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=September 11th Terrorist Attacks-2001=

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September 11, 2001 is remembered as one of the saddest days in American History. September 11th attacks were a series of suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda. They hijacked four US planes and drove them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. It crashed in pennsylvania crashed there because some of the passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane which was headed towards Washington D.C. The exact number of deaths in the accidents was 2,974. Everybody on all four of the planes died, and some of the people in the buildings that were crashed into.

Central Issue
This was a well devised plan to attack the country's most important places. The crashes all happened within one hour and forty five minutes of each other. American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower and within fifteen minutes United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower. Thirty minutes later American Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. Lastly Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Many people believe that this plane was headed towards the White House. One thing many people never take into account is that the pilots of the planes would never willingly give up their planes because they know the outcome anyways so the hijackers obviously had a way around that. The plan was constructed by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, but he didn't have the resources neccessary to arry out the operation so he brought in Osama bin Laden to execute it.

Conclusion/Historical Significance
In the immediate response to the attacks the Bush administration announced a War on Terrorism. The goals of this War on Terrorism was to bring Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda to justice and prevent the emergence of other terrorist networks. Many relief funds were also set up for the victims and families that were involved with the crashes. The September 11th attacks caused the United States to increase airport security greatly and always watch for signs of terrorism. It also has forced the United States to become a lot more cautious in dealing with terrorists.

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