p.m. EST, the skies were finally clear.
FLYING WITH NEW RULESOn September 12, the FAA slowly began to lift the ground stop. Planes that had been rerouted the day before were allowed to continue to their final destinations. Military and law-enforcement flights had resumed the day before, along with, according to Time magazine, "some flights that the FAA cannot reveal that were already airborne". In general, though, the stop remained in effect until the FAA could come up with a new set of safety rules and regulations. The rules, which Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta announced at 2 a.m. on September 13, prohibited (among other things):
- knives, box cutters and other sharp objects on planes or in airports
- curbside or online check-in
- passing through security or going to a gate without a paper boarding pass
What is the building being built to replace the Twin Towers in New York City?
The world trade center will soon have a park and a museum ,but THERE IS A NEW BUILDING that will replace the world trade center which is theFREEDOM TOWER, which will have the world trade center's footprints turned into fountains which will be the same width and length of the actual world trade center.
On which date did the September 11 attack on the WTC happen?
The September 11 attacks occurred on September 11, 2001.
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What were the government responses to the terrorist attacts of September 11 2001?
Iraq
The Patriot Act.
Unwarranted wire taps
Guantanamo Bay
Abu Ghrabe prison
The CIA flying terrorism suspects to secret overseas bases
Hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of American troops lost in Afghanistan and Iraq supposedly to eradicate Al Quaeda.
Osama bin Laden not caught or dead.
Abdul al Zawahiri not caught or dead
Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians dead
The brink of war with Iran
Gasoline at 3 bucks a gallon
People held in prison for years without being charged with any offenses
Ossama Bin Laden.
Mohammed Atef was the key planner of the attack for Al-Qaeda.
How many people were there during the destruction of the twin towers?
The number of people on board the two airplanes that struck the World Trade Centers are: 92 people were on American Airlines Flight 11 that hit the North Tower and 65 people on United Airlines Flight 175 that crashed into the South Tower. A total of 157 on both planes.
Why did Osama bin Laden plan the attacks on 9-11?
The U.S. had troops in Saudi Arabia and we supported the Israels he was also running low on funds and he is just an all around dick!
Why a mosque by The World Trade Center?
There is already a mosque two blocks from the proposed site but it is very small and cannot accommodate the Muslim community it serves.
If an organized group claiming affiliation with a certain religion went into a country and killed thousands of its citizens who had done nothing wrong, and then the religion built a center very near the site of the attack, the appearance or impression is that the religion has built a monument to its victory, and is gloating and demonstrating the ignorance of the country's citizens. It is hard to avoid the impression, given that the original name of the center was Cordoba House, a catch-phrase among Muslims symbolizing pride in conquest and occupation. The name has since been changed following public outcry. See discussion for more.
Was there any warning before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre Towers in New York?
The government claims there was no warning, but--being an inside job (or "false flag")--there's really no way the government could have allowed any kind of warning.
How did two airplanes make the twin towers fall?
The aircraft damaged the support skeleton of the building. The fire gradually robbed the remaining steel of its strength until the floors began collapsing, leaving nothing but the horribly damaged outer shell to take the weight of the floors above.
Why were the twin towers chosen as a target?
the twin towers were hit because, al-quido were jealous of our freedom. first they hit the pentagon. second they tried to go for the white house, but landed in a corn-field in pennsylvania. third they hit one of the twin towers, it instantly went up in flames. 29 minutes later at 10:28 a.m. they hit the other twin tower. in 1993, they tried to blow up the twin towers by placing a bomb in the basement parkinglot. it only blew up the parking garage.
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Perpetrator(s): al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden, see also Responsibility and Organizers on the right hand column
How many people died in the world trade towers?
One hundred and forty-seven (147) people died on the planes that hit the World Trade Centre's Towers.
Two thousand six hundred and five (2605) people died within the towers themselves, and two thousand nine hundred and seventy-six (2976) people died in all of the attacks combined, excluding the 19 hijackers.
How did september 11th affect the economy?
Transportation in general became a delicate issue - specially when it comes to the US. Travelling, a sine qua non condition in the world of business, is much more complicated, and so is the shipment of goods to and from that country (rephrase: difficult AND expensive). This is only a small share of the direct and palpable consequences of the events of September 11, but it's one of the most wearying ones.
How long did the twin towers stay up after they were hit?
Not very long
The first tower collapsed 1 hour and 13 minutes later, the second one fell 1 hour and 25 minutes after it was hit.
How many people where killed in The World Trade Center on September 11?
In the 9-11 2,976 people died. Out of those people 2,605 people were either on the ground or in the towers. 343 Firefighters died, 60 Police Officers altogether and 24 people are still reported missing.
How many people from the World Trade Center North Tower survived on 9-11?
Around 3,000 people survived the twin towers crashing from what I heard.
Actually its 2,995 people from the twin towers and additional 100 from the other 2 planes that hit the pentagon and that almost hit the white house. What i mean by almost is that the people figured out that the plane was hijacked and they stopped the plane but they hit a feil. Nobody on any of the planes survived.
What year were the Twin Towers destroyed by terrorists?
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City were destroyed on September 11, 2001 when two airliners crashed into them.
In an earlier attack on February 26, 1993, a truck bomb was exploded in the parking garage under the North Tower.
The event of 9/11 happened when terrorist attacked the United States. Terrorists hijacked planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon and one plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
