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September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001. Do Now. Think of anything that you know about the events of September 11, 2001. Talk with your partners in your group to share stories that you would like to share with the class. World Trade Center. Pentagon. Chronology of Events. 8:00 am American Airlines Flight 11

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September 11, 2001

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  1. September 11, 2001

  2. Do Now • Think of anything that you know about the events of September 11, 2001. Talk with your partners in your group to share stories that you would like to share with the class.

  3. World Trade Center

  4. Pentagon

  5. Chronology of Events • 8:00 am American Airlines Flight 11 Departs from Boston, going to Los Angeles • 8:14 am United Airlines Flight 175 Departs from Boston, going to Los Angeles • 8:21 am American Flight 77 Departs from Washington D.C., going to Los Angeles • 8:41 am United Flight 93 Departs from Newark, going to San Francisco

  6. US Map

  7. Chronology of Events All 4 planes were hijacked by terrorists • 8:46 am American Airlines Flight 11 hits World Trade Center’s North Tower • 9:03 am United Flight 175 hits World Trade Center’s South Tower

  8. Chronology of Events • 9:08 am FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through airspace around New York City. • 9:21 am All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan closed • 9:26 am FAA bans takeoffs of all civilian aircraft

  9. President George W. Bush

  10. Chronology of Events • 9:40 am American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon • 9:45 am FAA orders all aircraft to land as soon as possible (approximately 4,500 planes) • 9:59 am South Tower of WTC collapses • 10:07 am United Flight 93 crashes into Pennsylvania field • 10:28 am North Tower of WTC collapses

  11. Aftermath • 2,977 victims died during the events of September 11 • 246 people on the 4 planes • 2,606 people in the WTC • 125 at the Pentagon

  12. Osama bin Laden

  13. Osama bin Laden Facts • Leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda • Suspected of bombing U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 • WTC bombing in 1993 • USS Cole in Yemen in 2003 • Orchestrated events of September 11

  14. United States Response Increased airport security nationwide • October 7, 2001 Bombing of Afghanistan ordered • October 26, 2001 USA Patriot Act passed • November 25, 2002 Department of Homeland Security developed • March 20, 2003 United States invades Iraq after Saddam Hussien is suspected of having weapons of mass destruction

  15. United States Response • December 13, 2003 Saddam Hussein captured • May 1, 2011 Osama bin Laden killed by Navy Seals

  16. Saddam Hussein

  17. Captured!

  18. Freedom Tower

  19. World Trade Center

  20. 9-11 Memorial

  21. 9-11 Memorial

  22. 9-11 Memorial

  23. 9-11 Memorial

  24. Wrap Up • Describe any information that you learned today or found interesting.

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