How many people died on September 11th. Who really blew up the Twin Towers in New York? And the American intelligence agencies knew nothing
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This September 11, 2001 in the USA(in the West simply 9/11) is considered the bloodiest in all of world history. Most Covered by Media mass media event of all times.
10 years ago, three planes flown by terrorists crashed into the Pentagon building, located near Washington, and into the 110-story skyscrapers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York, causing them to collapse. Terrorist attacks killed 2,977 citizens from 92 countries.
By official version, responsibility for these attacks lies with the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. Subsequently official version the incident was criticized by a number of journalists, scientists and witnesses to the tragedy.
Independent investigations were carried out, some of which were dismissed documentaries. According to one version, the attack on the Twin Towers was only a diversionary maneuver, and the customers should be looked for not among Afghan terrorists or in the lair of Osama bin Laden, but much closer - in the circle of the US President.
The events of September 11, 2001 developed like this. At approximately the same time, terrorists hijacked 4 airliners some time after takeoff.
1. Statue of Liberty. Manhattan is shrouded in smoke from the collapse of the World Trade Center skyscrapers. Photo taken September 15, 2001. (Photo by Dan Loh | AP):
At 08:45 am first The Boeing 767-200 crashed into the North Tower of the 110-story World Trade Center skyscrapers at approximately 94-98 floors. 18 minutes later at 9:03 second plane The Boeing 767-200 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center approximately at the 77-85 floor level.
2. “One second before.” Second plane approaches the South Tower of the World Trade Center, New York, 9:02, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Sean Adair | Reuters):
3. Second plane Boeing 767-200 Flight 175 crashes into the World Trade Center South Tower on floors 77-85, 9:03 a.m., September 11, 2001. (Photo by Sean Adair | Reuters):
4. On board the 175th flight there were 56 passengers (including 5 terrorists) and 9 crew members. (Photo by Spencer Platt | Getty Images):
5. Almost 35 tons of aviation fuel explodes on impact. (Photo by Richard Drew | AP):
6. Hole in the North Tower of the World Trade Center where the first one crashed, New York, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Richard Drew | AP):
After the capture, some passengers were able to report what was happening using satellite phones. According to their reports, the terrorists used bladed weapons (possibly knives), as a result of which several flight attendants and crew members were killed.
7. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center after 2 airliners crashed into them. Ahead - Empire State Building, New York, Tuesday, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Marty Lederhandler | AP):
8. Satellite view of the burning skyscrapers of the World Trade Center in New York, 9:30, September 11, 2001. (USGS Photo | AP):
9. People on the top floors of skyscrapers. They are trapped by fire on the lower floors where the planes crashed. (Photo by Jose Jimenez | Primera Hora | Getty Images):
10. At least 200 of those trapped on the upper floors of the World Trade Center towers jumped down, preferring such a death to death by fire. (Photo by Jose Jimenez | Primera Hora | Getty Images):
11. Their fall was observed by numerous witnesses. (Photo by Richard Drew | AP):
12. Some tried to get to the roofs of the towers, hoping for evacuation by helicopters, but the evacuation did not take place: the smoke and heat from the fire made it impossible to use helicopters. (Photo by Richard Drew | AP):
13. Third plane American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-200, crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. This is a photo from a surveillance camera. (AP Photo):
14. Fire in the Pentagon building after it crashed. 125 people in the building and 60 passengers on board the Boeing died. (Photo by Will Morris | AP):
16. Part of the Pentagon building collapsed. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque | Reuters):
18. The target of the 4th plane The Boeing 757-200 may have been the Capitol. According to the Flight 93 voice recorder transcript, the plane's crew and passengers attempted to regain control of the airliner after learning from cell phones that other hijacked planes had crashed into the World Trade Center towers. It is likely that the terrorists, losing the fight, decided to send the plane into the ground, where it crashed. The Boeing crashed into a field in southwestern Pennsylvania, near Shanksville, at 10:03 a.m. (Photo by Jason Cohn | Reuters):
19. The crash site of the 4th plane in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania, near the city of Shanksville. (FBI Photo | AP):
20. But we return to the burning skyscrapers of the World Trade Center. The main events took place there. (Photo by Mario Tama | Getty Images):
According to the official version, about an hour after the airliners crashed into the skyscrapers, buildings began to collapse as a result of fire and melting of supporting steel structures by burning aviation fuel.
The official version has been criticized by many experts who believe that the use of aviation fuel to melt 200,000 tons of steel (the amount of steel in one Tower) is an amazing discovery.
Other theories They doubt that the nature of the collapse of the WTC towers corresponds to that which could have been caused by aircraft hits and fires. It is argued that the destruction of the towers is more like a controlled demolition. It has also been suggested that the attacks of September 11, 2001 were planned and carried out not by the al-Qaeda organization, but by American intelligence agencies.
International opinion, according to a survey conducted in 17 countries, gives this picture. Overall, 46% of respondents place the main responsibility on al-Qaeda, 15% on the US government, 7% on Israel, and another 7% name other culprits. We won't go deeper into this topic. Those interested in these events can find materials on the Internet.
21. 56 minutes after South Tower the second plane crashed at 9:59 am it begins to collapse, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Gulnara Samoilova | AP):
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23. Collapse of the 110-story South Tower World Trade Center. View from the street, September 9, 2001. (Photo by Doug Kanter | AFP | Getty Images):
24. As in from dust and debris. (Photo by Gulnara Samoilova | AP):
25. 102 minutes after North Tower the first plane crashed at 10:28 am it begins to collapse, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Diane Bondareff | AP):
26. (Photo by Primera Hora | Getty Images):
27. Collapse of the 110-story World Trade Center skyscrapers, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Greg Semendinger | AP):
28. A total of 2,606 people died at the World Trade Center. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton | Reuters):
29. 1366 people on the upper floors died North Tower World Trade Center, many of whom died when the plane collided with the tower, and the rest due to fire and collapse. IN South Tower At least 600 people died on the upper floors. At least 200 of those trapped on the upper floors of the towers jumped down and died. (Photo by Greg Semendinger | AP):
30. On the streets of New York during the destruction of the World Trade Center towers, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett | AP):
31. Clouds of smoke, dust and debris spread throughout Manhattan. (Photo by Ray Stubblebine | Reuters):
32. (Photo by Gulnara Samoilova | AP):
33. (Photo by Gulnara Samoilova | AP):
34. (Photo by Daniel Shanken | AP):
35. The fire killed 341 firefighters, 60 police officers, and 8 ambulance workers. (Photo by Mario Tama | Getty Images):
36. In total, about 18 people were able to leave the impact zone in the South Tower and escape. (Photo by Gulnara Samiolava | AP):
In New York, more than 1,600 bodies were identified, but about 1,100 people could not be identified. It was reported that “about 10,000 fragments of bones and tissues were found at the scene of the tragedy, which is incomparable with the number of victims.”
38. The streets of Manhattan after the collapse of the “twin” World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Boudicon One | AP):
39. At the site of the former 110-story World Trade Center, September 15, 2001. (Reuters Photo):
40. The landing gear of one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center buildings, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton | Reuters):
41. Search for possible survivors of the World Trade Center "twin" crash, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Matt Moyer | AP):
42. Fire still burning at the site of the former World Trade Center, September 12, 2001, one day after. (Photo by Baldwin | AP):
45. In addition to the destruction of the two 110-story WTC towers, other buildings were seriously damaged or destroyed. As a result of skyscraper collapses, about 1.5 kilometers of New York subway lines were damaged. AP Photo):
46. Rescue workers work underground in the collapsed World Trade Center, September 14, 2011. (Photo by U.S. Navy | Reuters):
The events that took place caused chaos throughout the United States. All commercial flights were canceled and aircraft landing in the United States was prohibited. Planes arriving from other countries were diverted back to their departure airports or diverted to airports in Canada and Mexico. Above major cities US Air Force fighters were patrolling.
47. Ruins of the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Doug Kanter | AFP | Getty Images):
The victims of September 11, 2001 were 2,977 people (not including 19 terrorists): 246 passengers and crew members of aircraft, 2,606 people in New York, in the World Trade Center buildings and on the ground, 125 in the Pentagon building. Citizens of the United States and 91 other countries were killed, including 96 citizens of Russia and the CIS.
When the World Trade Center skyscrapers were destroyed, about 16,000 people were saved who were in the towers below the plane's impact zone. Most of of them survived, having been evacuated before the destruction of the buildings.
Built on the site of the collapsed Twin Towers memorial Complex. The complex is currently undergoing reconstruction, which is planned to be completed by 2012.
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The official version of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which led to the death of almost 3 thousand people, the destruction of three skyscrapers in Manhattan, including the two famous twin towers, as well as part of the Pentagon, and which gave a new direction to world history, is striking in its absurdity.
It turns out that in a security-obsessed country with about 20 intelligence agencies - about one for each of the 19 Middle Eastern terrorists involved in the attacks - they were able to do what they allegedly did. Namely, having only the basics of flight training, they can brilliantly ram targets almost simultaneously captured by airliners that are beyond the capabilities of even experienced pilots, acting under the leadership of the bearded terrorist Osama bin Laden, who was hiding in a cave in Afghanistan. All this, like all other points of the official version, which we will consider in more detail below, completely contradicts common sense.
Official version
The official version is this. Since it is widely known, we will only dwell on it briefly. Terrorists from the al-Qaeda group banned in Russia and other countries of the world, many of whom were known to the CIA, mostly Saudi citizens, legally entered the United States. They easily hijacked four passenger airliners, two of which flew into the World Trade Center (WTC) towers, one into the Pentagon, and another crashed under strange circumstances in Pennsylvania. In the latter case, passengers allegedly resisted by “democratically voting” to fight back against the hijackers. At the same time, the World Trade Center 7 tower, which no one crashed into, and which the BBC television company collapsed live on air 20 minutes before it happened, also mysteriously collapsed in Manhattan. When correspondent Jane Standley was reporting on this and the victims of the new terrorist attack, WTC 7 was still looming behind her, and the caption at the bottom of the screen already read: “The 47-story Salomon Brothers building next to the World Trade Center also collapsed.” Anyone can check out this amazing report on YouTube...
A problem emerged: the BBC reported the collapse of WTC 7 20 minutes before it happened. Photo: FA Bobo/PIXSELL/PA Images/TASS
The mass of inconsistencies and lies surrounding the September 11 attacks leave Americans with very little choice. The dilemma here is simple. On the one hand, you need to turn off your reason and believe in the official version or pretend to believe it if you are a “patriot” of your country and do not want it to suffer reputational damage or expose its leadership, without whose sanction such large-scale terrorist attacks would simply be impossible. It is very difficult to live with the awareness of this, and it is beyond the strength of the conformist majority. The second position is accessible only to a minority who are not afraid to go crazy in the face of the truth and despise accusations of “conspiracy theories.” This position, which is held by many Americans and others, requires recognizing that bin Laden and his people are nothing more than decoration, since terrorist attacks of such a scale could only be organized by the American intelligence services themselves, with the assistance of politicians and the media.
But we are not Americans. We are patriots of Russia, not the USA, and therefore our hands are free. Since the official American version is completely unsatisfactory and does not explain anything, let’s turn to the “conspiracy theorists.” If we put aside fantastic versions, such as a mini-nuclear explosion under the Twin Towers, probably launched at the instigation of the American authorities in order to compromise all others, then the following picture emerges.
Performers
Al-Qaeda terrorists, many of whom were known to the CIA, legally entered the United States and went on terrorist attacks, taking their passports with them. Only a few of them had the skills to fly light aircraft. Under no circumstances could they replace pilots of civil airliners, especially at high speed “get” into the twin towers hidden in urban areas - among other skyscrapers, fly at a height of several meters on the ground, without damaging anything along the route, and ram the Pentagon.
The American authorities immediately began to blame the leader of Al-Qaeda for the incident, although it was obvious that this was a surprise for Osama bin Laden; he did not immediately allow himself to be persuaded to take responsibility for this on himself and his semi-virtual group. And he can be understood: it is impossible for a person in his right mind to believe the official version. Therefore, bin Laden delayed for a long time and took responsibility for the September 11 attacks only on October 29, 2004.
What really happened? In fact, most likely American intelligence agencies deliberately allowed terrorists into the country who were probably actually plotting terrorist attacks using airplanes. They were needed as cover. The fact that the terrorists boarded the airliners, leaving their passports in the cars, most likely suggests that they were conducting training, deciding to see how best to act once they learned to fly the planes. Or the planes that rammed the Pentagon and the Twin Towers... there was no such thing, and that means this whole passport story didn’t exist.
Aircraft
Indeed, was there a boy? Eyewitnesses to the attacks in New York on the morning of September 11 give conflicting accounts of what hit the Twin Towers. Some say they saw or heard noise from small planes flying over, some believe they saw missiles, others believe they saw large airliners. The latter will probably evaluate their experience retrospectively, having watched well-known footage on TV many times. Meanwhile, as has been proven, large planes They simply couldn’t hit the World Trade Center skyscrapers without colliding with a couple of other skyscrapers along the way. From the air and at the speed at which they had to fly, even very experienced pilots would not have been able to accurately “hit” the targets. A legitimate question also arises: where did the wreckage of the planes go? The engine of one of them, which was later “found” in the wreckage of one of the collapsed buildings, turned out to be from a different type of plane than the one that allegedly rammed it. As for the Pentagon, independent researchers have discovered that the affected area in the wing of the building where the Boeing allegedly landed is noticeably smaller than the span of its wings. The penetration area is not as deep as it should be. There is nothing left of the plane empennage, no corpses or suitcases of passengers... Evaporated?
Also amazing are the famous shots of an airliner made of aluminum, which barely survives a bird strike, going like a knife through butter into the steel structure of the World Trade Center buildings, so that the tip of its nose is even visible on the other side of the skyscraper! Calls from airliners that their passengers allegedly made from their own phones were also completely unthinkable. mobile phones. At the height from which they were made, it was technically impossible...
What really happened? It is clear that no airliners crashed into the twin towers in New York or the Pentagon near Washington. Most likely, we were talking about cruise missiles that could avoid obstacles, which were helped by “beacons” installed on buildings. Everything else is a crude imitation.
The most interesting question here, to which there is no clear answer yet, is where did the people who were allegedly on the planes go? There weren’t really that many of them, since, as “conspiracy theorists” established, at least two of the planes that allegedly took part in the terrorist attacks were already written off at that time and could not be used on September 11th. But where did those who were not originally “dead souls” go? They were killed, they had plastic surgery and were moved to the other side of the country or abroad? Who knows.
Building
Everything is clear with the Pentagon - everything was organized there by the military and special services themselves, no civilian firefighters were allowed there even close. Whether there was one cruise missile there or whether it was “helped” with the help of charges installed in the wing of the building that was being repaired is not so important. The consequences of the incident were quickly eliminated, no one washed dirty linen in public - military people are serious, they know how to keep their mouths shut.
The main intrigue is with New York skyscrapers. They seemed to be collapsing before our eyes, live. But this shouldn’t have happened - they were built taking into account exactly what allegedly happened to them. Instead, the “twins” collapsed, settling inward at the speed of free fall, as if someone had “cut down” all the supporting structures at once.
The current US President Donald Trump, a construction magnate himself, “hot on the heels” did not believe that planes could bring down the twin towers. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
What really happened? The Association of American Engineers and even future US President Donald Trump, himself a construction magnate, have long argued that the buildings should not have perished, they should have withstood the plane's impact. Trump thought so “hot on the heels” - now, of course, he is pretending that this was a terrorist attack. But engineers with professional knowledge capable of uncovering deception have only strengthened their opinion. In addition, in 2009, an international group of researchers published an article in the journal Open Chemical Physics on the results of a chemical analysis of the WTC debris, where fragments of thermite, a super-flammable substance that burns through steel, were identified. Its melting point is about 1500 degrees, while the combustion temperature of aviation fuel is only about 1000 degrees... Only in this case was it possible, as the official version says, for the destruction of buildings as a result of “weakening of the steel frame during the fire, combined with damage caused by exposure to airplanes."
The “controlled demolition” that actually took place was caused by a series of explosions at key, most vulnerable points of the skyscrapers, as a result of which they “collapsed” in clouds of dust, which is what always happens in such cases. Firefighters and other people nearby heard the explosions. Recordings of the voices of those standing in a cordon near the WTC-7 building have been preserved, saying that this skyscraper will soon be blown up. However, there was a little delay in this matter, which is why the BBC reported about it earlier than necessary. There is footage on YouTube of this building collapsing - a typical directed explosion.
There is plenty of other evidence that we're talking about about a deliberate provocation organized by the American authorities themselves. Even if there was ten times less evidence, it would be enough for an unbiased court to give an unequivocal verdict: guilty. Let us briefly note just one of them - not a single bigwig was killed during the terrorist attacks in New York. The victims of the terrorist attacks were mainly maintenance workers, service employees, firefighters, who, by the way, began to be brought to the financial capital of the United States several days before the terrorist attacks from other parts of the country... There is evidence that important meetings in the area of future terrorist attacks were canceled in advance, some valuable employees unexpectedly they offered not to go to work on September 11...
Media involvement
It is clear that such a grandiose hoax would have been impossible without the involvement and involvement of leading American federal television channels. According to independent researchers, they received blanks in advance depicting future terrorist attacks in New York, which they each processed in their own style. And planes crashing into skyscrapers, according to Cambridge University physicist John Wyndham, is the most common hologram. That’s why they entered skyscrapers made of super-strong steel without being destroyed, like a knife through butter, and even in one case pierced the building with their nose. It seems that the media were developing technologies for creating an artificial reality - the very thing that America struggles with today, like a fly caught in a spider's web.
Photo: www.globallookpress.com
Why and who needed this?
The answer to the question why this was necessary lies on the surface. The terrorist attacks of September 11 became for the US ruling circles the “new Pearl Harbor” that they had long dreamed of. They buried international law and, instead of the self-dissolved USSR, created a new enemy for Washington in the face of “international terrorism,” which was allowed to be fought throughout the world. Already on October 7, 2001, the Americans invaded Afghanistan to “punish the terrorists,” having achieved, on the wave of international sympathy for the victims of the tragedy, in particular, Russia’s consent to organize its military bases under this sauce in the territory of the former USSR - in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. And with a very long sight. In March 2003, the United States attacked Iraq, plunging the entire region into chaos, giving birth to ISIS, banned in Russia. Then there was Libya, an attempt to overwhelm Egypt, Syria... For the “fight against terror” in various countries, the Pentagon received almost 6 trillion dollars over the past 16 years after the tragedy, and the US military-industrial complex acquired a new meaning for existence. The Americans wrote off Russia then. After all, if they had waited a little, then perhaps the “terrorists” would not have had to blow up New York skyscrapers.
However, this extremely cynical action, for which none of the special services, by the way, was punished, although it seemed to be a terrible failure, also had serious internal political goals. In October 2001, the so-called Patriot Act was passed with a bang - a carefully and pre-researched federal law that significantly expanded the rights of intelligence agencies to electronically spy and supervise Americans. A prison appeared in Guantanamo Bay, and America itself finally turned into a police state in which “Big Brother” is breathing down the back of every citizen.
The most cynical thing, however, is that some gentlemen specifically made huge money from the September 11 tragedy, and they clearly acted on the assumption that terrorist attacks would happen, and very soon.
What an amazing coincidence: in July 2004, New York businessman Larry Silverstein became a tenant - for 99 years - of all seven WTC buildings. The contract amount was 3.2 billion dollars, of which he managed to pay only 14 million, and ultimately earned over 8 billion dollars. How did he do it? The main insurance element in the policies was the event terrorist attack. He didn't have to wait long.
Provocations, provocations...
If we have not convinced anyone who is actually responsible for the September 11 attacks, let us note in conclusion that provocation is historically the main instrument of US policy. This is the famous Boston Tea Party, and the explosion of the battleship Maine in the harbor of Havana, and the same Pearl Harbor, and the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin... This list goes on and on, as well as the list of large-scale hoaxes in which the Americans managed to convince millions, even billions of people. The most striking of these was the US space program before the advent of the shuttles, most notably the staged landing on the Moon. While commemorating the innocent victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks, people have no right to forget how and why it was done. And that something similar could happen again, since no one is punished for it.
Probably every modern person has heard something about the 2001 terrorist attack that occurred in New York. However, some people do not know about the details, while others simply forgot - after all, almost two decades have passed since this terrible event. We will try to deal with this tragedy as objectively as possible, but at the same time briefly.
What it is
The terrorist attack occurred on September 11, 2001. And almost immediately the terrible news spread throughout the world. Some mourned the victims, while others grinned maliciously and rejoiced at the death of thousands of innocent people.
The fact is that it was on September 11 in New York that two passenger planes crashed into two towers of the World Trade Center. The terrorist attack is remembered by many as the bloodiest in the history of mankind.
How did it all happen?
Now we will try to recreate in detail the events of the terrorist attack of September 2001.
On this day, airports operated as usual. Many dozens of airliners, taking off from different US cities, were heading to California. It was only on board four planes flying from Newark, Logan and Dulles airports that everything went completely wrong - they were hijacked almost simultaneously shortly after takeoff. They were not chosen by chance - due to the considerable length of the routes, there were a large number of fuel - approximately 30-35 tons of aviation kerosene.
Until now, experts have not been able to come to a common opinion on how nineteen terrorists were able to hijack four huge airliners. Some argue that for this purpose they used ordinary office cutters, with which the terrorists trained for a long time before going “into action.” Others believe that tear gas was also used - a message about this was received from the pilot of one of the hijacked planes.
The passengers and crew of one of the planes attempted to regain control of the plane, as a result of which the terrorists' plans were thwarted - the aircraft crashed onto a field in Pennsylvania. The terrorists and everyone on board died.
The second plane was aimed at the Pentagon building near Washington. The terrorists managed to carry out their plan and crash into the Pentagon. However, the location for the terrorist attack was not chosen very well - it was in this wing that renovations were being carried out at that time. Therefore, the number of victims turned out to be relatively small - not counting the terrorists, passengers and crew members on board, a little more than a hundred people died. If the plane had crashed into the building from the other side, the number of victims would have increased at least several times.
But, of course, the most terrible and memorable events of the 2011 terrorist attack unfolded in New York. It was here that two Boeing 767-200 aircraft with numbers N334AA and N612UA headed. Their targets were the well-known Twin Towers, which housed the World Trade Center.
The first crashed into the north tower at approximately 8:46 a.m. at a height of 94-98 floors.
The second hit the south tower at 9:03 a.m. It was directed lower - approximately at the 78-85 floor level. Since television crews had already arrived at the scene, rushing to film the scene of the first explosion, the second terrorist attack was filmed from several angles.
As a result of the aircraft hitting the buildings, a fire started - it was no coincidence that the aircraft with big amount fuel on board. Tens of tons of fuel, spilling out of broken tanks, flooded many floors. And due to the powerful impact that damaged the supporting structures, the buildings began to rapidly collapse.
The tower, the first to be attacked by terrorists (north), collapsed at 10:28. This happened due to a fire that was extinguished only after 102 minutes.
The south tower collapsed much faster - already at 9:56, and the fire lasted only 56 minutes.
However, the terrorist attack had further consequences. Powerful explosions in the attacked buildings led to gas exploding in another tower - WTC-7 - and starting a powerful fire, which could not be stopped quickly. As a result, it collapsed at 17:20.
Number of victims
As mentioned above, total There were 19 terrorists on board four aircraft. Of course, they all died.
The terrorists who hijacked United Flight 93, which crashed in a field near Washington, failed to complete their mission. Therefore, only passengers and crew members died - the total number of victims was 40 people.
The actions of terrorists who chose the Pentagon as their target turned out to be more effective. In addition to the 59 passengers and members on board, 125 people in the building died.
But, of course, the highest were the “indicators” of the two planes that crashed into the World Trade Center buildings. The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 not only claimed the lives of the 147 people on board. Also, 2,606 people died in the building and its wreckage.
Yes, not everyone knows about this, but not all victims of September 11 died precisely because of the terrorist attack itself. 341 firefighters from the city fire department, as well as two paramedics, died while containing and extinguishing the fire, as well as during the search for survivors. In addition, the victims include 60 police officers, as well as 8 emergency doctors.
As a result of the fire, great amount toxic substances - insulation and heat-insulating materials, thickly impregnated with fuel, burned. It was because of this that the last victim of the terrorist attack, Felicia Dunn-Jones, died. Moreover, this happened just a few months after the disaster. Carbon monoxide poisoning led to pulmonary failure. Therefore, her name is also included in the lists of those killed due to the terrorist attack in New York on September 11, 2001.
In total, 2,977 people died as a result of the tragedy, not counting the terrorists. Among them were citizens not only of the United States, but also of almost hundreds of other countries.
Still, the number of victims could have been much higher. About 16 thousand people who were below the floors to which the planes were sent managed to evacuate from the WTC buildings.
Who are the performers?
Officially, the terrorist attack was planned and carried out by the forces of al-Qaeda, one of the most famous terrorist groups in the world. It was headed by Osama bin Laden himself, whose name was featured on news programs for many years. And the group itself quickly took responsibility, declaring that this terrorist attack was a response to US support for Israel, as well as the deployment of troops to Afghanistan.
Of the nineteen performers, fifteen come from Saudi Arabia, two from the UAE, one more each from Egypt and Lebanon.
Are the secret services behind the terrorist attacks?
However, the question of who organized the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States is not at all closed. There are a huge number of versions, the authors of which look for contradictions in the official version, and sometimes invent them. Unfortunately, because of the latter, most people don't take the former too seriously. After all, there really are a lot of inconsistencies in this matter.
For example, all the information about the terrorists was obtained due to the fact that the bag of one of them was accidentally detained at the airport and did not get on the plane. It was in it that the true documents of all participants in the terrorist attack were located.
In addition, the buildings did not collapse immediately after the collision with the planes, but an hour and a half later, as a result of fires. But an ordinary fire, even using aviation fuel, cannot melt the load-bearing supports of skyscrapers - this was confirmed by the engineers and builders who worked on their construction. And some experts argue that the destruction is more characterized by the nature of a series of small directed explosions, one by one destroying the load-bearing structures.
Another interesting fact is that the buildings were insured against terrorist attacks several months before the 2001 terrorist attack.
The exact wing where repairs were being carried out was chosen as the site of the attack on the Pentagon - secret documents and senior officials were temporarily moved to other departments. And what’s even more surprising is that judging by the photo from the scene of the terrorist attack, there are completely no fragments of the plane that crashed into the building.
And this is far from full list strange events associated with the terrorist attack. This makes you wonder - why did the intelligence services not notice or ignore them? Is this not a consequence of the fact that the explosions were carried out by the intelligence services themselves?
The trail leads to Iran
There is also a version that the terrorist attack at the Gemini on September 11, 2001 was carried out not without the intervention of intelligence services from Iran. Moreover, information about this came from Iranian intelligence officers and employees of the Ministry of Intelligence. Speaking in court in Manhattan, they stated under oath that the Iranian government not only sponsored the terrorist attacks, but also participated in their development and implementation. And soon after the explosions themselves, they provided support to hundreds of al-Qaeda militants.
American government reaction
A month after the sad events, the US government assembled and led an international coalition whose goal was to overthrow the Taliban regime. State representatives said that al-Qaeda is located precisely in Afghanistan, where it is supported by the Taliban and coordinates the actions of its members around the world.
A series of arrests were also made both in the United States and in other countries. But, judging by the fact that the intelligence services of other countries handed over prisoners to their American colleagues, this could not have happened without support from the CIA.
Security measures taken
Of course, the American public demanded certain measures that would increase the level of security in the country.
In a matter of months after the terrorist attack, over 80 thousand Arabs, as well as emigrants from other Muslim countries, were forced to undergo fingerprint checks and were registered in special registries. About 8 thousand people were interrogated, 5 thousand were detained.
Economic consequences
2001 had other consequences.
For example, a telephone exchange near the World Trade Center was destroyed due to an explosion and fires. As a result, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ had to be closed. Their work was restored only on September 17. Because of this downtime, American exchanges lost about $1.2 trillion in a matter of days. This still ranks as the Dow Jones Industrial Average's biggest drop in a week.
Due to the explosions, all air travel within the United States was also canceled for several days. And in the following weeks and months, people were openly afraid to fly on planes, fearing a repeat of the terrorist attack. As a result, passenger traffic fell by 20%, creating serious problems for the entire US airline industry.
Reaction in the world
People around the world reacted strongly to the 2001 terrorist attack in New York.
Basically the reaction was unambiguous - simple people and heads of government expressed grief over the innocent dead people. However, there were exceptions to this list.
For example, the Iraqi government said that American citizens were only reaping the fruits of their crimes.
The citizens of Palestine also openly rejoiced at the 2001 terrorist attack - solemn processions were organized here. Which is not surprising - the United States supported the Jews, relations with whom the Palestinians have very strained.
Finally, there were demonstrations in China, where students carried banners with slogans in support of terrorists.
Memory of the dead
- On the day of the 2001 terrorist attack, a minute of silence was declared in almost all European countries as a sign of grief. A candlelight vigil was held in Washington.
- In place of the destroyed twin towers, two powerful searchlights were installed, aimed at the sky. The exhibition was called "Tribute in Light".
- In the Pentagon, a small chapel was built at the site of the deaths.
- A memorial has been erected at the site of the crash of Flight 93.
- Act 111-13 established September 11 as the date of the "National Day of Service and Remembrance."
Conclusion
This concludes our article. Now you know more about the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Of course, the story is quite ambiguous and full of blind spots. But who knows, maybe over time a more comprehensive version will appear that will put everything in its place.
An event that changed people's lives
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this day was the most unusual on the planet in the 21st century. Then residents of all countries of the world glued their gaze to their TV screens and became glued to the Internet. And there, on the screens, something completely unimaginable was happening, reminiscent of footage from a science fiction action movie. Huge passenger liners crashed into the skyscrapers of New York, tall buildings folded like toy houses, drowning in clouds of dust reminiscent of a volcanic eruption. And - people: endless crowds of screaming people, running through the streets, or frozen in the distance with a cell phone near their ear...
Alas, it was not a film, but almost a direct report from the scene of an event that would later rightfully be called the largest act of terrorism in the history of mankind. Events wearing and quite official name: "The September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York."
The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 - how it happened
It is difficult to describe what happened, if only because the narrator inevitably slips into emotions, into personal assessments, and even into his own memories. Moreover, to this day, after many years, certain mysteries, unexplored aspects, and inconsistency of interpretations remain in the picture of the grandiose terrorist attack. However, the essence of what happened is as follows.
A group of Islamic terrorists captured four passenger liner, filled with people and performing scheduled flights. Further investigation revealed that there were a total of 19 attackers, all belonging to the same organization, al-Qaeda. Each plane carried at least one person who had undergone special training and was able to fly a passenger ship.
The terrorists sent two planes to the tall buildings - the South and North towers of the World Trade Center, which were the pride of Manhattan and towered in its southern part. The planes crashed into these skyscrapers one by one, with an interval of about 16 minutes. As a result of the disaster, the buildings caught fire and subsequently completely collapsed, burying a huge number of people. Naturally, all the passengers on the planes also died.
The third plane fell on the Pentagon building, and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania, crashing into a field. As the investigation showed, its target, apparently, was the building of the US Congress, but the terrorists failed to carry out their plans: a struggle ensued on board with the crew and passengers, which ultimately led to the crash of the plane. Naturally, everyone on the third and fourth ships also died.
The Pentagon building after a collision with a plane
At the moment, it is stated that as a result of these sad events, 2977 people died, not counting the 19 attackers. Also, 23 people are still listed as missing.
This is exactly what it looks like short description this extraordinary event, but for a more accurate picture it needs to be supplemented with some important facts.
The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 - additional facts
All the hijacked flights followed their schedules to distant California, that is, they had a lot of fuel on board, because the hijackings occurred shortly after the departures. The plane flew into the North Tower at approximately the 95th floor level, and into the South Tower at approximately the 80th floor level. It is impossible to say more precisely, since in both cases these were Boeings, very large aircraft, and the contact area was more than one floor.
The terrible fire and destruction caused by the disaster led to the collapse of giant buildings. The South Tower was the first to fall, followed by the North Tower about half an hour later (the fire in the building raged for 102 minutes). The third building, also part of the World Trade Center complex, fell in the late afternoon. It was too close to the towers that were attacked and could not withstand the temperature and mechanical influences that fell on its walls. In addition, accumulated gas from destroyed communications exploded inside the building.
Some time passed between the hijacking of the planes and their crash, during which many passengers managed to mobile communications connect with your loved ones and friends. Some said goodbye to life, others tried to contact the special services. Many records of these negotiations have been preserved: emotional, deep, filled with fear and grief, but also with love for loved ones.
In some cases, passengers and crew tried to resist the terrorists. One of the planes, as already mentioned, as a result of such heroic actions did not reach its target. In the Boeing that crashed into the North Tower, at least one passenger and crew commander were killed even before the collision; this has been proven by investigation.
Pennsylvania plane crash site 4
In the first hours after the terrorist attack, the life of the United States changed beyond recognition. No planes received permission to fly into the country and land at its airfields. Passenger flights within the state were cancelled, all foreign flights went to land in Canada and Mexico. Hundreds of fighters took to the air and patrolled the skies around all major cities.
New York was given a special role. Thousands of firefighters, paramedics and rescue workers worked in Manhattan. All city police officers were involved, and colleagues from other regions urgently arrived to help them. The destroyed twin towers left behind gigantic rubble, the burning of which lasted about 100 days, releasing many harmful chemicals into the air.
Subsequently, US intelligence services found out that of the 19 terrorists, the majority (15 people) had the citizenship of Saudi Arabia, the rest were citizens of the UAE, Egypt and Lebanon. They were not typical fanatical martyrs: they all had a good education and a well-established philosophy of life.
Consequences of the terrorist attack
The monumental terrorist attack of September 11 had consequences commensurate with its scale. They have manifested themselves in various spheres of life, and all over the world. Here are just a few of them.
Material
In addition to the completely destroyed three WTC skyscrapers, several other nearby buildings were significantly damaged, or even destroyed, including one church. Archives, works of art, and countless documents were lost. The southern part of Manhattan weakened in business importance for many years. The Pentagon building was very damaged.
Political
The US government and Congress created a special commission known as the 9/11 Commission. She worked for two years and came to the conclusion that the main organizer and culprit of the attack was the Islamic fundamentalist organization Al-Qaeda, which spent about half a billion dollars on the plot. The origin of these funds remains a mystery to this day.
The organization was headed by Saudi Arabian Osama bin Laden. The basis of her ideology was hatred of Israel and the United States. In subsequent years, America, along with its allies, launched an unprecedented fight against fundamentalists, primarily al-Qaeda. Its leader was killed in Afghanistan by American special forces in May 2011.
All the leading countries of the world have revised their views on terrorism, realizing its global danger. Security measures have been significantly tightened almost everywhere, especially on aircraft.
We can talk about the economic consequences of the event, its military significance, and its impact on geopolitics. But perhaps the main thing to note is the change, so to speak, in the modern philosophy of life. After such terrible events, all people, without exception, became acutely aware of what an essentially fragile world we live in. In this world, even the most powerful country turns out to be vulnerable, and danger awaits a person not only in warring states. The terrorist attack in New York showed that the boundaries between enemies and friends have become illusory, and the cruelties of wars do not necessarily manifest themselves only on the fronts of local conflicts.
Beautiful temporary memorials have been built on the site of the former Twin Towers; permanent monuments are under construction. The American nation celebrates this mournful date as a Day of Service and Remembrance. And in New York it's worth tall monument works by Zurab Tsereteli - “Tear of Sorrow”. Inside the split bronze plate is a huge steel drop. This is a symbol of grief not only for the people killed in the terrorist attack. And perhaps not even that much. This tear symbolizes the common pain of humanity, which after September 11 became in many ways different, not so carefree and happy.
Terrorist attack of September 11, 2001- a chain of disasters that caused mass deaths in New York, Washington and southwestern Pennsylvania as a result of the hijacking of passenger planes and their ramming of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon buildings. As a result of the terrorist attack, not counting the 19 terrorists, 2,973 people died, including 246 on airplanes, 2,602 in the World Trade Center towers (including 343 firefighters and 60 police officers) and 125 in the Pentagon; in addition, 24 people are considered missing.
Terrorists
According to the official version, preparations for terrorist attacks began back in 1996. Terrorists trained to fly in flight school in Florida. Then, on September 11, 2001, 19 suicide bombers (kamikazes), armed with paper cutters, captured 4 American passenger aircraft domestic airlines and sent them to ram the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. The terrorists were directly led by Mohammed Atta (1968-2001), the leader of the Hamburg branch of al-Qaeda. The terrorist attacks were planned by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and the organizer was the head of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden.
Chronicle of events
The first Boeing 767 (American Airlines Flight 11, Boston - Los Angeles) crashed into the North Tower at 8:45 local time. There were 81 passengers on board (including 5 terrorists) and 11 crew members. The plane struck between the 93rd and 99th floors, killing hundreds of people, and the ignited fuel of the plane raised the temperature to 1000 degrees Celsius. The column of flame was so powerful that when the fire rushed down the elevator shafts, people were burned even in the foyer of the building. Approximately a thousand people were trapped between the 100th and 107th floors. At 10:29, the burning North Tower collapsed.
The second Boeing 767 (United Airlines Flight 175, Boston - Los Angeles) crashed into the South Tower at the 77-81 floor level at 9:03 local time. There were 56 passengers on board (5 of them terrorists) and 9 crew members. At 9:59 the building collapsed in flames.
The third Boeing 757-200 (American Airlines Flight 77, Washington - Los Angeles) crashed into the Pentagon at 9:40 local time. 184 people died: 59 passengers (5 of them terrorists) and 6 crew members on board the Boeing 757, and 125 military personnel and civilians inside the building.
The fourth Boeing 757 (United Airlines Flight 93, Newark - San Francisco) crashed in Pennsylvania in a forest 125 kilometers southeast of Pittsburgh. There were 37 passengers on board (4 of them terrorists) and 7 crew members. Recordings of the black box and conversations between passengers and crew on the ground show that the terrorists dived into the ground when resisting passengers tried to break into the cockpit.
Media reported that some passengers and crew members were able to make calls using mobile phones from the hijacked planes. These passengers reported multiple hijackers on board each flight. The FBI later identified 19 of them, four on Flight 93 and five each on the remaining flights. However, the authenticity of the calls is disputed, since the possibility of making a call in such circumstances is doubtful. Many critics stated that the calls were fabricated by the FBI (particularly distrustful is the son’s call to his mother, which begins with the phrase: “Mom, it’s me, John Smith,” since the son would hardly contact his mother by mentioning his last name).
None of those on board the hijacked planes survived. The official death toll is 2,973 - killed, including 247 on board aircraft (excluding 19 terrorists), 2,602 - in New York in the towers and on the ground, and 125 - in the Pentagon. Among the dead were 343 New York City firefighters, 23 New York City Police Department officers and 37 harbor police officers. In addition, 24 people are still missing.
In addition to the 110-story twin towers, five other WTC buildings (including WTC 7), a Marriott hotel, four subway stations, and the Greek Orthodox Church St. Nicholas, were destroyed or severely damaged. In total, 25 buildings were damaged in Manhattan, all 7 buildings of the World shopping center had to be razed to the ground. Later, the Deutsche Bank Building, which stood opposite the World Trade Center, also had to be demolished due to the uninhabitable, toxic environment inside the office tower.
Consequences
As a result of the attack, both skyscrapers, adjacent buildings, as well as one wing of the Pentagon were destroyed; About three thousand people died.
It marked the beginning of a new era, when full-scale wars can take place not only between states, but also between states and international groups that do not have a state structure and state responsibility.
The New York Stock Exchange ceased operations for two days.
The surrounding area, including the famous Wall Street, was covered in ash.
Government offices were evacuated.
The US President declared martial law.
This event was the reason for the US war with Afghanistan and later with Iraq.
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