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The first of the four planes to take off was American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767-200ER. It was 159 feet (48 m) long and 16 feet (4.9 m) wide. It had two aisles. The plane made daily flights between Boston and Los Angeles. When it took off at 7:59 a.m. on the morning of the eleventh, it carried only 81 passengers in its 158 seats. Forty-seven ...
All of the 246 people on the four planes died in the crashes. 19 terrorists were also killed in the attacks. Both towers of the World Trade Center caught on fire when the planes crashed into them. The South Tower (2 WTC) burned for 56 minutes before it fell and was destroyed. The North Tower (1 WTC) burned for 102 minutes before it also fell. As th...
After the attack, the United States blamed Al-Qaeda, which the U.S. thought was a terrorist group. President George W. Bush said he would start a "War on Terror". He meant that the United States would do more things to try to stop terrorism in the future. Bush said this was meant to protect Americans and their property from terrorists. For example,...
During the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many people were evacuated from Lower Manhattan,including from the area around the World Trade Center, where the Twin Towers collapsed. The Hudson River played a significant role in the rescue efforts. Various vessels, including ferries, private boats, and even Coast Guard vessels, were used to evacua...
FBI
Immediately after the attacks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation started PENTTBOM. This was the biggest criminal investigation in the history of the United States. At one point, more than half of the FBI's agents worked on the investigation and followed a half-million leads. The FBI concluded that there was "clear and irrefutable (cannot be denied)" evidencelinking al-Qaeda and bin Laden to the attacks. The FBI did not record the 2,977 deaths from the attacks in their annual violent crime r...
CIA
The Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) did a review of the CIA's pre-9/11 performance. He was very critical of senior CIA officials for not doing everything possible to stop terrorism. He criticized their failure to stop two of the 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, as they entered the United States. He also criticized their failure to share information on the two men with the FBI. In May 2007, senators from both major U.S. political parties wrote le...
Congressional inquiry
In February 2002, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence created a joint inquiry into the performance of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Their 832-page report was released in December 2002. In the report, there were detailed failings of the FBI and CIA to use available information. This included information about terrorists the CIA knew were in the United States. They failed to use this information in order to stop the plans. The...
On the day of the attacks, New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said: "We will rebuild. We're going to come out of this stronger than before, politically stronger, economically stronger. The skylinewill be made whole again." The damaged part of the Pentagon was rebuilt within one year of the attacks. Construction of One World Trade Center started on A...
September 11th Photo Gallery Archived 2009-09-12 at the Wayback Machine- Also includes victim names and more information.- 2,996 (2,977 victims + 19 hijackers)
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September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 112 days remain until the end of the year. Events[edit] Pre-1600[edit] 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. September 1998 events by country (9 C) * September 1998 sports events (5 C) C. September 1998 events by continent (5 C) September 1998 crimes (1 C) Pages in category "September 1998 events"
February 7-22 - The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in 1998 like a 2000 one for Nagano, Japan. February 16 - China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a residential area near Chiang Kai-shek Airport in Taipei, killing 202 people, including 6 on the ground.
June 16 – The Detroit Red Wings sweep the Washington Capitals in four games in the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals. September 20 – Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida opens. October 21 – The New York Yankees defeat the San Diego Padres to sweep them in the World Series .
September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 116 days remain until the end of the year. Events[edit] Pre-1600[edit] 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.