September 11 attacks: Difference between revisions
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imported>FullInterTurn The [110] suggests lazy plagiarism may be the article. Also, as bad it the attacks were, I can't think of any way they relate to suicide (unless we count suicidal thoughts, but those didn't happen during this) or war (I mean, this event was literally a few hours, and yes it had influences from previous attacks but those were brief hours too. Maybe I'm just being stupid, but still). |
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Some passengers and crew members who called from the aircraft using the cabin air phone service and mobile phones provided details: several hijackers were aboard each plane; they used mace, tear gas, or pepper spray to overcome attendants; and some people aboard had been stabbed. Reports indicated hijackers stabbed and killed pilots, flight attendants, and one or more passengers. According to the 9/11 Commission's final report, the hijackers had recently purchased multi-function hand tools and assorted Leatherman-type utility knives with locking blades, which were not forbidden to passengers at the time, but were not found among the possessions left behind by the hijackers. A flight attendant on Flight 11, a passenger on Flight 175, and passengers on Flight 93 said the hijackers had bombs, but one of the passengers said he thought the bombs were fake. The FBI found no traces of explosives at the crash sites, and the 9/11 Commission concluded that the bombs were probably fake. | Some passengers and crew members who called from the aircraft using the cabin air phone service and mobile phones provided details: several hijackers were aboard each plane; they used mace, tear gas, or pepper spray to overcome attendants; and some people aboard had been stabbed. Reports indicated hijackers stabbed and killed pilots, flight attendants, and one or more passengers. According to the 9/11 Commission's final report, the hijackers had recently purchased multi-function hand tools and assorted Leatherman-type utility knives with locking blades, which were not forbidden to passengers at the time, but were not found among the possessions left behind by the hijackers. A flight attendant on Flight 11, a passenger on Flight 175, and passengers on Flight 93 said the hijackers had bombs, but one of the passengers said he thought the bombs were fake. The FBI found no traces of explosives at the crash sites, and the 9/11 Commission concluded that the bombs were probably fake. | ||
Three buildings in the World Trade Center collapsed due to fire-induced structural failure. The South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. after burning for 56 minutes in a fire caused by the impact of United Airlines Flight 175 and the explosion of its fuel. | Three buildings in the World Trade Center collapsed due to fire-induced structural failure. The South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. after burning for 56 minutes in a fire caused by the impact of United Airlines Flight 175 and the explosion of its fuel. The North Tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m. after burning for 102 minutes. When the North Tower collapsed, debris fell on the nearby 7 World Trade Center building (7 WTC), damaging it and starting fires. These fires burned for hours, compromising the building's structural integrity, and 7 WTC collapsed at 5:21 p.m. The west side of the Pentagon sustained significant damage. | ||
At 9:42 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded all civilian aircraft within the continental U.S., and civilian aircraft already in flight were told to land immediately. All international civilian aircraft were either turned back or redirected to airports in Canada or Mexico, and were banned from landing on United States territory for three days. The attacks created widespread confusion among news organizations and air traffic controllers. Among the unconfirmed and often contradictory news reports aired throughout the day, one of the most prevalent said a car bomb had been detonated at the U.S. State Department's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Another jet—Delta Air Lines Flight 1989—was suspected of having been hijacked, but the aircraft responded to controllers and landed safely in Cleveland, Ohio. | At 9:42 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded all civilian aircraft within the continental U.S., and civilian aircraft already in flight were told to land immediately. All international civilian aircraft were either turned back or redirected to airports in Canada or Mexico, and were banned from landing on United States territory for three days. The attacks created widespread confusion among news organizations and air traffic controllers. Among the unconfirmed and often contradictory news reports aired throughout the day, one of the most prevalent said a car bomb had been detonated at the U.S. State Department's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Another jet—Delta Air Lines Flight 1989—was suspected of having been hijacked, but the aircraft responded to controllers and landed safely in Cleveland, Ohio. | ||
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*Ted Olsen, whose wife died during the attack, was born on September 11, 1940. | *Ted Olsen, whose wife died during the attack, was born on September 11, 1940. | ||
*Pornograpic actor [[wikipedia:Lexington Steele|Lexington Steele]] (real name: Clifton Britt) worked as a stock broker before entering pornography and was employed by Oppenheimer Financial, which operated out of the Twin Towers. Steele first entered pornography in 2001, and says that, had he not decided to change careers and kept working as a stock broker, he would have been killed in the attack. | *Pornograpic actor [[wikipedia:Lexington Steele|Lexington Steele]] (real name: Clifton Britt) worked as a stock broker before entering pornography and was employed by Oppenheimer Financial, which operated out of the Twin Towers. Steele first entered pornography in 2001, and says that, had he not decided to change careers and kept working as a stock broker, he would have been killed in the attack. | ||
*Another celebrity who was almost killed in the attacks was [[wikipedia:Seth MacFarlane|Seth MacFarlane]], best known as the creator of the adult cartoon ''[[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]]''. MacFarlane was supposed to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 - one of the four planes hijacked - from Boston after giving a speech at the Rhode Island School of Design the previous day, but his travel agent got departure time for the flight mixed up, causing him to arrive ten minutes late; by that time, the gate had closed. | **Another celebrity who was almost killed in the attacks was [[wikipedia:Seth MacFarlane|Seth MacFarlane]], best known as the creator of the adult cartoon ''[[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]]''. MacFarlane was supposed to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 - one of the four planes hijacked - from Boston after giving a speech at the Rhode Island School of Design the previous day, but his travel agent got departure time for the flight mixed up, causing him to arrive ten minutes late; by that time, the gate had closed. | ||
*The attack occured on the 28th anniversary of [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s ''coup d'etat'' in Chile. | *The attack occured on the 28th anniversary of [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s ''coup d'etat'' in Chile. | ||
*The attacks surpassed [[the Oklahoma City Bombing]] as the deadliest terrorist attack to occur on American soil. | *The attacks surpassed [[the Oklahoma City Bombing]] as the deadliest terrorist attack to occur on American soil. | ||
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[[Category:Extremists]] | [[Category:Extremists]] | ||