2. Whyshouldyoucare? The 9/11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Quaeda on September 11, 2001. Four passenger planes were hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon killing a total of 2,993 people, including the hijackers. There were no survivors from any of the flights. Now the Pentagon was rebuilt and there is a Pentagon Memorial on the site. The 1 World Trade Center is currently under construction at the site and at 1,776 ft (541 m) upon completion in 2011, will become one of the tallest buildings in North America.
3. Whatelsehappenedin2001? January 13 - Major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 hits all El Salvador. January 27 - A plane crashes 40 miles east of Denver, Colorado, killing two players of the Oklahoma State University basketball team, six team staffers, and the crew of two people. February 20- FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years. March 24- Apple Computer’s Mac OS X v10.0 comes out. June 21- Total Solar Eclipse July 2- World’s 1st artificial implanted into Robert Tools. October 7 - The American attack on Afghanistan begins. The United Kingdom participates. December 14 - Annular solar eclipse December 24- Japan sinks ‘suspicious’ Chinese fishing boat December 25- Christmas Day!
5. Whowasinvolved&whatdidtheydo? Many believed that al Qaeda was behind the 9/11 attacks. bin Laden was involved too. But some others believed that the U.S. government was involved too. It has been claimed that action or inaction by U.S. officials with foreknowledge was intended to ensure that the attacks took place successfully. key individuals within the government planned the attacks and collaborated with, or framed, al-Qaeda in carrying them out. On average 46% thought it was al Qaeda 15% though United States government 7% thought Israel 7% thought perpetrator 25% don’t know
6. WhatHappened? At 8:48 a.m. One of the hijacked planes was crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Then Another Plane crashed into the south tower. At 9:40a.m. another hijacked plane was crashed into the Pentagon. Shortly after Osama bin Laden was blamed for the attacks, in which he said he wasn’t involved with the attacks. The Twin Towers were destroyed and the Pentagon was badly damaged. Almost 3,000 people lost their lives on September11th, 2001
7. PoliticalCartoon This political Cartoon shows that the government had insight information on the September 11th attacks, and they are trying to hide it by burying all the information that could show that they had insight.
12. Conclusion/BlogLink I think that everyone will remember the 9-11 attacks. It was a tragedy for the Unites States in 2001. Many people think government was involved and after the research that I have found, and the proof that Bush was involved, I believe that the government was involved too.