The infamous

World Trade Center Attack9/11

Brief September 11, 2001 A series of suicide attacks Carried out by Al Qaeda in New York City Targeting civilians 2974 people were killed.

The Attack 4 American Airlines aircraft was hijacked

by 19 Al Qaeda hijackers on September 11, 2001.

Flight 11: WTC’s North Tower (8:46:40) Flight 175: WTC’s South Tower (9:03:04) Flight 77: The Pentagon in Virginia (9:37:46) Flight 93: Shanksville, Pennsylvania

(10:03:11)

NO survivors

Al Qaeda International terrorist

network Osama Bin Laden 1980s Islamic religious

thoughts decentralized all over

the world

Aim: to eliminate all of the American’s influences in all Muslim nations

The Aftermath 1. Damages:

North TowerSouth Tower7 WTC, 6 WTC, 5 WTC, 4 WTC, 3 WTC World Financial Center complexSt. Nicholas Greek Othodox ChurchThe PentagonNearby buildingsCommunication media (soon recovered)

2. Long-term effects

The USA’s Stock Exchange closed until September 17

U.S Stocks lost $1.4 trillion in one week. Total cost of production damaging exceeded

$100 billion

The recovering of infrastructure cost $31.8 billion

The city’s GDP dropped $27.3 million $20 million medical treatment cost for

people who worked at Ground Zero.

Response

All flights were forced to ground or/and delayed

International flights closedStranded tens of thousands

people

Homeland Security Act in 2002US Patriot Act & War on Terrorism

Sum Up

The worst incident in the 21st century

Still result in the long-lasting war in Afghanistan.

Left serious consequences on the world’s economy and culture.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv4s3fn8jDc - World Trade Center Attacks• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXnA9FjvLSU - The Falling Man • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_kmfzwc5Pw - Amateur 9/11 Footage• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3AwEz0K-UI&feature=related -Strange things in

9/11 Footage.• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4YsLnIFEr4&feature=related - Theories And

Bizarre Events On 9/11• • http://www.nato.int/docu/basictxt/treaty.htm - The NATO official text: The North

Atlantic Treaty• http://nymag.com/news/features/19147/index1.html - What if 9/11 never

happened? • http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf - The 9/11 Commission • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Man - The Falling Man • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PENTTBOM - PENTTBOM