september 11, 2001
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September 11, 2001. Attack on NYC. Two attacks American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower 8:46 am Collapsed at 10:28 United Flight 175 WTC South Tower 9:03 am Collapsed at 9:59. Attack on Pentagon. AA Flight 77 9:37 am. United Flight 93. Shanksville , Pennsylvania - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
September 11, 2001Attack on NYCTwo attacksAmerican Airlines Flight 11World Trade Center North Tower8:46 amCollapsed at 10:28United Flight 175WTC South Tower9:03 amCollapsed at 9:59
Attack on PentagonAA Flight 779:37 am
United Flight 93Shanksville, Pennsylvania10:03 amHeaded for Capitol or White HouseCrashed when retaken by passengersLets Roll
CasualtiesNYCWTC 2606 (411 emergency workers)American 11 87United 175 - 60Pentagon - 125American 77 - 59Flight 93 402977 totalOsama bin LadenFormer head of al-QaedaMastermind behind attacks3 MotivesPresence of US troops in Saudi ArabiaUS support of IsraelSanctions against Iraq
Khalid Sheikh MohammedMember of al-QaedaPrincipal architect of attacksCited US involvement in Israel as motivationCaptured March 1, 2003 in PakistanCurrently resides in Guantanamo Bay