How many died on September 11 towers. Who really blew up the Twin Towers in New York? And the American intelligence agencies knew nothing

The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York divided the history of the United States of America into before and after. The three thousand people killed in the explosion of the Twin Towers is an irreparable loss for the American people. Question: “Who blew up the towers?” For many it remains open to this day. There are too many logical inconsistencies in the official version of the investigation.

Mission Possible?

According to the official version, the twin towers were destroyed due to the explosions of planes that rammed the buildings. The fire that broke out during the attack weakened the metal structures and the building collapsed. Then the same thing happened to another skyscraper.

Ordinary people are still perplexed: how could people from Arab countries, whose names were previously known to the intelligence services, come to the United States, undergo training to pilot passenger Boeings, carry dummy firearms on board the aircraft, and seize several at the same time aircraft and ram several buildings with enviable accuracy?

This whole operation looks incredible in appearance, but, nevertheless, theoretically it is feasible. Much more complex questions to the commission involved in the investigation are asked by experts who have received the results of analyzes obtained after examining the wreckage of the twin towers. At the scene of the tragedy, traces of explosives and thermite were found - a substance that reaches a temperature of 1500 degrees when burning. But let's talk about everything in order. Let's consider the main conspiracy theories of explosions.


Analysis of building debris taken to landfill

Less than a month after the terrorist attack, the US Army invaded Afghanistan, destroying the hotbeds of terrorism, and at the same time writing off its debts, destabilizing the situation in the region and laundering multi-billion dollar investments in the military industry, in which, as it became known during the election campaign Hillary Clinton, Washington “hawks” have not only state, but also personal interests.

The terrorist attack freed the hands of US intelligence services, which received the right to listen to other people's conversations and read other people's letters, not only on their own territory, but in any corner of the world. Even the leaders of the G7 countries have no right to their little secrets from Washington. This was clearly demonstrated by the scandal surrounding phone tapping. Angela Merkel.

There are many supporters of the idea that American intelligence services at least knew about the preparation of terrorist attacks, and most likely played a key role in the preparation. Only with the support of "Big Brother" could Islamic radicals with ties to al-Qaeda find themselves on US soil, receive top-notch flight training, end up on board planes with gun-like items, hijack planes and fly them into the wrong direction. predetermined goals.

Like a house of cards

Looking at the collapse of the Twin Towers, experts agree that it looks a lot like a controlled explosion. Such explosions are used when it is necessary to demolish a large building in a densely populated area of ​​the city. Explosive engineers, having studied the design of the structure, calculate the power of each charge placed at the base of the supporting structures. As a result, the demolished object should fold like a house of cards, so that each wall rushes inward.

When carrying out such events, residents of nearby houses are evacuated just in case. If there is an error in the calculations or some charges do not work, the building, instead of folding inward, may fall on its side, and then the destruction will be much greater than planned. Looking at the video, it’s hard not to be amazed at how neatly and how quickly the towers fold. It looks like real professional explosives experts worked on this.

Well, what about airplanes? After all, thousands of people saw them, and they were captured on film. Proponents of the controlled explosion theory are confident that the planes were needed for a beautiful picture and so that ordinary people would not have questions: how could a bunch of terrorists deliver tons of explosives into two heavily guarded buildings in the center of New York and set the charges in such a way that they would collapse fully?


As for the plane that hit the Pentagon, it may not have been there at all. Images taken immediately after the attack show destruction, but do not show any details of the Boeing. The plane could explode, but it could not dissolve. Large pieces of the fuselage and engines should be visible. In addition, the damage to the building is too minor for a large passenger airliner to invade. They are more reminiscent of the consequences of being hit by a cruise missile, and terrorists simply could not have such missiles.

Who shot down the fourth plane?

There was also a fourth hijacked airliner, which the terrorists planned to aim either at The White house, or - to the Capitol. But he did not reach his goal. According to the official version, the passengers began to fight the terrorists and, as a result of a fight that broke out on board the plane, the plane crashed to the ground. Some conspiracy theorists are confident that the plane was shot down by the American military. This theory is confirmed by the fact that the debris was scattered at a great distance from each other. But several passengers managed to call their loved ones before the crash; even recordings of these conversations have been preserved, confirming official version.

Small atomic bomb

There are so many different opinions about the September 11 tragedy that some of them are even completely fantastic and incredible. For example, they say in all seriousness that a small bomb was blown up under each building. atomic bomb. Allegedly, the developers who planned to build the Trade Center were given a condition by the New York authorities - to provide for the possibility of dismantling the building. After all, it is clear that sooner or later it will fall into disrepair, and demolishing such a huge structure at that time, as it seemed then, would be much more difficult than building it. And for subsequent dismantling, the builders allegedly placed a nuclear charge under each building. But this theory is easily refuted by critics. At the site of a nuclear explosion, even a small one, there should be increased level radiation. But he was not observed.

She's also a victim

According to the official version of the American government, the most painful issue is the third tower that collapsed during the terrorist attack. This skyscraper was called the Seventh Tower of the World Trade Center. This building was not hit by a plane, however, it collapsed overnight, like the two twin towers.

According to the official theory, the cause of the collapse was a fire that spread from neighboring towers. Allegedly, the communications through which water was supplied to the building to automatically extinguish the fire were destroyed, the fire engulfed the building, the structures could not stand it and collapsed.

Half of Americans surveyed a few years ago were unaware that three buildings were destroyed in New York City during the 2001 events. Many of those who know do not believe that the 47-story structure could instantly collapse as a result of a fire. In the United States, activists have repeatedly demanded a new investigation into the case and the publication of the results of the investigation, but the authorities did not hear them or simply did not want to hear them.

Ten years ago, 19 men trained by Al Qaeda carried out a coordinated terrorist attack on the United States. It took several years to develop the plan for the terrorist attack. Terrorists simultaneously hijacked 4 large passenger planes with the intention of using them to destroy the most famous landmarks in the United States, taking as many lives as possible. Three planes reached their targets, the fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. In one day, these acts of mass murder killed about 3,000 people from 57 countries. Of these, more than 400 died - firefighters, police and ambulance crews. This event received the maximum coverage in the entire history of the media, and even ten years later it is difficult to look at these photographs. The attacks and the response to them have greatly shaped the world we live in today, which is why it is important to look at these photographs and remember what happened that day. This post is the second of three on the September 11 terrorist attacks.

(Total 50 photos)

1. Viewed and obscured by clouds of smoke and dust from Jersey City, New Jersey, September 15, 2001. (AP Photo/Dan Loh)

2. Smoke pours from a hole in the wall and from the upper floors of the north tower of the World Trade Center in , after the collision of American Airlines Flight 11. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

3. United Airlines Flight 175 moments before impact with the South Tower of the World Trade Center. North Tower is already burning. (Reuters/Sean Adair)

4. Explosion in the south tower during the collision of United Airlines Flight 175 in New York, September 11, 2001. The plane crashed into the building at a speed of 945 km/h. (Reuters/Sean Adair)

5. Airplane collision with the south tower of the World Trade Center. There were 56 passengers on board (including 5 hijackers). (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

6. The explosion of 3800 liters of fuel remaining on board the plane during a collision with the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Ernesto Mora)

7. Two women, fighting for each other, look at the World Trade Center buildings burning after a terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Ernesto Mora)

8. The burning twin towers are visible behind the Empire State Building. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

9. A cloud of smoke from the World Trade Center buildings in lower Manhattan. USGS satellite image as it flew over the area around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. (AP Photo/USGS)

10. People hanging from the windows of the North Tower of the World Trade Center after the attack. (Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images)

11. A man jumps to his death from the north tower of the World Trade Center filled with smoke and flames. (Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images)

12. A man jumps from the upper floors of the burning north tower of the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

13. A man jumps from the north tower of the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

14. A Pentagon surveillance camera captured the explosion that resulted from the collision with a hijacked American Airlines plane with 58 passengers and six crew on board on September 11, 2001. (AP Photo)

15. Flames and smoke erupt from the Pentagon building after the explosion. (AP Photo/Will Morris)

17. Medics treat victims near the Pentagon after a hijacked airliner crashed into the southwest corner of the building. (Reuters/U.S. Navy Photo/Journalist 1st Class Mark D. Faram)

19. Smoke billows from the World Trade Center towers after two hijacked planes crashed into them during the terrorist attack on New York. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

20. At 9:59 a.m. on September 11, 2001, 56 minutes after the impact, the south tower of the World Trade Center begins to collapse. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

21. The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, and the rubble buries the surrounding streets. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

22. Police officers and pedestrians run for cover during a terrorist attack in New York. (Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty Images)

23. People covered in dust walk through the rubble near the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

24. Maru Stahl of Somerset, Pennsylvania, shows a photo he took of the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93. The plane crashed near Shanksville, and Stahl, hearing the explosion, headed to the crash site and took a photo before rescuers cordoned off the area. The plane crashed in Pennsylvania shortly after the attacks on New York. (Reuters/Jason Cohn)

25. FBI aerial photograph of the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, taken on September 12, 2001. The Boeing 757 was flying from Newark, New Jersey, to , when it made a sharp turn near Cleveland and crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 44 people died. The plane was one of four that were part of the 9/11 attack plan and the only one that failed to reach its target. (AP Photo/FBI)

26. Firefighters and rescue workers investigate the crash site of Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Tribune-Democrat/David Lloyd)

27. At 10:28 a.m. on September 11, 2001, 102 minutes after the plane struck, the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York collapses. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

28. Collapse of the World Trade Center tower on September 11, 2001 in New York. (Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images)

29. A New York Police Department photo shows ash and smoke billowing across Manhattan as the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses. (AP Photo/NYPD, Det. Greg Semendinger)

30. Dust, smoke and debris fill the air as the World Trade Center tower falls on September 11, 2001 in New York. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

31. Dust, smoke and ash envelop neighboring buildings after the fall of both World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001 in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD, Det. Greg Semendinger)

32. People are leaving the collapsed towers to escape the smoke and dust. As a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York, both 110-story towers of the World Trade Center collapsed. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)

33. The North Tower of the World Trade Center turns into a cloud of dust and debris half an hour after the fall of the South Tower on September 11, 2001. The photo was taken from Jersey City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River. (Reuters/Ray Stubblebine)

34. People make their way through the rubble near the ruins of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 in New York. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

35. A priest helps people after the fall of the World Trade Center towers in New York on September 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

36. People cover their faces from the dust as they cross the Brooklyn Bridge to get away from the cloud of dust and smoke that covered Manhattan after the terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Daniel Shanken)

37. People on the street near the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

38. A sheriff's deputy treats a woman injured during the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samiolava)

41. Construction debris and ashes from the fall of the World Trade Center towers as a result of the terrorist attack fill the streets of Manhattan, turning the city into a picture of the Apocalypse. Buildings collapsed, burying thousands of people in the rubble. (AP Photo/Boudicon One)

42. A fireman calls rescuers to help clear the wreckage of the World Trade Center. The photo was taken on September 15, 2001. (Reuters/U.S. Navy/Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres)

43. The chassis of one of the hijacked planes lies on the street next to the destroyed buildings of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2001. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

44. Firefighters search for survivors under the rubble of the Twin Towers after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Matt Moyer)

45. Light barely breaks through the clouds of smoke and ash at the site of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. (AP Photo/Baldwin)

46. ​​New York firefighters extinguish building 7 of the World Trade Center, destroyed along with the Twin Towers during the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. (Reuters/Mike Segar)

47. A group of firefighters near the ruins of the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2001. (Reuters/Peter Morgan)

48. Debris covers the tracks in the New York City Subway tunnel on lines 1 and 9 at the Cortlandt Street Station under the World Trade Center. New York City transportation officials said the damage was so severe that more than one mile of tunnel had to be rebuilt. (AP Photo/New York City Transit)

49. Rescuers carry out a search and rescue operation for victims as they descend into the rubble of the World Trade Center on Friday, September 14, 2001. (Reuters/U.S. Navy/Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jim Watson)

50. A man stands in the ruins of the World Trade Center towers and tries to call survivors, asking if anyone needs help. (Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty Images)

On September 11, 2001, one of the worst terrorist attacks in human history occurred in the United States. The victims of the September 11 terrorist attack were 2,977 people, another 24 people are still considered missing. According to the official version, the attack was carried out by al-Qaeda. 19 terrorists, divided into 4 groups, hijacked 4 scheduled airliners. One of them was aimed at the Pentagon building, the second fell in Pennsylvania, and the other two, as you know, crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center.

The official cause of the September 11 tragedy is still criticized both by journalists and numerous supporters of the “conspiracy theory”, and by witnesses of the terrorist attack. In particular, video footage of the collapse of the Twin Towers suggests that the buildings collapsed as a result of controlled demolition. Thus, supporters of the “conspiracy theory” claim that the September 11 terrorist attack was carried out by the US government. Disputes on this matter are still ongoing.

World Trade Center

According to Nils Harritt of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, Jeffrey Frerer of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Brigham Young University, and his colleague Stephen Jones, traces of “thermite” and “nanothermite”—explosives used to demolition of dilapidated buildings. However, this version of scientists has been severely criticized. Firstly, it does not have any scientific evidence, and secondly, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NITS) claims that a lot of “termite” is needed to demolish the World Trade Center, but later scientists stated that the support beams of the towers -twins were damaged by a “super termite”. Finally, thirdly, the beam samples that the scientists examined could have been cut with contaminated tools, for example, an acetylene torch, which left traces of “thermite.”

Even if the claim about the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center is false or incorrect, how then can the rate of destruction of the building be explained? The National Institute of Standards and Technology says the passenger plane's impact and subsequent explosion caused its fuel to weaken steel beams. Their version is based on the assumption that, as a result of the rapid combustion of fuel, the steel beams weakened, causing the upper slabs to collapse onto the lower ones, and due to the force of gravity, the collapse of the lower slabs followed. Proponents of the “conspiracy theory” responded by saying that neither before nor after the September 11 terrorist attack, not a single tower collapsed as a result of a fire. NITS countered by saying that no tower had ever been attacked by a passenger aircraft before. However, the official version does not explain why both towers of the World Trade Center collapsed with tremendous speed, and numerous witnesses to the tragedy said that they heard several explosions in the buildings before the collapse.

Thus, the reasons for the collapse of the World Trade Center during the September 11 terrorist attack still remain unknown and raise a lot of questions that neither the official version nor the assumptions of the “conspiracy theory” supporters can answer, since both of them have their own shortcomings and inconsistencies .

Plane crash in Pennsylvania

One of the planes hijacked by terrorists is known to have crashed in an open field in Pennsylvania near the village of Shanksville. Flight 93 was the only hijacked plane to fail to reach its target. According to the official version, the passengers on the plane rebelled, resulting in a struggle between them and the terrorists, which subsequently led to the crash of the plane.

According to another version, the plane was deliberately shot down by the US Air Force. This is stated, in particular, by theologian David Griffin and software engineer Jim Hoffman. According to them, some heavy parts of the plane, such as engines, were found several kilometers from the crash site, which indicates that the plane exploded in the air. However, this version was later refuted, stating that large pieces of the plane, including engines, were in the immediate vicinity of the crash site. Nevertheless, local residents Indeed, the remains of an airplane were found even at a distance of more than 8 kilometers from the crash site, but in this case we are talking about light materials, for example, scraps of insulation.

In addition, the version of the plane being blown up looks ridiculous. If Flight 93 had really been shot down by the US Air Force, it would have been only in order to prevent another terrorist attack, but against the backdrop of the assumption of a controlled demolition of the World Trade Center, such actions of the American government are at least illogical.

Pentagon

Another mystery of the September 11 terrorist attack is the attack on the Pentagon. According to the official version, a passenger plane crashed into the US Department of Defense building. However, some argue that there was no plane, and that the Pentagon itself was hit by a cruise missile launched by American intelligence agencies. To prove their words, they cite the size of the hole in the wall of the building, which was too small to speak of an attack by an airplane.

The official version is supported by the wreckage of a Boeing found near the Pentagon: landing gear, nose cone and seats from the cockpit. In addition, the official version is supported by the testimony of witnesses who personally saw the plane before it hit the Pentagon. However, supporters of the alternative theory claim that all the evidence was fabricated.

Motives

Whether it was al-Qaeda or the US government who carried out the 9/11 attack, they each had their own motives and certain benefits.

Al-Qaeda, for example, called the September 11 attack a revenge for the aggressive foreign policy USA towards Islamic countries.

Possible motives of the United States seem much more interesting and reasonable. After the events of September 11, for the first time in history, Article 5 of the NATO treaty was invoked, allowing military action in the event of an attack on one or more countries of the North Atlantic Alliance. For example, the terrorist attack became the beginning of the so-called “War on Terrorism,” which justified the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In addition, it was because of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 that the National Security Act and the Patriot Act were adopted, which significantly curtail the rights and freedoms of ordinary American citizens. In normal times, the US government would face civil protests when passing such laws, but the September 11 terrorist attacks created favorable public opinion regarding measures taken to protect against terrorist attacks. Thus, the adopted acts allowed law enforcement agencies to invade the privacy of citizens, and the US National Security Agency justified the launch of a secret operation to wiretap telephone conversations of ordinary Americans based on the events of 9/11. In fact, the US government used the September 11 terrorist attack to take control of the citizens of its own country.

There are other motives that explain the version of US involvement in the September 11 terrorist attack. So, in documentary film"Zeitgeist" American director Peter Joseph claims that the declared "War on Terrorism" allowed the investment fund "Carlyle Group" to make a huge fortune from the supply of weapons. This was previously stated by the director of the film “Fahrenheit 9/11” Michael Moore, according to whom one of the largest investors in the company was the family of Osama bin Laden. An interesting fact: the elder and his son George W. Bush, as well as former US Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci and former US Secretary of State James Baker, previously worked for the Carlisle Group.

The debate about who was actually involved in the September 11 terrorist attack continues to this day. Proponents of the “conspiracy theory” blame the US government for everything, finding more and more evidence of this. In turn, the authorities try not to enter into controversy, preferring to refer to the official version of the events of those days. In the words of both, there are both rational explanations for what happened, and obvious inconsistencies, and sometimes downright delusional assumptions. In any case, whatever goals the true organizers of the September 11 terrorist attack pursued, they clearly did not cost the lives of those almost 3 thousand people who became victims of someone else’s hatred or ambitions.

The once unforgettable and at one time very popular Karl Marx, predicting the imminent death of capitalism, argued that this is none other than the proletariat. Much time has passed since then and life has flowed according to a slightly different scenario. The proletariat calmed down, acquired petty-bourgeois habits, and in some places even became for capitalism best friend, ready to break anyone for his sake. Straight from Confucius. “If you can’t defeat your enemy, become his best friend”.

But a holy place is never empty. And then, at the turn of the century, she appeared in the abyss. Not capitalism, not the oligarchy, but the entire Western world en masse, with all its European values ​​and traditions. Completely. Into the abyss. How unworthy to exist.

Of course, it is still too early to panic, especially since panic does not lead to anything good, but - . Anyone who once at least somehow studied history remembers how it all began in Russia. First there were terrorist attacks against generals, ministers and members of the royal family, and in 1917 the communists revealed their doctrine of socio-economic development to the general public.

Of course, there is not much in common between communists, but their goals and methods are somewhat similar.

The September 11 attacks - the beginning of World War III?

Terrorist attacks there are different ones. But - series terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001- these are terrorist attacks of a special kind, a kind of reduced model of the war of the worlds, Western and otherwise, carefully raised and released into free floating, like a genie released from a bottle.

In the morning 11 September 4 groups of terrorists, totaling 19 people, hijacked 4 Boeing 767-200 passenger aircraft taking off from Boston, Washington and Newark, which were then used to attack ground targets. Two planes crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York, and a third into the Pentagon building in Washington. As for the fourth hijacked plane, the target of the terrorists who hijacked it was the Capitol or the White House.

Flight 11 American airlines took off from Boston, crashed into the north side of the north tower of the World Trade Center, in the time interval from 8:46:26 before 8:46:40 local time, approximately at the 94-98 floor level.

Flight 175 American airlines took off from Boston, crashed into the south side of the south tower of the World Trade Center, 9:02:59 , approximately at the 78-85 floor level.

Flight 77 American airlines took off from Washington, crashed into the Pentagon building in 9:37:46 .

Flight 93 American airlines flew from Newark, to 10:03:11 fell in a field in Pennsylvania about 240 km north of Washington.

Tuesday was not chosen by chance for the terrorist attack. According to statistics, it is on Tuesday that the fewest passengers fly on planes, and the aforementioned planes were not even half full on that ill-fated day.

The planes were hijacked by residents of Arab countries, most from Saudi Arabia. There were five terrorists on flights 11, 175, 77, and four on flight 93, apparently because at the very last moment the fifth member of their group was not allowed into the United States for fear that he would become an illegal migrant (the guy intended to enter the country with 2800 dollars and without a return ticket in hand).

One terrorist in each group had flight training received at one of the flight schools, where the Arab boys attracted attention because they only learned how to fly an aircraft in the air, ignoring classes that taught them how to take off and land. At the same time, other terrorists were rehearsing the seizure of an aircraft and its subsequent retention.

The hijacking of planes followed the same pattern. The terrorists waited until the plane gained altitude and the flight attendants began serving food, after which they broke into the cockpit, where they exchanged the pilot for one of their own. At the same time, they used edged weapons (office knives for cutting paper); during the capture, several flight attendants, at least one passenger and at least one pilot (John Ogonowski, captain of the aircraft, flight 11) were immediately killed.

It is worth noting that, with the exception of John Ogonowski, the pilots were left alive, apparently in order to, if necessary, be involved in controlling the airliner. Threatening with an explosive device and knives, the hijackers drove the passengers into tail section airplane. It is not difficult to guess (and the flight recorders confirm this) that panic arose among the passengers, in a sense, a friend and ally of the terrorists.

And the terrorists changed course and some time later rammed pre-distributed buildings.

September 11, Flight 93 - how it all happened

I would like to write about flight 93 in more detail. For me, it is interesting, first of all, in the context of the relationship between people and non-humans, playing with other people's lives in order to please the “higher interests” that only they understand. This plane did not reach its target, which was either the White House or Congress, because the terrorists were prevented by passengers and flight attendants.

On board the aircraft were two pilots, five flight attendants and 37 passengers, four of whom were hijackers. Ziyad Jarrah from Lebanon, the leader of the group, who had previously undergone flight training, and his three accomplices from Saudi Arabia. Let's consider the chronology of events.

Boarding for flight 93 was scheduled for 08:00 and departure for 08:01. However, due to the heavy load at the airport, the flight was delayed until 08:42 . Who knows, perhaps in this way life gave people (people, not creatures) a chance for salvation, but they were not destined to take advantage of it.

By this time, Flight 011 had already been hijacked, and 4 minutes later it crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Flight 175 was in the process of being hijacked; Flight 75 would be hijacked in 9 minutes.

On these three flights, no more than half an hour passed from the moment of takeoff to the start of the capture. For some reason, the terrorists waited 46 minutes on flight 93.

IN 09:02 Flight 175 rammed the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and it became clear that all these events (2 air rams and the hijacking of Flight 75) is nothing less than a terrorist attack. Dispatchers began sending warnings to all aircraft in the air. At 09:24 the pilots received a message: “ Beware of the cockpit invasion - two planes crashed into the World Trade Center"At 09:26 the PIC sent a response: " Ed, confirm the last message. Jason»

IN 09:27:25 the crew responded to a routine dispatch call and the capture immediately began.

IN 09:28:17 the crew sent a distress signal " Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!" The sounds of a struggle were heard in the cockpit. After 35 seconds, the distress signal was retransmitted. Someone in the cabin shouted: “ Mayday! Get out of here! Get out of here!»

IN 09:31:57 Jarrah, the leader of the terrorist group and “part-time” suicide pilot, announced: “ Ladies and gentlemen, this is the commander speaking. Stay in your seats and do not get up. We have a bomb on board, so sit tight»

Probably realizing that the aircraft was coming under the control of terrorists, the captain changed the communication settings so that Jarrah's announcement was heard by the dispatchers.

The dispatcher asked again: “Who is calling Cleveland.” There was no answer. For some time there was a struggle in the cockpit between the terrorists and one of the flight attendants. Amid the sounds of a struggle, the terrorists could be heard on the flight recorder ordering someone to “Sit” “Don’t move” “Shut up” “Lie down.” Judging by the voice, some woman tried to resist, but she was either killed or neutralized in some other way. Someone said in Arabic: “Everything is fine. I finished".

IN 09:39:11 Jarrah made another announcement, which was also heard by the dispatchers: ““ The ship's commander speaks. Stay where you are. There's a bomb on board and we're heading back to the airport to make our demands. Please don't make any noise».

Passengers and flight attendants began calling families, friends, and the police to inform them about what had happened. Starting at 09:30, 35 calls were made via airphone and two calls from mobile phones. Ten passengers and two flight attendants managed to get through. They were informed about the terrorist attacks, and the people in trouble realized that they were also in the clutches of suicide bombers.

This is how man is made; he has an ineradicable belief in the best, in the sense of the lesser of two evils. A person believes in what he really wants to believe, and sometimes his brain clings to this belief for a long time. "Everything will be fine". “Now they will put forward their demands and negotiate with them.” “Help will definitely come.” “The Lord will not leave us in trouble.”

To escape, it was necessary to act, but even in this case the chances of success were not very great. However, the worst thing in such a situation is to play by the terrorists' rules. What can you do, in life sometimes you have to choose not between “good” and “bad,” but between “bad” and “even worse.”

IN 09:45:25 someone in Arabic ordered the pilot to return, and at 09:48:38 someone in English ordered (obviously the pilot) to take course.

IN 09:53:20 someone in Arabic someone suggested scaring everyone using .

Approximately at 09:57 the passengers decided to storm the cabin. The terrorists suspected something was wrong.

IN 09:58:33 someone said in Arabic, “Go, guys,” and then began to cry out to Allah. (“Alla Akbar”). The sounds of struggle were heard outside the door.

IN 09:58:55 someone shouted in English: “Get into the cabin!”

Jarrah tilted the plane right and left, 09:58:57 he shouted in Arabic: “They are coming here. Don't let them in! Don't let them in! Hold it!” IN 09:59:52 The suicide pilot began to throw the plane up and down. IN 10:00:03 he stabilized the plane and after 5 seconds asked: “Well, is that all? Shall we achieve it? To which the other terrorist replied: “ Not yet. Once everyone gets in, then we’ll finish it off." Apparently he hoped to reach the goal. I am more than sure that when going on the job, the terrorists first used drugs.

IN 10:00:25 someone shouted outside the door: “ Everyone into the cabin! Otherwise we will all die!" Passengers used a delivery cart as a ram. Jarrah again threw the plane up and down, after which at 10:01:08 he asked: “Well, down?”, to which he received the answer: “Yes, down.”

Passengers continued to storm the cabin. IN 10:02:18 someone shouted in Arabic: “Down! Down". Behind the door one could hear in English: “We’re falling. Push! Push! Push! Push! Push!"

Now panic reigned in the cabin. IN 10:02:33 someone shouted in Arabic: “Hey! Hey! Give me! Give me! Give me! Give me!"

WITH 10:03:02 – 10:03:09 But in the cabin one could hear the repeated “Allahu Akbar!”

This phrase was the last one recorded by the flight recorder.

The commission's conclusion states that " The hijackers maintained control of the plane, but decided that in a few seconds the passengers would burst into the cabin“, but some relatives of the victims believe that the passengers managed to break into the cabin and even kill one terrorist.

The exact time of fall varies from 10:03 before 10:10 , at a speed of 906 km per hour, in an inverted position at an angle of 40 degrees, the plane crashed into the ground. All 44 people on board were killed. A crater with a diameter of about twelve and a depth of about three meters formed at the crash site.

The damage caused by the September 11 terrorist attacks is irreparable

The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed at 9:56, the North Tower at 10:28. The people who remained on the upper floors died. Only 18 people managed to get out of the impact zone in the South Tower and escape. 1,366 people died on the upper floors of the North Tower, and more than 600 in the South Tower.

At least 200 from the upper floors of the towers jumped down, preferring to fall to their deaths rather than die from the smoke. Some tried to climb onto the roofs of the towers in the hope that they would be evacuated by helicopters, but the doors to the roofs were locked, and the fire and smoke made it impossible to use helicopters.

In total, 2,977 people became victims of the tragic events (19 terrorists are not included here): 246 passengers and crew members, 2,606 people in New York, in the World Trade Center buildings and on the ground, 125 in the Pentagon building. Citizens of the United States and 91 other countries were killed, including 96 citizens and immigrants from the countries of the former Soviet Union. 24 people remain on the list of missing persons.

The Western world was shocked. At the same time, joyful carnivals swept across a number of Arab countries.

There are different opinions regarding the events of September 11th. To the point that the terrorist attacks were orchestrated by the US government or intelligence agencies, that the Pentagon and World Trade Center buildings were not rammed by planes at all, but by . That it was originally built into the buildings, and precisely in the most vulnerable places. That the planes were, in fact, controlled from the ground, and the hysterical Arabs were used as a distraction.

It is quite possible that our entire world is controlled from some single center. The only question is who controls it. And it is very likely that this is not God at all.

The attacks of September 11, 2001 (or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks on the United States carried out by an Islamic terrorist group. Al-Qaeda in New York and Washington. They took place on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

Four groups of terrorists, each with a trained pilot, captured passenger aircraft and directed them to their targets - the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed deserted place in Pennsylvania before reaching Washington. The US government said that the organizers of the attack belonged to the al-Qaeda group. About 3,000 people died during these attacks. Most were citizens of the United States, but approximately 300 were from Great Britain, India, Canada and other countries.

Planes that became weapons of terrorism

The first of the four aircraft hijacked was American Airlines Flight 11 (Boeing 767-200ER). It operated daily flights between Boston and Los Angeles. When captured at 7:59 a.m. on September 11, 2001, there were 81 passengers on board (out of 158 seats). Forty-seven minutes later, the plane crashed into the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center on the 94th to 98th floors at a speed of 440 mph, carrying 9,717 gallons of jet fuel. (A US gallon is equal to 3.78541178 liters.)

The second was United Airlines Flight 175, also a Boeing 767-200ER, also flying on the Boston-Los Angeles route. It took off at 8:14 a.m. on September 11 and carried 56 passengers (out of 168 seats). Captured by terrorists, it crashed into the mall's South Tower at 9:03 a.m. at 540 mph with 9,118 gallons of fuel in its tanks.

The third terrorists hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-200. He took off from Washington to Los Angeles at 8:20 a.m. on September 11, 2001. The plane was two-thirds empty (58 passengers out of 176). It crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. at 530 mph with 4,000 gallons of fuel in its tanks.

The fourth aircraft used by the terrorists was United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757-200. It was captured 42 minutes after taking off at 8 a.m. from Newark to San Francisco. There were only 37 passengers and just over 7,000 gallons of fuel on board. It crashed at 560 mph in an empty field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10:03 a.m.

Casualties and destruction

All 246 people on the four planes, as well as the 19 hijackers, died in the attacks. Both attacked World Trade Center towers caught fire. The South Tower (WTC-2) burned for 56 minutes before falling and collapsing. The North Tower (WTC-1) burned for 102 minutes, then it also fell. When the towers collapsed, they hit other nearby buildings. Due to this damage, the third tower, No. 7, of the World Trade Center (WTC 7) fell at 5:20 p.m. Many other buildings nearby were so badly damaged that they later had to be demolished. In the World mall 2602 people died.

The plane crashed into the Pentagon from the western side. It damaged three of the five "rings" that make up the Pentagon. At the same time, 125 people died in the Pentagon.

The United States government paid an average of $1.8 million to the families of terrorist attack victims.

In total, 2,996 people died from the events of September 11, 2001, including firefighters and police officers trying to save other people.

It is believed to have been the first major foreign terrorist attack on the United States. In 1941, when Japanese planes attacked a US naval base in Pearl Harbor,Hawaii was not yet part of the United States. Several major terrorist attacks against American targets have been attempted before, but most of them took place outside the United States (for example, in a Lebanese Marine camp).

During the investigation into the causes of the attacks, “conspiracy theories” were also put forward, according to which some people in the US government knew about the impending attacks in advance or even organized them.

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, US President Bush declared the so-called “war on terrorism”. It was expressed first in strengthening security measures within the United States, and then in real wars on the territory Afghanistan And Iraq. During these wars, regimes were overthrown Taliban And Saddam Hussein. In May 2011, American special forces killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.

The Al-Qaeda and Taliban groups are recognized as terrorist groups in the Russian Federation and are prohibited by law.

 

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