The September 11 Attacks

The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of 11 september 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 others. It caused $ 10 billion of infrastructure damage and $ 3 trillion in total cost
It was a really devastating event since it collapsed two buildings and damaging one.those buildings were the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.Many people lost their relatives because of this attack.to honor those who died in the event the 9/11 memorial was made on the foundation of one of the collapsed tower.
The September 11 attacks happened because four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists.The planes departed from northeastern United States bound to California.Two of the planes crashed into the north and the south towers of the World Trade Center.One plane was crashed to the pentagon which is the headquarters of trhe united states department of defense.the fourth plane was steered towards Washington D.C but crashed to a field in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville,Pennsylvania.
The United States responded to this attack by launching the “war on terror” and the invasion of afghanistan to dispose of the taliban which helped the al-Qaeda.Many countries strengthened their law enforcement,anti-terrorism legislation and intelligence agency to prevent any future terrorist attacks.although the leader of al-Qaeda,Osama bin Laden denied involvement to the attacks,in 2004 he claimed responsibility for the attacks.Bin Laden was then located and killed by the seal team six.
The destruction of the World Trade Center caused a serious damage to the economy of lower manhattan and had a significant impact to global markets.Many closings, evacuations, and cancellations happened out of fear of further attacks.The cleanup of the World Trade Center was completed 0n may 2002,construction of one of the World Trade Center began in 18 november 2006 and was completed on 3 november 2014.many memorials have been constructed due to the attacks such as the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in a field in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The people behind the attacks,the al-Qaeda have many motives on why they attacked.One of those motives are the US support of israel,israel and palestine had been waging wars at that time and the US supported the israel that was destroying palestine which is a muslim country.there are also other motives of the september 11 attacks which are sanctions imposed against iraq.There are also some other speculations on the september 11 attacks.some people speculate that the attacks were a religious motivation which was seen as "a sacrament ... intended to restore to the universe a moral order that had been corrupted by the enemies of Islam".Some people also speculate that the attacks were to provoke america into a war that incites pan-islamist revolution,the attacks are best understood as being part of a religious conflict within the Muslim world.