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 10:03 am Headed for Capitol or White House Crashed when retaken by passengers “Let’s Roll”
Casualties NYC WTC – 2606 (411 emergency workers) American 11 – 87 United Pentagon American Flight 93 – total
Osama bin Laden Former head of al-Qaeda Mastermind behind attacks 3 Motives Presence of US troops in Saudi Arabia US support of Israel Sanctions against Iraq
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Member of al-Qaeda Principal architect of attacks Cited US involvement in Israel as motivation Captured March 1, 2003 in Pakistan Currently resides in Guantanamo Bay