Over 13
years ago in the same day, we all shock with a tragic news that WTC ( World
Trade Center) Building attacks by terrorist. The September 11 attacks were
believed as an act series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the
terrorist group upon the United States
in New York City and the Washington,D.C., metropolitan area on Tuesday,
September 11, 2001. The attacks killed almost 3,000 people and caused at least
$10 billion in property and many infrastructure damages. From my point of view
as a moslem, I'm not agree with the terrorist wich killing an innocent people
and said in the name of Islam etc. In some Country, they even thought if all Moslem are terrorist and it's absolutely ridiculous. Anyway, that's not the
main topic that I would like to share. Here, you can find some facts about 11
September attack's that you probably need to know.
1. On
September 11, 2001, 19 men hijack four fuel-loaded commercial airlines bound
for west coast destinations. This terrorist attack on the United States, total
of 2,977 people are killed in New York City, Washington, DC and outside of
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.
The Victims:
At the
World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, 2,753 people are killed when
hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 are
intentionally crashed in the north and south towers. Of those who perish during
the initial attacks and the subsequent
collapses
of the towers, 343 are New York City firefighters, another 23 are New York City
police officers and 37 others are officers at the Port Authority.
At the
Pentagon in Washington, 184 people are killed when hijacked American Airlines
Flight 77 crashes into the building. Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 40
passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 die when the plane
crashes into a field. It is believed that the hijackers crashed the plane in
that location, rather than their unknown target, after the passengers and crew
attempted to retake control of the flight deck.
Timeline:
September
11, 2001
- 8:46am ET
- American Airlines Flight 11 (traveling from Boston to Los Angeles) strikes
the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
- 9:03am ET
- United Airlines Flight 175 (traveling from Boston to Los Angeles) strikes the
south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
- 9:37am ET
- American Airlines Flight 77 (traveling from Dulles, Virginia to Los Angeles)
strikes the Pentagon Building in Washington.
- 9:59am ET
- South tower of WTC collapses in approximately 10 seconds.
- 10:03am
ET - United Airlines Flight 93 (traveling from Newark, New Jersey to San
Francisco) crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- 10:28am
ET - North tower of WTC collapses. The time between the first
attack and
the collapse of both World Trade Center towers is 102 minutes.
2. On any
given workday, up to 50,000 employees worked in the WTC twin towers, and an
additional 40,000 passed through the complex.
3.
Passengers aboard United Flight 93, heard about the previous airplane attacks
and attempted to retake control of the plane from hijackers. As a result, the
hijackers dilberately crashed the plane in a Pennsylvania field instead of at
their unknown target.
4. While
video accounts of the WTC attack aired immediately, no video footage of the
Pentagon
attack was
publicly released until 2006.
5. The
rescue and recovery clean-up of the 1.8 million tons of wreckage from the World
Trade Center site took 9 months.
6. Though
both the police and fire departments of New York City had their own emergency
response procedures, the two departments did not have a coordinated response
plan to a major incident.
7. 9/11 was
the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil.
8. 18
people were rescued alive from the rubble of the World Trade Center site.
9. Cases of
post-traumatic stress are common among 9/11 survivors and rescue workers.
Respiratory
problems like asthma and lung inflammation also developed at abnormal rates for
those in and around the World Trade Center during and after the attacks.
10.
Economic Impact:
$500,000 -
Estimated amount of money it cost to plan and execute the 9/11 attacks.
$123
billion - Estimated economic loss during the first 2-4 weeks after the World
Trade Center towers collapsed in New York City, as well as decline in airline
travel over next few years
$60 billion
- Estimated cost of the WTC site damage, including damage to surrounding
buildings, infrastructure and subway facilities.
$40 billion
- Value of the emergency anti-terrorism package approved by the U.S. Congress
on September 14, 2001.
$15 billion
- Aid package passed by Congress to bail out the airlines.
$9.3
billion - Insurance claims arising from the 9/11 attacks.
"If all the people understand to keep humanity
above all, maybe there were no war on Earth." - Unique
Source :
https://www.dosomething.org
http://edition.cnn.com
(CNN)
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