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Today September 11, 2016 marks the fifteen
years remembrance of the worst terror attacks in
the United states of America history. In the early
hours of Tuesday September 11, 2001, terrorists
inspired by the Osama bin Laden-led Al Qaeda
flew two passenger jets into the twin towers of
the World Trade center in New York.
Two other commercial planes also crashed into the Pentagon while courageous passengers and
crew downed one plane in Pennsylvania. The attacks on US soil reverberated around the world and led to a decade terror war fought in frontiers in Afghanistan and Iraq leading to the killing in 2011 of Osama bin Laden the mastermind of the
attack.
As The world remembers today, we bring you nine facts about the worst day in American history:
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| Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for the attacks |
1. Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda
The terror attack was carried out by Osama Bin
Laden and his Al Qaeda terror organisation. The
Saudi born Bin Laden was a US trained engineer
who had vowed to attack America over the
former role in Afghan’s war. The 9/11 attacks
was planned and executed by terrorists who
were trained in various cells in Europe.
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| When the passenger jet crashed into the tower |
2, The attack
Nineteen men hijacked four fuel-loaded US
commercial airplanes bound for west coast
destinations. A total of 2,977 people were killed
in New York City, Washington, DC and
Pennsylvania. On September 11, 2001, 2,996
people were killed in the terrorist attacks at the
World Trade Center in NYC, the Pentagon
building in Virginia, and in a plane crash in
Pennsylvania.
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| The burning twin towers moment after they were struck |
3.The worst terror attacks on US homeland
The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11
resulted in the largest loss of life by a foreign
attack on American soil. The attack, which
occurred during President George Bush
administration led to a change US Islam
relationship and the longest terror war ever
fought in world’s history.
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