This document outlines several terrorist attacks and events over several decades that have involved Americans or occurred on American soil: - The 1979 Iranian hostage crisis where 52 Americans were held hostage for over a year. - The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks where hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people. - Ongoing terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda and later ISIS including bombings of US embassies and naval vessels as well as the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed 4 Americans including the US ambassador to Libya.

2. 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.”

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

4.  Pan Am 103(London to NYC) destroyed by
explosive device
 270 dead
 189 US citizens
 US blames Libya

5.  World Trade Center basement bomb
 6 dead
 1,040 injured
 Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman convicted
Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist.
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6.  US embassies bombed
 Kenya
 Tanzania

7.  Navy destroyer Cole is bombed
 17 killed
 Planned by Bin Laden
9/11 Firefighters

8.  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

9.  8:48 am
 American Airline Flight 11 from Boston strikes One
World Trade Center

10.  9:03 am United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston
strikes Two World Trade Center , South Tower

11.  9:45 am
 American Airlines Flight 77 from Washington DC
strikes the Pentagon

12.  9:59 am
 World Trade Center Two collapses

13.  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

14.  10:28 am
 World Trade Center One collapses

15.  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.”

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

17.  Stock market stopped trading
 Public landmarks closed
 Air traffic stopped
 Federal legislation passed
 PATRIOT ACT
 “War on Terror” Iraq & Afghanistan
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18. Osama bin Laden the leader and founder of Al Qaeda
was killed on May 2, 2011 in Pakistan.
Phillies Fans React to Osama Bin Laden Death -
YouTube

19. 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

20. 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

21. Recent ISIS Attacks
PARIS 2015 : Terrorists attack at the Stade de France and the Bataclan- 130 killed
United States 2016: Terror attack at Pulse night club in Orlando, FL- 49 killed
- San Bernadino, CA- married couple kills 14 co-workers at Christmas Party
Belgium 2016: Suicide bombings at Brussels airport and Metro station- 32 killed