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Today, 22 years since the terrorist attack/ What happened on September 11 in the USA?

2023-09-11 08:18:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Today, 22 years since the terrorist attack/ What happened on September 11 in the

The attacks of September 11, 2001 are a series of coordinated terrorist attacks, led by the terrorist group Al Qaeda, against the United States. The objects of the attack were important buildings in the USA, such as the Twin Towers where the headquarters of the World Trade Organization was located in New York, the Pentagon building as well as the White House.

Terrorists managed to destroy the World Trade Center in New York and severely damage the Pentagon in Washington. Thousands of citizens were killed in the worst terrorist attack in human history.

In the attack of September 11, 2001, about 3 thousand people lost their lives. The victims in the twin towers were 2,752, among them 343 firefighters and 60 policemen. Most of the victims were civilians of 70 different nationalities.

The attack occurred on the morning of 9/11 where a hijacked plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York, creating a deep crack in the face of the building and causing a fire.

That same morning, just minutes later, another passenger plane crashes into the south tower, creating a huge fire.

President Bush, who was in Florida at the time, informed the American people that the country had experienced a terrorist attack. Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration suspended all flights, the first time in American history that air transportation has been suspended.

Just a few kilometers outside Washington, another plane crashed into the Pentagon building, engulfing it in flames, causing hundreds of casualties and injuries.

In November 2001, the United States, with frantic attacks, removed the Taliban movement from power in Afghanistan.

At the time, Afghanistan was ruled by the Taliban, who were allied with Al Qaeda.

The mission of the US, UK and other countries in Afghanistan was to destroy Al Qaeda, capture bin Laden and remove the Taliban from power.

America and its allies quickly removed the Taliban government from power, but it took them ten years to find and kill Osama bin Laden.

Military involvement in Afghanistan continued for years, becoming the longest war in American history.

In 2021, twenty years after the attacks of September 11, the last American troops left Afghanistan, until the Taliban took control of this country again.

After 9/11 flight security increased and improved greatly in the years following 9/11.

Before September 11, children could enter the cockpit and meet him. But this was stopped after the attacks, while the cabin doors were secured and made bulletproof.

Security at airports around the world was also tightened.

After the September 11 attacks, the US and several other countries reported an increase in Islamophobia.

Today, 22 years later, on the site of the World Trade Center - or as it was otherwise known, the Twin Towers - only one building stands, known as the Freedom Tower./ CNA