September 11 attacks

September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to take control before it could reach the hijackers' intended target in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks.
Suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaeda, and in 2004, the group's leader Osama bin Laden, who had initially denied involvement, claimed responsibility for the attacks. Al-Qaeda and bin Laden cited U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives for the attacks. The United States responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaeda. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. In May 2011, after years at large, bin Laden was found and killed.
The destruction of the twin towers caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan and had a significant impact on global markets. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002, and the Pentagon was repaired within a year. Numerous memorials were constructed, including the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, the Pentagon Memorial, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. Adjacent to the National Memorial, the 1,776 feet (541 m) One World Trade Center is expected to be completed in 2013.

Point of View

The 9/11 Attack

            U.S is the most advance and has the greatest security in the world but after the attack of the terrorist, people flee as the world trade center goes down and over 2,000 people or more died including the passenger and the pilot of the jet. So the lesson here is that how advance is the technology if the people that operate it are not very active so the lesson here is technology is useless without an operator.

In this incidents not only the world trade center collapse but also in the other country, there are also a terrorist bombers who attack the airports.    

Now since U.S has the most advance in terms of technology and security other country is now warred because U.S is been attack by terrorist so other country might be attack by the terrorist. So they most improve there technology to have effective and more secure defense for if the terrorist will strike again. For the United States of America the IT experts should be alert because the technology wont stands on its own, we should be prepare in all times.

The terrorist proves that even how advance is the technology they can get trough in the security.

Posted By:Adel A. Lopez