The document summarizes the events of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Four commercial airplanes were hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists and deliberately crashed into buildings, killing nearly 3,000 people. Two planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, a third into the Pentagon, and the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks were planned and carried out by 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists mainly from Saudi Arabia, led by Osama bin Laden. The attacks triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism.

1. Tuesday, September 11, 2001
AMERICAN HISTORY

2. Before The Attack
26 Feb 1993
New York City,
New York
6 died 1040 injured
Truck
bombing in
garage of
World Trade
Center
19 Apr 1995
Oklahoma
City,
Oklahoma
169 died 675 injured
Truck
bombing of
federal
building,
causing
partial
collapse
31 Oct 1999
Atlantic
Ocean,
Massachuse
tts
217 died 0 injured
Intentional crash of
Egypt Air flight off
Nantucket Island by
copilot

3. What Happened?
 September 11, 2001
 Terrorist group called AlQaeda
 Hijacked four airplanes, American Airlines Flight
11, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight
77 and United Airlines Flight 93
 Two of the planes (11 – 175) crashed into the twin
towers at the World Trade Center in New York City.
 Flight # 77 destroyed part of the Pentagon in
Arlington, Virginia.
 The fourth plane (93) crashed in Shanksville,
Pennsylvania.
 Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

4. Flights
 American Airlines Flight 11, a 767. It took off at
7:59 a.m. It carried only 81 passengers.
 United Flight 175, also a 767. Took off at 8:14
a.m. Only 56 passengers.
 American Airlines Flight 77, a 757. With 58
passengers.
 United Airlines Flight 93, was a 757. It carried
only 37 passengers.

6. Who Did It?
 Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist organization
called Al Qaeda were supposed to be the main
suspects.
 The military captured numerous leaders within the
terrorist organization but wasn’t able to capture
Bin Laden.
 President Bush sent troops into Iraq on March 19,
2003 claiming that the country led by Saddam
Hussein was developing weapons of mass
destruction and aiding Al Qaeda operatives.
 As time passed and no evidence of those
weapons were found in Iraq.

7. The hijackers
19 arabian men hijacked the four airplanes. 15 were from
Saudi Arabia, two men were from United Arab Emirates, one
from Egypt and one from Lebanon.
 Flight # 11 American
Airlines
Mohammed Atta
Waleed al-Shehri
Wail al-Shehri
Abdulaziz al-Omari
Satam al-Suqami
Flight #175 United
Airlines
Marwan al-Shehhi
Fayez Banihammad
Mohand al-Shehri
Hamza al-Ghamdi
Ahmed al-Ghamdi
Flight 77 American
Airlines:
Hani Hanjour
Khalid al-Mihdhar
Majed Moqed
Nawaf al-Hazmi
Salem al-Hazmi
Flight # 93 United
Airlines:
Ziad Jarrah
Ahmed al-Haznawi
Ahmed al-Nami
Saeed al-Ghamdi

8. Phone Calls From The Planes
Flight 11
Michael Woodward, 8:21, talked for 25 minutes, until the plane crashed.
Sweeney related many details such as seat numbers of the hijackers.
Flight 175
Peter Hanson called his father and reported details of the hijacking
starting at 8:52.
Flight 77
Flight attendant May used a cell phone to call her mother at 9:12. May's
mother then called American Airlines to inform them that the flight has
been hijacked.
Flight 93
The last call: At 9:58, a frantic passenger called from a bathroom to
report an explosion and smoke.

9. Timeline Of The Events
7:59
a.m
All
planes
begin
take
off
8:56
a.m.
First
crash,
Flight 11,
north
tower
9:03 a.m.
Second
crash,
Flight
175,
south
tower
9:05
a.m.
George
Bush is
told
about
the
attack
9:31 a.m.
Bush makes a public
announcement
9:36 a.m.
Vice
president
gets
moved
to safety
9:37 a.m.
Flight 77
crashes into
Pentagon
9:45
a.m.
White
House
and U.S.
capitol
are
cleared
9:59 a.m.
The south
tower
collapses
10:03 a.m.
The fourth
plane crashes
in
Pennsylvania
10:28 a.m.
The north
tower
collapses
1:04 p.m.
The air is
cleared
5:20 p.m.
The World
Trade
Center
collapses
8:30
p.m.
Bush
gives
final
address
of the
day

10. Facts
• A total of 2,977 people are killed in New York City,
Washington, DC and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in
the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.
• On any given workday, up to 50,000 employees worked in the
WTC twin towers, and an additional 40,000 passed through the
complex.
• 9/11 was the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on
American soil.
• 18 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the World
Trade Center site.

11. Memorial

12. Quotes
“You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.”
-Colin Powell
“I’m clinging to one last thought: pain is the harbinger of hope.
You have to be alive to feel pain. If you are alive, then you have
purpose. If you have purpose, then you have hope.”
―Tucker Elliot
"New York is a city largely based on great skyscrapers, and
they will always be the essence of New York. That won't
change, just as the character of the people who live here will
not be altered by this tragedy."
–Donald Trump

13. Group conclusion
 There are some theories about the reason
of the attack, such as the Bush’s plan to
manage all the civil liberty, spy americans
and blame AlQaeda, so it’s confused to
decide which theory is the right one.
Nevertheless, there is one fact that we
consider true: the wars that occured
among USA, Afghanistan and Iraq were
directed to achieve the USA’s goal: get
the oil of these countries, even if they lie
saying that they wanted to help them as
a big brother.

14. VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ncSF2fFD5A