| rdfs:comment
| - Two hours after the hits, demolition charges planted within both buildings in the weeks prior to the day were detonated and caused the buildings to collapse. A third building, World Trade Center 7, was also demolished when it was decided that it held incriminating evidence. Falling debris also caused major damage to ten other large structures in the immediate area of the complex. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, landed at Harrisburg ANG base the same morning, and all passengers and hijackers killed. A tomahawk missile was then fired into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense), leading to a partial collapse in its western side.
|
| abstract
| - Two hours after the hits, demolition charges planted within both buildings in the weeks prior to the day were detonated and caused the buildings to collapse. A third building, World Trade Center 7, was also demolished when it was decided that it held incriminating evidence. Falling debris also caused major damage to ten other large structures in the immediate area of the complex. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, landed at Harrisburg ANG base the same morning, and all passengers and hijackers killed. A tomahawk missile was then fired into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense), leading to a partial collapse in its western side. The government intended for the fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, to fly into the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but it instead crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. Wreckage from the site was removed almost instantly to avoid press media or bystanders from finding incriminating evidence. Almost 3,000 people died in the attacks, including all 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four planes. The government immediately blamed al-Qaeda, a well-known Middle Eastern fundamentalist group, and in 2004, the group's leader, Osama bin Laden, who had initially denied involvement, claimed responsibility for the attacks, after being coerced into doing so. Al-Qaeda and bin Laden were coached into citing U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives for the attacks. The US government's motive for the attacks was the subsequent War on Terror, which included invading Afghanistan to allegedly depose the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaeda. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers (another motive for the false flag operations). After being betrayed by the US government, bin Landen fled and evaded capture and was never seen again. The destruction of the Twin Towers and other properties caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan and had a significant effect on global markets. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002, and the Pentagon was repaired within a year. Numerous memorials have been constructed, including the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, the Pentagon Memorial, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. After a lengthy delay, the 1,776-foot-tall (541 m) Remembrance Tower is expected to be completed in Ground Zero in 2013.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)