Tuesday, September 23, 2008

sept 11 attacks (Background)

Background Information

-September 11 attacks are suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States
on September 11, 2001.

-Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked with four commercial passenger jet airliners.

-The hijackers intentionally crashed into three of the World Trade Center towers in
New York City.

-This caused the buildings to collapse in two hours and destroyed at least two nearby buildings and damaging others.

-The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania

-There are no known survivors from any of the flights.


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