On September 11, 2001, 19 Al Qaeda hijackers carried out suicide attacks against the United States, hijacking 4 commercial airplanes and crashing 2 into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, 1 into the Pentagon near Washington D.C., and the 4th crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed and billions of dollars of economic damage was done. The attacks were orchestrated by the terrorist group Al Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden and marked the start of the US-led war on terror.

1. The infamousWorld Trade Center Attack9/11

2. BriefSeptember 11, 2001A series of suicide attacksCarried out by Al Qaeda in New York CityTargeting civilians2974people were killed.

3. 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

4. Al Qaeda International terrorist network Osama Bin Laden 1980s Islamic religious thoughts decentralizedall over the world Aim: to eliminate all of the American’s influences in all Muslim nations

5. The Aftermath Damages: North TowerSouth Tower7 WTC, 6 WTC, 5 WTC, 4 WTC, 3 WTC World Financial Center complexSt. Nicholas Greek OthodoxChurchThe PentagonNearby buildingsCommunication media (soon recovered)

8. 2. Long-term effectsThe USA’s Stock Exchange closeduntil September 17 U.S Stocks lost $1.4 trillion in one week. Total cost of production damaging exceeded $100 billionThe recovering of infrastructure cost $31.8 billionThe city’s GDP dropped $27.3 million$20 million medical treatment cost for people who worked at Ground Zero.

10. ResponseAll flights were forced to ground or/and delayedInternational flights closedStrandedtens of thousands peopleHomeland Security Act in 2002US Patriot Act & War on Terrorism

11. Sum UpThe 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.

13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv4s3fn8jDc - World Trade Center Attackshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXnA9FjvLSU - The Falling Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_kmfzwc5Pw - Amateur 9/11 Footagehttp://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 Treatyhttp://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