An overview of September 11, 2001

1. An overview of September 11, 2001 How it effected us then and how we are effected by it now, years later.

2. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Each team of hijackers included a trained pilot. American Airlines Flights 11 & 77 United Airlines Flights 93 & 175

3. Ill-fated Flight Paths

4. American Airlines Flight 11 • First to attack • Departed Boston, Massachusetts at 7:59 a.m. • Destination: Los Angeles, California • Detoured to New York City, New York • Crashed into World Trade Center North Tower (1WTC) at 8:46 a.m. • 81 passengers, 7 flight attendants, 2 pilots

5. New York

6. New York City

7. Manhattan, a borough of NYC

8. The Twin Towers

9. The World Trade Center

10. WTC 1 or North Tower

11. United Airlines Flight 175 • Second attack • Departed from Boston, Massachusetts @ 7:58 a.m. • Original destination: Los Angeles, California • Hit South Tower of WTC in NYC at 9:03 a.m. • 56 passengers , 7 flight attendants, 2 pilots

12. World Trade Center

13. North & South Towers

14. South Tower

15. Rudy Giuliani: NYC Mayor during 9/11

16. Rudy Giuliani TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year, 2001”

17. President George W. Bush was visiting Booker Elemen-tary School in Sarasota, Florida when he received word of the attack.

18. President Bush at Ground Zero

19. Ground Zero memorial

20. Ground Zero memorial

21. Ground Zero memorial

22. Winning Design to Replace WTC 1 & 2 Architect Daniel Libeskind “One World Trade Tower”

23. Libeskind interview www.julieoverby.pbworks.com Click on “teachHUB under “Writing Prompts” to view 9/11 video interview of architect & design of new trade center

24. American Airlines Flight 77 • Departed from Washington Dulles Airport in Fairfax, Virginia @ 8:10 a.m. • Destination: Los Angeles, California • Crashed into Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia @ 9:39 a.m. • 184 killed; 59 passengers, & 125 on the ground

25. The Pentagon Arlington, Virginia

26. Pentagon Memorial Benches The memorial benches are made of granite and steel, and arranged from youngest (3 yrs.) to oldest (71 yrs.) Names of the people who were on the plane face west. Name of the people who were in the Pentagon face the building. Names are etched on the end of each wing-shape bench. A small tranquil pond gurgles beneath, while maple trees planted next to each bench will one day provide shade.

27. Pentagon Memorial

28. The Pentagon’s “American Heroes Memorial”

29. Pentagon Quilts

30. United Airlines Flight 93 • Departed from Newark, New Jersey @ 8:42 a.m. • Destination: San Francisco, California • Crashed into a field in Stony Creek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania • Terrorists planned to fly plane into either the White House or the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. • 38 passengers, 5 flight attendants, 2 pilots, 4 hijackers • The passengers, aware of the other crashes, voted to confront the terrorists. At 9:45 a.m., passenger Todd Beamer ends a phone conversation with, “Let’s roll”. • At 9:58 another passenger says he’s seen an explosion and smoke • Debate: plane shot down by a missile or flown into ground @ 10:06 a.m.

31. The White HouseHome of the President North view of White House South view of White House

32. The United States Capitol Work place of 100 Senators & 435 House of Representatives

33. Todd Beamer 9/11 Hero Deliberated with other Flight 93 passengers and decided to take on the terrorist. His last words heard on the phone were, “Let’s Roll”.

34. Flight 93 crash site

35. Flight 93 Memorial

36. Flight 93 Memorial

37. Who was responsible for the killing of 3,497 people?

38. Wrongly Accused: The Middle Eastern country of Iraq Their leader Saddam Hussein

39. Saddam Hussein

40. Who was responsible for 9/11? Al-Qaeda terrorists also known as Muslim extremists

41. All of the 19 hijackers that participated in September 11th suicide attacks were from the Middle East. 15 were from SAUDI ARABIA 1 was from EGYPT 1 was from LEBANON 2 were from the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

42. The Middle East

43. What and Who are al-Qaeda? • Al-Qaeda is a worldwide, terrorist network that was founded by Osama bin Laden • The majority of militants (fighters with weapons) are Arab (from the Middle East) • Islam is their religion • As followers of this religion, they are known as “Muslims” • However, they are Muslim extremists. Their interpretation of the Islamic religion is much different from other Muslims. • Their holy book is the Quran/Koran. • They are known for suicide bombings and mass kidnappings • The noblest deed is Jihad • They kidnap and recruit children • They sell weapons to the Taliban. • Al-Qaeda supports Muslim fighters in many countries. Their goals are to overthrow Muslim governments that are corrupt and drive out Western influence (U.S.)

44. Osama bin Laden • From Saudi Arabia • Founder of al-Qaeda • From 2nd richest family in Saudi Arabia • Was kicked out of his country • Was almost captured in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan in 2001 • Was found & killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 by U.S. Navy Seals

45. AfghanistanWhere the U.S. is at war today.

46. Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital

47. Tora Bora: the region bin Laden was almost captured in 2001

48. Bin Laden’s Mountain Fortress

49. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed It was his idea to attack the United States. Osama bin Laden gave his approval. He is presently imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

50. Guantanamo Bay, CubaUsed as a prison since 2002 for terrorists