September+11,+2001

9/11

- 2977 people died ( 2977 victims, 19 hijackers) (55 were from the military, the rest were civilians. - a few weeks after the attack, there was a death toll of over 6000 MC

The following information has been added by Kaija: U.S Gov. response to 9/11 (this is where I got my info, click the blue to find out more)

Bush believed that bringing Osama Bin Laden and the Al Queada to justice would prevent the emergance of further terrorist networks.

U.S officials speculated on the involvement of Saddam Hussein and although unfounded, the association contributed to the public acceptance of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

__ there was 1 hour, 41 minutes and 45 seconds between impact of flight 11 and the collapse of the north tower. __ The following information was found in the book A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini and posted by Kaija. It tells you the rules imposed by the Taliban wich may give more insight into 9/11. [|talibanwikisite.docx]

-these facts were added by Rachel to learn more click here
 * The Intelligence service warned the president that Bin Laden was planning a terrorist attack involving the Twin Towers a month before the event.
 * At 8:20am Air Traffic Control became aware that the first pane had been hijacked
 * It later came out that the hijackers had used stolen identities
 * Osama Bin Laden has repeatedly said that the Al Qaida did not do it, though there are many theories

Unfortunately I could not get the link for the video so copy and paste the link below the title of the video is what really hit on 9 11. One the video it shows a shadow that is twice the size of the 747 unlike the video I think the shadow is from the jest on the 747

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-jzNfxKSio nathan

Sage The North and South Towers collapsed in 10 seconds. Sage

On September 11, 2001, 19 [|__al-Qaeda__]  terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying at least two nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon and a fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers and flight crew revolted. The [|__9/11 Commission Report__]  disclosed prior warnings of varying detail of planned attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda. The report said that the government ignored these warnings due to a lack of communication between various law enforcement and intelligence personnel. For the lack of inter-agency communication, the report cited bureaucratic inertia and laws passed in the 1970s to prevent abuses that caused scandals during that era. The report faulted the [|__Clinton__]  and the [|__Bush__]  administrations with “ [|__failure of imagination__] ”. Most members of the Democratic and the Republican parties applauded the commission's work. [|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories__] In a historic attack on U.S. soil, four commercial aircraft were hijacked yesterday morning and pointed at civilian targets. Two collided into the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center, causing the 110-storey buildings to collapse. A third plane hit the Pentagon, just outside Washington in Arlington, Va., while a fourth crashed in rural Pennsylvania before reaching its suspected target, the presidential retreat at Camp David, in Maryland. Although accurate numbers may not be known for days, Mr. Bush put yesterday's death toll in the thousands. Hundreds of people were feared dead in the Pentagon attack. In New York, 265 firefighters, including the city's fire chief, and 85 police officers who were trying to evacuate the World Trade Center are missing and presumed dead. There were no survivors from the four airplanes, which were carrying 266 people in total. U.S. officials quickly pointed to fugitive terrorist leader Osama bin Laden as the mastermind of the attacks. He is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan and has been blamed for 1998 attacks on U.S. Embassy in Africa. -This in an article from the Globe and Mail archives. It proves that people believed the government at first. Conspiracy theories weren't developed until later, when people actually had time to think things up. I believe that all the theories are is a product of too much spare time, an overactive imagination, and perhaps a grudge against the government. Kara