10 Interesting Facts About 9/11 | 10 Interesting Facts
The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
The fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers attempted to take control before it could reach the hijacker’s intended target in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks. Besides leaving so many victim, the attacks also hide so many secrets. These 10 interesting facts about 9/11 attacks are the examples of the secrets.
1. The third WTC building fell on the same day view away after the 2 towers collapse. WTC building 7 was standing 47 stories high and it resided one block from twin towers location. The building did not strike by any plane but indeed it collapse at 5:20. No one can really tell what really happen on that building but the building fell because of a genius demolition and the evil planner.
Attack on Twin Tower
2. Fire was never the main cause of the two tower falls and plane crash could not deliberately caused series explosion in the building and made the giant steel structure free fall to the ground. The main actor of the fall was a controlled demolitions and hidden bombs, which already planted somewhere inside the buildings.
3. After the two towers collapse, WTC steel constructions were retrieved and shipped overseas quickly and melt down. This fact diminished a chance to further investigation and examination. It could give us clues what really happened that day.
4. After the attack, CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox, update reports of WTC after-attack live 24/7 for 4 days. It was the longest live coverage and report in the world.
5. Each time contact is missing with any airline, fly fighters usually check out to investigate. Every year, in average, fly fighters fly 100 times to response such missing contact. On September 11, 2 hours missing contact occurred and no fly fighters fly to response it
6. According to CNN report, under the order of Pentagon, 4 fly fighters scramble to ambush the interceptors but it was too late. New York Governor Pataki witnessed 4 USAF jets flew around WTC after those planes hit WTC.
Pentagon Before the Attack
7. Attacks before 9/11
In February 26, 1993, one attack hit WTC and it killed 6 people,
thousand other injured and it cost $300 million. Around 14
months later, on May 1994, another attacks stroke WTC and the
convicts were sentenced 240 years in prison. Those convicts are
Mohammed Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Ahmad Ajaj ,Mahmud Abouhalima,
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef and Eyad Ismoil.
8.Why early warning did not announce publicly?
There was safety measures of the approaching attacks or early
warning from 11 nations impeding the attack. Some instructed
Willie Brownish, San Francisco’s mayor, and John Ashcroft, a top
rank military authorities not using any plane on that day.
9. Few 9/11 “suicide crash bombers” suspects are nevertheless survive and living in a good life, according to BBC and the Guardian. More over, at the least, Military might had trained five of the alleged hijackers at US military, report from Newsweek and other sources.
WTC after bombed
10. For 441 days, Bush administration defied the establishment of 9/11 Commission, which was same as a commission pertaining to Pearl Harbor and the murder JFK, all started out in about 7 days.
Until now, there are still so many mysteries hidden behind the 9/11 attack. Those 10 interesting facts about 9/11 attacks should make us feel humble and aware about how we face the world next time.
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