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9/11 story

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  • Slide: 1
  • Well Dad, I wanted to know who is Osama bin Laden ?
  • Back at it again, what was your question from last time Liam ?
  • Oh ? him, he was a Saudi Arabian- born Islamist and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Laden declared war on us in 1966 and supervised the execution of the September 11 attacks inside the U.S in 2001.
  • Slide: 2
  • Now, I kind of understand it a little. Now I want you to tell me what happened on 9/11 ?
  • A lot happen, a lot !
  • Early on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, nineteen hijackers ( they hailed from four countries , 15 of them were citizens of Saudi Arabia , two were from the United Arab Emirates, one was from Egypt, and one from Lebanon. To carry out the attack, the hijackers were organized into four teams each led by a pilot-trained hijacker who would commandeer the flight with three or four "muscle hijackers" who were trained to help subdue the pilots, passengers, and crew.
  • Slide: 3
  • Each team was assigned to a different flight and given a unique target to crash their respective planes into. Mohammed Atta was the assigned ringleader over all four groups), took control of four commercial
  • airlines ( two Boeing 757s and two Boeing 767s). Large plans with long flights were selected for hijacking because the would have more fuel.
  • American Airlines flight number 11, Boeing 767 was about to make its departure at 7:59 a.m. Departed from Logan International Airport en route to Los Angeles Airport.
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