10 Facts About 9/11 and 10 Photos from the Afghanistan War
SOCE – Section 1 – Week 2
10 Important facts about 9/11
One of the most important events in the 2000 was obviously the terrorist attack on 9/11
1 - Osama Bin Laden was NOT wanted by the FBI for the 9/11 attacks.
2 - The 911 commission was given extremely limited funds. $15 million was given to investigate 9/11.
3 - On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center
4 - 9/11 was not the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. A bombing in February of 1993 killed six people.
5 - The rescue and recovery clean-up of the 1.8 million tons of wreckage from the World Trade Center site took 9 months.
6 - 9/11 was the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil.
7 - 18 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the World Trade Center site.
8 - Cases of post-traumatic stress are common among 9/11 survivors and rescue workers
9 - Respiratory problems like asthma and lung inflammation developed at abnormal rates for those in and around the World Trade Center during and after the attacks.
10 - Passengers aboard United Flight 93, which had been delayed, heard about the previous airplane attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon attacks and attempted to retake control of the plane from hijackers. As a result, the hijacker’s deliberately crashed the plane in a Pennsylvania field instead of at their unknown target.
10 Photos from the war in Afghanistan
A victim is taken away from a Kabul bomb blast in December 2009
A Canadian soldier shakes hands with an Afghan boy during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army troops near Panjwaii village, Kandahar province, in July 2007
The Sept. 11 attacks are what brought the United States into Afghanistan. In this picture, U.S. soldiers salute during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul
AFGHANISTAN WAR - COALITION TROOPS - 2009 - C-130
10 Important facts about 9/11
One of the most important events in the 2000 was obviously the terrorist attack on 9/11
1 - Osama Bin Laden was NOT wanted by the FBI for the 9/11 attacks.
2 - The 911 commission was given extremely limited funds. $15 million was given to investigate 9/11.
3 - On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center
4 - 9/11 was not the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. A bombing in February of 1993 killed six people.
5 - The rescue and recovery clean-up of the 1.8 million tons of wreckage from the World Trade Center site took 9 months.
6 - 9/11 was the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil.
7 - 18 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the World Trade Center site.
8 - Cases of post-traumatic stress are common among 9/11 survivors and rescue workers
9 - Respiratory problems like asthma and lung inflammation developed at abnormal rates for those in and around the World Trade Center during and after the attacks.
10 - Passengers aboard United Flight 93, which had been delayed, heard about the previous airplane attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon attacks and attempted to retake control of the plane from hijackers. As a result, the hijacker’s deliberately crashed the plane in a Pennsylvania field instead of at their unknown target.
10 Photos from the war in Afghanistan
A victim is taken away from a Kabul bomb blast in December 2009
A Canadian soldier shakes hands with an Afghan boy during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army troops near Panjwaii village, Kandahar province, in July 2007
The Sept. 11 attacks are what brought the United States into Afghanistan. In this picture, U.S. soldiers salute during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul
AFGHANISTAN WAR - COALITION TROOPS - 2009 - C-130