Venue: World Trade Center, New York, USA and Pentagon, Washington, USA.
Cause of incident
Among all kinds of arguments in American ideological circles, "clash of civilizations" has become one of the main arguments to interpret the root of the "9. 1 1" incident. Many media in the world pointed out that the important root of terrorism is the Middle East policy of the United States. The long-term military conflict between Israel and Palestine, the killing of Palestinians by Israelis and the partiality of the United States towards Israel have all "created" fanatical radicals who are determined to die.
Some people think that the attack is a political conspiracy. The main doubts include the possibility of the plane hitting a skyscraper, the gap diameter of the Pentagon does not match the diameter of the plane, the debris of United Airlines Flight 93 and the life and death of the hijacker. Conspiracy theorists believe that the purpose of the attack is the Bush administration's self-directing, self-acting, safeguarding the international status of the United States, achieving hegemony and peace, and controlling the world.
event
The first hijacked plane was American Airlines 1 1. The plane took off from Boston Logan International Airport for Los Angeles at 7: 59 on September 1 1 2006. At 8 o'clock on 14, the plane climbed to an altitude of 26,000 feet, which was lower than the original cruising altitude of 29,000 feet. At the same time, the plane made the last routine communication with the empty tower to confirm the receipt of navigation instructions. After 16 second communication, the empty tower ordered the plane to climb to 35,000 feet, but this information and all subsequent attempts to contact the plane were not confirmed. After the hijacking began, the hijackers quickly took control of the first class of the plane and began to release irritating gases such as tear gas and spicy fog, forcing passengers and flight attendants to move closer to the rear of the plane and claiming that they had bombs. At 8: 46: 40, American Airlines 1 1 crashed into the World Trade Center 1 Building (also known as the "North Tower") at a speed of about 490 miles per hour, and the impact position was between the 94th and 98th floors in the north of the building, causing all the people on board and the unknown number of people in the building to die immediately.
United Airlines flight 175 was originally scheduled to fly from Boston Logan International Airport to Los Angeles and took off at 8: 00 on September 1 1 2006. Arrive at the scheduled cruising altitude of 3 1000 feet at 8: 33. Between 8: 42 and 8: 46, the hijackers started hijacking. 1 1 9: 03, United Airlines 175 crashed into World Trade Center Building 2 (also known as "South Tower"), causing all the people on board and the unknown number of people in the tower to die immediately.
American Airlines Flight 77 took off from Dulles, Washington for Los Angeles at 8: 20 on September 1 2006. At 8: 46, the plane climbed to the scheduled cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. At 8: 00, 5 1, the plane sent conventional radio communication for the last time. At 8: 54, the plane deviated from the scheduled route and turned south.
At 9: 37: 46, United Airlines Flight 77 crashed at the Pentagon of the US Department of Defense at a speed of up to 530 miles per hour, killing all the people on board and a large number of officers in the building.
At 8: 42, United Airlines Flight 93 took off from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and flew to San Francisco. At this time, the flight was delayed for more than 25 minutes. At 9: 23, Flight 93 received a warning from the flight controller of United Airlines: "Beware of any intrusion into the cockpit, two planes have crashed into the World Trade Center". At 9: 28, the hijackers began to attack. The plane was flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet and suddenly dropped by 700 feet. After descending 1 1 sec, the tower in Cleveland received two radio communications from the plane, including "Mayday" shouted by the airport or the co-pilot, accompanied by fighting sounds. 10: 02: 23, the plane began to turn down. With the constant counterattack of passengers, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed at a speed of 580 miles per hour in an open space in Jencks, Pennsylvania, only about 20 minutes away from Washington, D.C. ..
Event result
Two passenger airliners hijacked by terrorists crashed into World Trade Center Building 1 and World Trade Center Building 2 in New York respectively. These two buildings collapsed after the attack, and five other buildings of the World Trade Center collapsed and were damaged in the earthquake. At about 9 o'clock, another hijacked passenger plane crashed into the Pentagon of the US Department of Defense in Washington, USA, and the local structure of the Pentagon was damaged and collapsed.
On September/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/day, 2002, the U.S. Department of Defense released the statistics of victims and missing persons in the terrorist attacks in September/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/day, with a total of 3,025 people [/KOOC-0/9]. As statisticians confirmed and deleted some duplicate names, the final statistics decreased by 2996.
Event follow-up
On September 3, 20001,US Secretary of State Powell held a press conference and announced that bin Laden was the prime suspect in the September11terrorist attack. /kloc-On the evening of September, the U.S. House of Representatives agreed to authorize President Bush to use force against terrorists. American opinion polls show that 90% of Americans support the United States to fight terrorists by force.
20111at about 13 pm on October 7, US President George H.W. Bush announced that the United States and Britain had begun military strikes against the military targets of the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan and the Al Qaeda training camp of Islamic extremist Osama bin Laden. The war on terror broke out.
These two wars triggered by "9. 1 1" mobilized more than 200,000 troops and thousands of fighters. According to the calculation of the Institute of Congressional Studies, the United States spent a total of $65,438 +0.4 trillion on military expenditure without adjusting the inflation rate and the interest rate of national debt. Because the United States still bears a large amount of foreign debts, it will face hundreds of billions of dollars in interest alone.
On 20 11May1Sunday, a team of American SEALs raided bin Laden's residence by helicopter. Bin Laden was killed for resisting. The whole attack lasted about 40 minutes.