Over several decades, from the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis to attacks in the 2010s, the United States has experienced numerous terrorist attacks and incidents of violence. These include the bombing of the US embassy and marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983, the Pan Am 103 bombing in 1988, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and the September 11th, 2001 hijacking of four airplanes and attacks on the World Trade Center towers and Pentagon that killed nearly 3,000 people. Subsequent attacks include the 2012 Benghazi consulate attack and hostage executions by ISIS in the mid-2010s.

3. 1979
Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days (November 4,
1979 to January 20, 1981), after a group of Iranian students
supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American
Embassy in Tehran. President Carter called the hostages "victims of
terrorism and anarchy.”

4.  US Embassy in Lebanon attacked
 US Marine Barracks attacked
 241 Americans Dead

5.  Pan Am 103(London to NYC) destroyed by
explosive device
 270 dead
 189 US citizens
 US says Libyan intelligence officers responsible

6.  World Trade Center basement bomb
 6 dead
 1,040 injured
 Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman convicted
 Charges:
 Original Crime
 Conspiracy to target other NY landmarks
Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist.

7.  US embassies bombed
 Kenya
 Tanzania

8.  Navy destroyer Cole is bombed
 17 killed
 Planned by Bin Laden

9.  8:00-9:00 am
 Four airlines heading to the west coast are high jacked by teams of 5
terrorists with knives and box cutters

10.  8:48 am
 American Airline Flight 11 from Boston strikes One
World Trade Center

11.  9:03 am United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston
strikes Two World Trade Center , South Tower

12.  9:45 am
 American Airlines Flight 77 from Washington DC
strikes the Pentagon

13.  9:59 am
 World Trade Center Two collapses

14.  10:10 am
 United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark crashes in a
file near Pittsburgh (Schanksville)
 Passengers overwhelmed terrorists taking down
plane saving 100’s of potential lives

15.  10:28 am
 World Trade Center One collapses

16.  Thursday, September 20th
 9:00 pm – President Bush addresses Congress and
announces a framework for a “war on terror that
will not end until every terrorist group has been
found, stopped , defeated.”

17.  Death toll – 3000
 266 passengers
 Casualties include numerous police officers
and firefighters
 These casualties are greater than those suffered at
Pearl Harbor, 1941

18.  Stock market stopped trading
 Public landmarks closed
 Air traffic stopped
 Federal legislation passed
 PATRIOT ACT
 “War on Terror” Iraq & Afghanistan
|| World Trade Center ||

19. Osama bin Laden the leader and founder of Al Qaeda
was killed on May 2, 2011 in Pakistan.

20. The American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, in Libya, was attacked on
September 11, 2012 by a heavily armed group. Four people were killed, including
U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Ten others were injured. The attack was
strongly condemned by the governments of Libya, the United States, and many
other countries throughout the world.
At various times between September 11 and 17, eight other diplomatic missions
in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe were subject to protests and violent attacks
in response to an inflammatory video, Innocence of Muslims.
September 11, 2012

21. CNN- Foley hostage
-ISIS captures and executes American citizens.
-Warns the US of further executions if the US does not stop
air strikes in Iraq
ISIS
ISIS trail of Terror | Is ISIS
a Threat to the U.S.? - ABC
News
Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War -
YouTube

22. 911 cartoons