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Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks. The hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 approaching the South Tower (left) as the North Tower (right) burns next to it. The September 11 attacks of 2001, in addition to being a unique act of terrorism, constituted a media event on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links.
Timeline of the September 11 attacks. The following timeline is a chronological list of all the major events leading up to, during, and immediately following the September 11 attacks against the United States in 2001, through the first anniversary of the attacks in 2002.
—Osama Bin Laden's interview with Tayseer Allouni, October 21, 2001 As an adherent of Islam, bin Laden believed that non-Muslims are forbidden from having a permanent presence in the Arabian Peninsula. In 1996, bin Laden issued a fatwā calling for American troops to leave Saudi Arabia. In 1998, Al-Qaeda wrote "For over seven years the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in ...
By EMILY CEGIELSKI September 11, 2001 is a date that will forever be burned into the collective American psyche. Everyone who was old enough to remember the day can recall exactly where they were ...
Planning of the September 11 attacks. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners, intentionally crashing two into the World Trade Center in New York City. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
[7] [8] [9] 12:30 p.m. (approximately), Genelle Guzman-McMillan is pulled from the rubble of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and is the last person recovered alive from the buildings' collapse zones. [10] 1:10 p.m. (approximately): armed FBI agents storm the Westin Hotel in Boston to investigate a room rented by a passenger on one ...
"Before 9/11" - the background of Osama bin Laden and the beginnings of al-Qaeda; early assessments by intelligences agencies concerning the possibility of a large scale attack. "The Terrorists" - profiles the al-Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany , the mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , and the other terrorists who were involved with the ...
The 9/11 Commission Report, prepared by the 9/11 Commission, was released on July 22, 2004. A New York City Fire Department firefighter looks up at the remains of the South Tower on September 13, 2001, two days following the attacks An illustration of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center with a vertical view of the impact locations.