Post on 15-Jan-2015
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The infamous
World Trade Center Attack9/11
Brief September 11, 2001 A series of suicide attacks Carried out by Al Qaeda in New York City Targeting civilians 2974 people were killed.
The Attack 4 American Airlines aircraft was hijacked
by 19 Al Qaeda hijackers on September 11, 2001.
Flight 11: WTC’s North Tower (8:46:40) Flight 175: WTC’s South Tower (9:03:04) Flight 77: The Pentagon in Virginia (9:37:46) Flight 93: Shanksville, Pennsylvania
(10:03:11)
NO survivors
Al Qaeda International terrorist
network Osama Bin Laden 1980s Islamic religious
thoughts decentralized all over
the world
Aim: to eliminate all of the American’s influences in all Muslim nations
The Aftermath 1. Damages:
North TowerSouth Tower7 WTC, 6 WTC, 5 WTC, 4 WTC, 3 WTC World Financial Center complexSt. Nicholas Greek Othodox ChurchThe PentagonNearby buildingsCommunication media (soon recovered)
2. Long-term effects
The USA’s Stock Exchange closed until September 17
U.S Stocks lost $1.4 trillion in one week. Total cost of production damaging exceeded
$100 billion
The recovering of infrastructure cost $31.8 billion
The city’s GDP dropped $27.3 million $20 million medical treatment cost for
people who worked at Ground Zero.
Response
All flights were forced to ground or/and delayed
International flights closedStranded tens of thousands
people
Homeland Security Act in 2002US Patriot Act & War on Terrorism
Sum Up
The worst incident in the 21st century
Still result in the long-lasting war in Afghanistan.
Left serious consequences on the world’s economy and culture.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv4s3fn8jDc - World Trade Center Attacks• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXnA9FjvLSU - The Falling Man • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_kmfzwc5Pw - Amateur 9/11 Footage• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3AwEz0K-UI&feature=related -Strange things in
9/11 Footage.• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4YsLnIFEr4&feature=related - Theories And
Bizarre Events On 9/11• • http://www.nato.int/docu/basictxt/treaty.htm - The NATO official text: The North
Atlantic Treaty• http://nymag.com/news/features/19147/index1.html - What if 9/11 never
happened? • http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf - The 9/11 Commission • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Man - The Falling Man • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PENTTBOM - PENTTBOM