On September 11, 2001, a series of terrorist attacks were carried out in the United States, which resulted in the death of 2977 people. According to the official version, the devastating attacks were carried out by members of the Al-Qaeda* group, but there are facts that can refute the generally accepted point of view.

Fast Version

This is the official version of what happened. Early on the morning of September 11, 2001, four passenger Boeings were hijacked mid-air by Arab terrorists. The hijackers were armed only with clerical knives and gas cartridges. Two aircraft attacked the twin towers of the World Trade Center, located in the southern part of Manhattan, the third plane was sent to the Pentagon building, the fourth did not reach the Capitol and crashed in the middle of a field in Pennsylvania.

This version was formed just a few days after the tragedy, and the American government has not changed it again. Such hasty conclusions suggest that Washington was preparing for this in advance.

We have already encountered a situation where the White House "knew for sure" that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, Muammar Gaddafi was sponsoring international terrorism, and Bashar al-Assad was using chemical weapons.

None of these allegations have ever been substantiated. However, these suspicions have become a pretext for the US-sanctioned use of military forces in Iraq, Libya and Syria. It is expected that after the events of September 11, the Americans stepped up military operations in Afghanistan.

Immediately after the explosions, the head of Al Qaeda * Osama bin Laden declared his non-involvement in the attacks. Unusual behavior for a man who has always been happy to take responsibility for the terrorist attacks he was involved in. Later, bin Laden nevertheless admitted his involvement in the events of September 11, however, according to some, this was a person only similar to the leader of Al Qaeda *.

Strange destruction

Probably, not everyone knows that during the attack on New York, three buildings of the World Trade Center (WTC) collapsed. In addition to the well-known twin towers No. 1 and No. 2, there was also a skyscraper No. 7. The government commission set up to investigate the events of September 11 preferred to keep silent about this fact. House number 7 is a 47-story high-rise, noticeably inferior to its twin brothers in growth.

In particular, it housed the New York branch of the CIA headquarters. This building avoided being hit by an aircraft, but by 5 pm it collapsed in the same way as the twin towers.

According to authorities, the cause of the collapse of the building was burning fragments that fell on it from collapsing skyscrapers, as well as the ensuing fire. However, WTC buildings numbered 3, 4, 5 and 6 were much closer to the towers, and they all survived. Maybe the fall of the 7th house had another reason?

As for the twin towers, researchers are still concerned about a curious question: why did not only the upper floors of the building collapse, but also the lower ones? The official version is inexorable: when the building was destroyed, the top carried away the rest of it.

However, here too there is a problem. Parts of the tower structure did not fall in different directions, but formed right under the base, like a house of cards.

The designers of the World Trade Center unanimously declare that when building skyscrapers, the possible hit of an aircraft was taken into account, as is the case with all skyscrapers. If a catastrophic scenario does occur, then, they say, it cannot lead to devastating consequences of this magnitude.

The footage of the disaster clearly shows that the planes crash into buildings in completely different ways: the liner “entered” the northern tower right in the center, the southern one at an acute angle, cutting off the edge of the skyscraper. At the same time, the destruction of the towers was surprisingly uniform and symmetrical, as in a prepared explosion. And then a strange thing happens: the south tower, less affected by the explosion, collapses first, and only half an hour later the north tower falls, where the consequences of the disaster should have been more impressive.

Experts analyzed the video of the collapse of the towers and almost unanimously stated that this is how the industrial demolition of buildings takes place. And indeed, if you carefully look at the slow-motion footage of the disaster, you can see how explosive waves run through the entire height of the building at equal distances - as if a pre-laid charge had detonated.

Here are two more facts that will make you think. Shortly before the attack, the floors into which the planes subsequently flew were closed for repairs. And a few weeks before the tragedy, the owner of the twin towers, Larry Silverstein, insured them for $ 3 billion, and insurance against terrorist attacks was prescribed as a separate item.

Electoral fire

According to the official conclusions, hundreds of thousands of tons of steel structures melted in a monstrous fire, and hundreds of tons of concrete were erased into dust.

Is it possible that ignited aviation kerosene, the combustion temperature of which is less than 1000 ° C, caused hardened steel to “tremble”, which melts at no less than 2000 ° C. At the same time, there was a critical loss of strength of 50 massive load-bearing beams at once, which is possible only if the fuel is evenly spilled over all areas of the floor.

As a result of the explosions, charred and unrecognizable body particles remained from the passengers of both Boeings. Meanwhile, the passport of Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers, which became one of the main pieces of evidence in favor of the guilt of al-Qaeda *, turned out to be completely unscathed. According to the commission, the document miraculously survived a powerful explosion, fell out of the plane and landed safely near the building.

The US government was in such a hurry to come to the right conclusion that it was not even going to pay attention to such incidents. Further more.

The Commission of Inquiry announced the identification of some of the passengers and crew members of the aircraft by the "remains of DNA." And this is after the fire actually completely destroyed the body of the liner, made of aircraft-grade aluminum resistant to high temperatures.

It is curious that despite the “remnants of DNA” preserved in a fantastic way, the black boxes were recognized as completely destroyed by fire. Looking at this, it only remains to believe that the fire acted selectively, completely not guided by the laws of the physical world.

No trace

The third hijacked Boeing, flying American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the Pentagon, according to official figures. In order to inflict the most sensitive damage to the building and people, the terrorists sent the liner along the lowest possible trajectory. It is known that the height of the Boeing 757 is 13 meters, the Pentagon - 24 meters.

Based on this, the final kilometers of the flight of the liner had to pass at a height of only a few meters above the ground, which is an almost impossible task for pilots who have just completed express courses.

Moreover, such a maneuver was absolutely unjustified, since, according to many experts, it would not lead to such damage as when falling at an angle. In this case, it would be difficult even for an inexperienced pilot to miss, given the impressive area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe Pentagon - 117,363 sq.m. It turns out that the terrorists, who carefully planned the attack, chose a more complicated and less effective path.

However, the main incident is ahead. Independent researchers who studied photographs of the disaster were alerted by the fact that the Boeing did not leave traces of the wings when it hit the building. Their fragments were not found nearby either. Moreover, even inside the destroyed section of the building there were no hints of aircraft fragments. According to official conclusions, they were all destroyed by a powerful explosion and fire, which is very doubtful.

All of these facts suggest another reason for the destruction in the Pentagon - a planned explosion. But if we assume that the Boeing 757 did not crash into the Pentagon, where did the car itself disappear with the passengers and crew of this ill-fated flight?

As for the fourth "Boeing", which did not reach the Capitol and crashed in the fields of Pennsylvania, it is the least of all questions. However, there are still inconsistencies. Authorities claim the ground impact was the cause of the deaths, but no significant number of aircraft fragments have been found at the alleged crash site. Eyewitnesses say that the wreckage was scattered for many kilometers. According to the assumption of researchers who do not share the official point of view, the liner could have been hit in the air by a rocket fired from a fighter.

The official version says that the passengers, having contacted their relatives by mobile phones, learned that two planes had already crashed into buildings in Manhattan and decided to prevent the plans of the hijackers. It was as a result of the struggle ensued on board that the plane went off course and went into a steep dive. However, experts argue that the ability to use cellular communication in flight appeared only in 2005.

Avoid inconsistencies

Everything in this story is alarming, including the behavior of top American officials. For example, President George W. Bush for a long time ignored the invitation to speak before Congress, but when he agreed to a meeting, he set conditions that seemed incomprehensible at first glance. He insisted on limiting the conversation in time - no more than an hour and the obligatory invitation to the event of Vice President Dick Cheney. At the request of the head of the White House, only two people were to be present from the commission investigating the tragedy.

After a long debate, it was still possible to agree on the participation of 10 members of the commission and remove the time limit. During the meeting, everyone expected to hear from the president exhaustive, and most importantly, reliable information about what had happened, but everything turned out to be much more complicated. Bush did not allow the meeting to be videotaped, audiotaped, or even transcribed. In addition, Bush and Cheney refused to take an oath that could assure listeners of the veracity of what was said.

In April 2004, the performance finally took place. However, to this day it is not known what Bush and Cheney said to the congressmen. Many draw attention to the absurdity of this situation. It looks like this if one witness agreed to speak in court only in the presence of another witness. Why is this needed? Probably in order to avoid inconsistency in testifying.

Every year, the belief grows stronger in the world that the attacks were planned by the US intelligence agencies in order to justify the actions of the US military in the Middle East. But it is premature to draw final conclusions. So far, we can say with certainty only the following: if the US authorities did not stage the attacks themselves, then at least they did not interfere with their planning.

* Al-Qaeda is a terrorist group, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation

The criminal disgrace that Zion imposed on the whole world on September 11, 2001, in terms of the scope of cynicism, temporarily overshadowed the scam with the so-called "flight" of Americans to the moon. Trusting armed and vicious children - US citizens - still do not even suspect that there are several billion people on Earth who are much smarter than post-Columbian Jews - who still believe the groundhog's spring predictions.

In the article “September 11 - to whom is the day of the award, to whom is a mournful day, and to whom is the day of the joy of vengeance"I gave especially interesting dates important events in the history of US provocations, and also noted that on September 11, two AMERICAN planes crashed into two AMERICAN skyscrapers. And the rest of the world paid a huge price for this AMERICAN show.

• September 11, 1991 - during the destruction of the USSR - the American President with the Semitic genetic disease Ronald Reagan proclaims the New World Order.
• September 11, 2001 - Two planes crash into the World Trade Center.
• September 11 is the Jewish New Year.

It is reported that as a result of the attacks, 2977 people died, another 24 were missing. However, the official version of what happened from the very moment of the scam has been criticized by journalists, scientists and witnesses of the tragedy. Independent investigations have been carried out, on which documentary films have been made.

• On video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w465MHsvYpg it is clear that the skyscrapers do not burn at all - so, they smolder little by little. There was no reason for the collapse "from the fire".

Correspondent's puncture

It should be noted that as a result, on the day of the scam, not only the South Tower (WTC-2) and the North Tower (WTC-1) were destroyed, but also the third building - the WTC 7 tower. It is located very far from the site of the twin towers, there is nothing in it didn't hit. However, she somehow mysteriously collapsed.

Rice. The layout of buildings.

The official version - as a result of a series of gas explosions and the ensuing fire. However, this is a lie. At 5:00 pm New York time, at live British television channel BBC (BBC) led a report from the scene. The whole world watched as host Jane Standley began to tell viewers about the collapse of the third building (WTC 7).

The building was still whole and unharmed. After all, there were still 20 minutes left before the collapse of the building! But the caption at the bottom of the screen said, "The 47-story Salomon Brothers building next to the World Trade Center also collapsed."

When the presenter was told that she had burst, the girl turned to the picture, blushed and began to wail: “Sori!”. At 17:14, the picture of the broadcast from New York suddenly changed into interference and disappeared from the air.

Obviously, the BBC TV people were working and talking from the script. News chief Richard Porter, of course, did not admit: “We are not part of a conspiracy. No one told us what to talk about and what to do on 9/11. No one told us in advance that the building was about to fall. We haven't received a press release or a script for what's to come."

But here's the problem, "We don't have the original recording of the 9/11 reports - not because of a conspiracy, but because of confusion," Porter admitted, despite the fact that the "confusion" was in New York, not in London.

There is nothing to add. Americans in their scams, like three-year-old children, cover their tracks according to the same pattern. Recall the recent official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) Vladimir Markin with NASA Director Charles Bolden, who announced the loss of evidence of the American landing on the moon (see the novel "Moon Tumble").

Setting up bin Laden

Everyone “at the top” in the USA knew about the planned destruction of the twin towers. For example, just 8 hours before the attack on the Mall, Condoleezza Rice dissuaded San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown from flying to New York, scheduled for the morning of September 11th.

And according to the London "Times", US President George W. Bush, immediately after the attack on the twin towers, began to actively evacuate the relatives of the leader of the "terrorists" Bin Laden. The president of the newly attacked power ordered a dozen relatives of the main terrorist to be taken out of the United States by private jet. And this despite the fact that bin Laden's relatives were never called in for questioning by either the police or the FBI.

Al-Qaeda was financed by the largest international corporations - Microsoft, UBS and Compaq, etc. These computer giants are not responsible for the theatrical "terror attack", but for the quite outright criminal activities of pre-ISIS.

But after 14 years, neither Microsoft nor Compaq have lost their positions in the market at all. Neither the "progressive" public, nor "human rights activists", nor law enforcement agencies, nor members of the families of those killed during the "acts of terror", nor, finally, "sympathetic" buyers, have any claims against them. Somehow, the entire population of the Earth reacted absolutely shamelessly to the criminal activities of these firms.

The main terrorist Osama bin Laden was put on the international wanted list long before the September 11, 2001 "terror attack". But, nevertheless, in July 2001, he freely underwent treatment in an American clinic. Between enemas, he met with one of the leaders of the CIA. Bin Laden was allegedly treated by American urologist Terry Callway.

All this and many other data indicate that bin Laden is not involved in the terrorist scam with the twin towers. Osama himself, in an interview with the Pakistani newspaper Ummat, said that he considers the organizers of the terrorist attacks in the United States to be the Jewish community of Florida.

In my other article, The Pentagon Celebrates Victory (2002), I analyzed documentary, shown by NTV on the anniversary of September 11th. The authors of the tape did not provide the audience with a single evidence of the involvement of some kind of Alkaida and some kind of Bin Laden in the "terrorist attack" on September 11, 2001 in the United States.

Analysis of the film shows the following. The President of the United States is shown as an outspoken clairvoyant. Just hours after the Twin Towers scam, he clearly identified the culprits - Alqaeda and Bin Laden.

And it's very amazing! Although, if we take into account that “... there was a person (Putin - author) who warned two days before the terrorist attack, spoke about terrorism from Afghanistan,” it turns out that everyone knew about the scam. Putin considered it a terrorist attack, and Bush knew the true situation regarding the demolition of the twin towers. Therefore, he did not interfere with the demolition of dilapidated skyscrapers.

Sacrifice or ringing shekels?

Let's remember. The great Freemason Garder warned in 1993: “…Remember. Nothing is done by accident. Imagine such a situation. In a few years, the world will increasingly begin to say: tired of American dictatorship, America is a colossus with feet of clay, the dollar will soon burst ... And then the States will need to publicly show who is the boss in the house, and what American, including dollar, power. This is where skyscrapers come in handy. Imagine, it will happen like in a movie: for example, two planes crash into each of the towers before the eyes of the whole world ... ".

Immediately after the “terrorist attack”, a strange guess appeared on the Internet: type in English capital letters in Word - Q33NYC - flight Q33 New York City. Convert this inscription to wingdings font, you get:

"Mysterious" coincidence? Or is it a sacrifice for the new year?

It turns out that both, and another, and also gesheft. Bloody, really. But money doesn't smell to some.

On April 26, 2001, a specific deal was signed, and on July 23, a specific deal was finalized. The amount of the contract is 3.2 billion dollars. The lease owner of WTC-7, WTC-3 and WTC-6, the famous Jew Larry Silverstein, under a signed agreement, received the remaining buildings on a 99-year lease - the twin towers (WTC-1 and WTC-2), WTC-4 and WTC-5 .

A month later, Silverstein insured his acquisition for $3.6 billion. The main insured moment in the policies was the case of a terrorist act. And a month later, the same insured event occurred.

When Silverstein bought the Twin Towers, he already knew they were due for demolition. Therefore, he planned the demolition by a “terrorist attack”. And for this, the sum insured was divided into monthly payments. He managed to pay only 14 million dollars (from July 23 to September 11), and the insurance premium was 3.2 billion dollars. Here is the gesheft!

According to the court, the Jewish billionaire received compensation in the amount of $4.6 billion in insurance payments for the twins and WTC-7, as well as for the restoration of the complex. And now he is trying to sue another 12.3 billion dollars from airlines and airport security - apparently, for a synagogue ().

The carrier beam of a demolished tower cut off by a directed explosion.

In his interview with American radio (audio.mp3, 2006), Rabbi Abe Finkelstein explained the following about the scam.

Host: " There were no Jews in these towers. Can you explain it?».

Rabbi: " Many Jews died in the towers, spiritually».

Host: " Oh, I see there were 3,000 Jews who were not at work that day in those towers. It just gave a lot of people the impression that the Jewish population down there in Jewish York, I mean New York, knew something was going to happen and they didn't show up for work that day.».

Rabbi: " Yes, we got a call from Kehilla (Jewish community) that Ariel and some boys are from the Mossad. They got together and they wired these buildings [bombed] and they filled them up. It was pretty hard to get them down anyway, because we wanted to build some new structures and the buildings are getting old and it's time to get them down. So we will make a few shekels by destroying these buildings. Ah, Silverstein was a good friend of mine. We have Larry. He got two for one, and he doubled the insurance, like magic, only three months before it happened, and he got double the benefit on it, so he made four times his money.

I should have been part of this deal. He asked me, but I said, uh, I have to think about it. It took me too long to think about it, and they pulled the plug, as they say, and filled up those buildings. But at least I went public and I sold American Airlines, I sold United Airlines, I sold Lloyd's Insurance Company of London because it was a big blow to them, Alliance Insurance Company, I sold them too.

So I made some shekels».

I do not presume to judge how sincere the rabbi is, but you can listen to his interview on the air even today. Finkelstein says very interesting things. Even more interesting conclusions can be drawn.

Absolutely the same situation is happening today in the Donbass. Ukraine has captured Zion and is terrorizing it. It pumps money out of the budget, pumps the treasury with debts. Squeezing Ukrainians out of the country and forcing them to engage in prostitution and other obscene things. Zion has turned Ukrainians into killers of civilians – children, the elderly, women.

September 11, 2001 scam, minute-by-minute chronology

16.57 - RIA Novosti marked "urgent" - in New York, a plane crashed into the skyscraper number one of the International Trade Center.

16.59 - RIA Novosti confirms that in New York the plane crashed into the skyscraper number one of the International Trade Center. The building started on fire.

17.06 - The second plane crashed into the second tower of the World Trade Center.

17.09 - CNN claims that a terrorist attack was committed in New York - two planes crashed into the twin buildings of the World Trade Center.

17.23 - American television reports that the terrorist acts committed in New York will entail numerous victims.

17.25 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the hijacking of a Boeing 737 - one of passenger aircraft, which is believed to be the first of two planes to crash into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York.

17.26 - Former American expert, former National Transportation Safety Administration spokesman Ira Furman said that the collision of two aircraft with towers international center in New York is probably deliberate.

17.27 - CNN reports - there was an explosion in the north tower of the World Trade Center.

17.29 - The US authorities said that the events in New York are an act of terrorism.

17.29 - RIA Novosti correspondent reported that US President George W. Bush will make a special statement in connection with the emergency in New York.

17.33 - Two United Airlines planes hijacked by hijackers along with passengers crashed into the buildings of the World Trade Center in New York, English television Sky-Ti-V reported, citing the FBI.

17.34 - (only 37 minutes later!) US President George W. Bush called a "national tragedy" an emergency in New York, which, according to him, "looks like a terrorist act" against the United States. .

17.39 - CNN reports - The New York Stock Exchange has postponed the start of trading for 30 minutes due to events in New York.

17.45 - A correspondent of RIA Novosti reports that two days before the crash of two jet passenger planes that crashed into the two towers of the international trade center in New York, the US State Department issued a worldwide warning about the threat to the security of US government facilities abroad.

17.46 - There was an explosion near the Pentagon building. The Pentagon building is shrouded in clouds of black smoke, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

17.48 - At the present time there is an evacuation of personnel from the White House and the Pentagon, according to British television Sky-News.

17.49 - CNN reports - Pentagon building fire in Washington, White House evacuated.

17.53 - Fire in the Pentagon building in Washington, the White House was evacuated. According to CNN, a military helicopter crashed into the Pentagon building.

In the photo: The same “aircraft” that allegedly crashed into the Pentagon. The photo was taken immediately after the liner “cut in”, but its remnants are no longer there - they have evaporated.

17.54 - Correspondent of RIA "Novosti" reports - in the United States announced the closure of airspace. All aircraft in US airspace have been ordered to land immediately.

18.01 - In Washington, there is an evacuation from the building of the US Congress, as well as all official institutions located in the American capital.

18.05 - In New York, the New York Stock Exchange is closed and the entire Manhattan is cordoned off.

18.05 - One of the towers of the World Trade Center, which the plane crashed into, completely collapsed.

18.06 - A fire broke out in the building of the US State Department, the building was evacuated, reports CNN.

18.06 - All US airports are closed.

18.08 - Part of the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed from the second explosion.

18.13 - The South Tower of the World Trade Center is completely destroyed. On the Causes of the Fall of Skyscrapers: Tale "11".

18.15 - The disaster in the New York World Trade Center caused a drop in stock prices on European stock markets.

18.15 - Sky-TV reports - there was a second explosion in the Pentagon.

18.17 - According to the press secretary of the President Alexei Gromov, Vladimir Putin was immediately informed about the terrorist attacks committed in the United States. The President of Russia expressed deep condolences to the people of the United States "in connection with these terrorist attacks, these terrible tragedies."

18.20

18.21 - Following two terrorist attacks in New York, another plane crashed into the Pentagon. According to the latest information, a fire started in the building, it is shrouded in clouds of black smoke. Witnesses reported seeing the plane dive into the center of the Pentagon.

18.22 - According to the latest reports, Capitol Hill, where the Congress and the US Senate are located, was blown up.

18.23 - According to the latest information, the Pentagon has declared the highest degree of alarm. It means readiness for war. It is reported by CNN.

18.24 - There is a complete evacuation in Washington. Currently, employees of the State Department and the Ministry of Finance have been evacuated.

18.25 - A few minutes ago, one of the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed. According to preliminary estimates, several thousand people could be in both towers. CNN and Reuters are reporting live from the scene. There was panic in the city.

18.29 - The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine denies reports of involvement in the World Trade Center bombings in New York.

18.36 - In New York, the second tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. This was reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC.

18.36 - Panic gripped New Yorkers, thousands of people are trying to leave areas adjacent to skyscrapers and major government agencies.

18.37 - Another plane hijacked by terrorists is heading towards Washington. This was reported by the British television company Sky-News, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

18.38 - The President of the United States is in Florida now. Employees of the White House, the State Department, the UN were evacuated. Official sources do not report any details of what is happening on Capitol Hill and in the Pentagon.

18.38 - All transatlantic flights in the US are directed to Canadian airports. This was reported by the Reuters news agency with reference to the US Federal Aviation Agency.

18.41 - In the capital of the United States of America, Washington, the western wing of the Pentagon collapsed, on which a passenger plane fell.

18.46 - CNN reports another hijacked plane approaching Washington DC.

18.54 - American air defense forces shot down a Boeing 737 that was flying up to Washington.

18.57 - Another Boeing 747 passenger plane crashed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

19.03 - One of the planes that crashed into the skyscraper of the World Trade Center in New York, there were 160 passengers. According to ITAR-TASS, this was just reported by Japanese television.

19.11 - New York City Hall suggested that the total number of deaths in the city from today's terrorist attacks could reach 50 thousand people. This was reported by CNN.

19.15 - According to the city authorities, "thousands of victims" of terrorist acts are being admitted to New York hospitals, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

19.21 - US Navy units in the territory Japanese island Okinawa are on high alert. This was announced on Tuesday by the official representative of the command of the US military contingent in Japan.

19.29 - With reference to representatives of the George Bush administration, the NBC television company reported that a complete evacuation of all government buildings has been announced in Washington. In Washington and New York, a complete shutdown of all federal and government ministries and departments has also been announced, and a heightened “fourth category” alert has been declared. Anxiety "fifth category" is the highest and equated to a state of war.

19.31 - In total, 11 aircraft were captured in the USA, of which the location of four is still unknown. According to a correspondent of RIA Novosti, this was reported by the Japanese television company NHK, citing American sources.

19.32 - US Secretary of State Colin Powell urgently flies to Washington from Lima, the capital of Peru, where he is on a visit to a meeting of the OAS, in connection with the terrorist attacks that took place in New York and Washington. .

19.35 - The plane, which followed from Boston and crashed into the building of the Trade Center, was carrying 81 passengers. Fox announced this. As the correspondent of RIA Novosti reports, according to its data, there were 54 passengers on the second plane, which followed from Virginia.

19.54 - CNN confirms information about the hijacking in the US of 11 aircraft.

19.55 - The situation in New York resembles a war zone, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The sky over Manhattan is covered with black smoke, almost the entire southern part island, which is central region the largest city in the United States, covered with a thick layer of ash and debris.

19.56 - Leading US government departments have activated their backup command and control centers located outside of Washington.

19.58 - Former US Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleberger said today's attacks in New York and Washington are "an act of war against the United States." Eagleberger, speaking live on NBC television on Tuesday, demanded that the US government immediately take "retaliatory actions" up to the start of military actions against the perpetrators of the attacks and their patrons.

20.07 - Citing national security concerns, the US Secret Service refuses to reveal the whereabouts of US President George W. Bush.

20.08 - A state of emergency has been declared in San Francisco, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Schools are closed, two large bridges across St. Francis Bay are under heavy guard, and the airport is closed.

20.17 - Los Angeles and San Francisco airports were evacuated. It is reported by CNN.

20.25 - There were 160 passengers on board one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center Building, according to CNN. Meanwhile, according to Reuters, there were 81 passengers on the Boston plane that crashed into the Mall building. On the second plane, which followed from Virginia, there were 54 passengers.

20.25 The mayor of New York has declared a state of emergency in the city. Robert Giuliani just announced this live on CNN. The city is in panic. Hundreds of thousands of people are trying to leave the city on foot. Because of the crowds on the streets, fire trucks cannot break into Manhattan.

20.30 - Preliminary theories in the US suggest that Saudi millionaire extremist Osama bin Laden, the National Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Colombian drug cartels may be responsible for orchestrating a coordinated series of unprecedented attacks. .

20.42 - The Pentagon ordered two aircraft carriers to head for New York and Washington, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

20.48 - As reported today by the French television channel "Antenn-2", the Western intelligence services had information that Osama bin Laden planned to launch a series of attacks on American facilities from the end of August. Moreover, they knew about bin Laden's announcement to carry out "actions that will strike the imagination of all." .

20.51 - US President George W. Bush, as RIA Novosti correspondent reports, will soon make a televised address to the nation, which will be broadcast from the territory military base on all American television channels.

20.57 - US President George W. Bush said that all US military forces in the US and abroad are on high alert in connection with the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

20.57 - The number of victims in the United States as a result of today's terrorist attacks may reach several thousand people.

20.59 - George Bush, as reported by the CNN television company, does not intend to return to Washington yet. According to sources close to the president, he flew from the city of Sarasota, Florida, where he was at the time of the explosion, but decided not to fly to the capital.

21.18 - "The United States will find and punish those who are responsible for cowardly acts," US President George W. Bush said, commenting on today's attacks in Washington and New York, ITAR-TASS reports.

21.33 - US President George W. Bush said that in connection with the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, he is in contact with leaders foreign states, assuring them that "everything necessary will be done to protect America and Americans." On the essence of "protection": The global redistribution of heroin markets is completed.

21.36 - US Air Force F-16 aircraft continue to patrol air space over New York and Washington.

21.39 - The President of the United States called the current series of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington "an attack on American freedom”, promising to find and punish the organizers. Rating of public organizations whose activities are aimed at the implementation of military-territorial-political goals.

21.50 - U.S. government officials denied several media reports of an alleged terrorist attack attempt on country residence President of the United States at Camp David, Maryland.

22.03 - The United States Mission in Kosovo called on its staff, as well as all US citizens in this southern Serbian province and the region as a whole, to be careful, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

22.04 - The fate of three of the 11 aircraft hijacked by terrorists before the terrorist attacks in Washington and New York is still unknown. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka announced this on Tuesday.

22.22 - The terrorist attack against the United States became possible due to the disablement of the NASA satellite system, MIGnews reports with reference to the CNN television company.

22.22 - The Federal Reserve said it would provide in cash all banks in the country to overcome the consequences of terrorist attacks in the United States, Reuters reports.

22.22 - A list of hijacked aircraft has been published. According to the Associated Press, the terrorists managed to capture four passenger aircraft. The FBI suggests that the terrorists killed the pilots immediately after the capture.

22.22 - US President George W. Bush addressed the citizens of the United States in connection with the disaster in New York.

22.22 - 50 aircraft of various US airlines are still in the air, Ananova reports, citing the Federal Aviation Administration (Federal Aviation Authority).

22.52 - In Chicago, the evacuation of the 110-story Sears Tower, the most high building in the USA with a height of 443 meters and an area of ​​418 thousand square meters, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

23.04 - Heads of all structures of the US government are taking part in an emergency meeting currently taking place in Washington in connection with the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. The meeting is chaired by US Vice President Richard Cheney and National Security Adviser to the US President Condoleezza Rice.

23.04 - The US President's wife Laura Bush and his two daughters - Barbara and Jenna - are in a safe place. This was reported by the press secretary of the White House, Ari Fleischer, as RIA Novosti correspondent reports. He did not specify the whereabouts of the Bush family.

23.05 - The plane carrying US President George W. Bush landed in Omaha, Nebraska. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, the reasons for Bush's arrival in Nebraska are not reported.

23.20 - The number of possible victims of the morning terrorist attacks in the United States is estimated at tens of thousands of people. Various world agencies put forward different versions. CNN believes that at least 25,000 people have died in a series of explosions in America's largest cities.

23.33 - Increased security measures have been taken in the area of ​​​​NATO headquarters in Brussels.

23.40 - New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged Americans to start donating blood for victims of terrorist attacks in New York, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

23.46 - Aircraft flights civil aviation in the United States canceled at least until noon on Wednesday, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

Today is the anniversary of the scam. It hurts even to think about the cynicism of those who pulled it off. They can't get their conscience back with any shekels. The American people, intimidated as hell by their democratic and free government, do not even try to appeal to the authorities about the victims - no one buries anyone, no one demands compensation, there are no graves. Only enterprising and unscrupulous people are suing for the tenth time for the same fraud.

Andrey Tyunyaev, editor-in-chief of the President newspaper,

There is a beautiful theory that centuries - like certain historical periods - rarely fit into the rigid framework allocated to them in the calendar. So, for example, the 19th century began only after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and ended on July 28, 1914, on the day the First World War began, which launched a number of events that determined the course of the next, 20th century.

If we follow this logic, then the new 21st century began on September 11, 2001 with a series of terrorist attacks committed by the Islamic radical organization Al-Qaeda in the United States.

Until that moment, the collective West was still on the laurels of the winner in the Cold War, its hegemony seemed undeniable, and its military and political power seemed unshakable. It seemed that Fukuyama's prophecy had come true and history finally stopped. However, the events of September 11, 2001 dispelled these illusions. The fall of the Twin Towers in New York was broadcast live by television companies around the world. The picture on the TV screen seemed so unreal that it looked more like the shooting of another Hollywood blockbuster about the end of the world.

The September 11th terrorist attack was a real shock to the United States. The terrorists were able to strike at the main symbols of America: its money and military power - the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Despite the huge defense budget and all the might of the American intelligence services, it turned out that the United States was completely unprepared for such an attack. On September 11, 2001, confusion and panic reigned in the high offices of Washington.

For America, the events of September 11, 2001 became the second Pearl Harbor, the most powerful country in the world simply could not leave such a slap in the face unanswered. A few days later, Al-Qaeda was announced as the organizer of the attacks, which was the reason for the start of the operation in Afghanistan. In 2003, American troops invaded Iraq, accusing Saddam Hussein of supporting the terrorists.

Analyzing all subsequent events, we can say that the world today lives in a geopolitical reality, which is a consequence of the explosions that sounded on September 11, 2001.

Despite the fact that more than fifteen years have passed since the tragedy, a huge number of people around the world believe that we still do not know the whole truth about September 11th. This also applies to the number of victims of the attack, and its participants, and the role of American special services in these events.

Naturally, an official investigation was carried out, which recognized Osama bin Laden as the organizer of the attacks, but its results are still the objects of harsh criticism to this day. Moreover, the events of September 11, 2001 have become a favorite topic of numerous conspiracy theories. Even today they claim that there were no Arab terrorists, and the World Trade Center explosions were prepared by American intelligence services and the world behind the scenes.

So what really happened in the US on September 11, 2001? How many people died during the terrorist attack? And why does the official version of events not suit the conspiracy theorists?

Official version of events

According to the official version, a group of terrorists managed to capture four passenger airliners that were heading to California from different airports. In total, 19 criminals boarded the planes, fifteen of whom had citizenship Saudi Arabia, two others were from the OAU, one person was from Egypt, and one was from Lebanon. Several more members of the terrorist group were unable to enter the United States.

To capture airliners, the terrorists used the simplest edged weapons, most likely stationery or penknives, as well as gas cartridges. In addition, they threatened to blow up the planes, although it was just a bluff - they did not have any explosive devices. We know little about the dramatic tragedy that played out that day in the sky, only what passengers who managed to use satellite or mobile phones. It is known that as a result of clashes with criminals, several flight attendants, passengers, and at least one of the pilots were killed.

The terrorists were well prepared for the attack, each of the groups included at least one person who had passed special courses in aircraft control.

At 0846 local time, Boeing 767-200 N334AA collided with the north side of the World Trade Center (WTC-1) tower. The blow fell on the site of the building at the level of 94 to 98 floors. After a fire that lasted about 100 minutes, the north tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.

The second of the hijacked aircraft, a Boeing 767-200 tail number N612UA, crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center at 09.02 at the level of 78-85 floors. The fire lasted about 50 minutes and at 9.56 the building collapsed.

According to the investigation, at the time of the attack, there were approximately 16,000 people in the WTC buildings. The vast majority of them survived, as they were evacuated before the collapse began. To date, it is believed that 2977 people (not including terrorists) died as a result of the attacks. This list included 246 passengers and crew members of the hijacked aircraft, as well as 2,606 people who were in or near the WTC buildings. The attack on the Pentagon resulted in the death of 125 people. The vast majority of the victims are Americans, but among the dead are citizens of another 91 countries.

Most of the victims were in the north tower of the World Trade Center. Here, 1,366 people died in an explosion caused by a plane crashing into a building, followed by a fire and collapse. In the south tower a large number of people fell into a deadly trap on the upper floors of the building, from which units managed to get out. Many of the unfortunates preferred to jump down rather than burn alive. Because of the fire and smoke, it was not possible to carry out the evacuation of people from the roof by helicopters.

During the attacks, a large number of firefighters, policemen, and other emergency personnel were killed, their total number exceeds 400 people. These people worked really selflessly. Many police and firefighters from other regions of the country took vacations and traveled to New York to help their colleagues.

Of the total number of dead, only 1670 bodies were identified, more than a thousand bodies are still nameless.

The beginning of an unprecedented terrorist attack led to real chaos throughout the United States. All commercial flights were canceled and planes in the air were diverted or landed at airports in Mexico or Canada. In large numbers, there were reports of new terrorist attacks, which later turned out to be false. Fighters from the US Air Force and the National Guard took to the skies.

The American Emergency Alert System, which was developed in 1997 to alert the population in the event of large-scale natural disasters, major terrorist attacks, or the outbreak of war, was put on high alert. However, no one turned to the people. The US government went into emergency mode, the country's national leaders were hastily evacuated.

Just a few days after the attacks, the FBI has already released the names of the terrorists, as well as their basic data. The luggage of one of the participants in the attack was never loaded onto the plane and fell into the hands of the investigation. In it, law enforcement officers found records that shed light on the organization of the terrorist attack and its participants. Soon American intelligence agencies Al-Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden, was behind the 9/11 attacks. The intelligence services of other countries came to a similar conclusion: Great Britain and Germany.

Bin Laden initially denied his participation in the events, but already in 2004 he admitted that he personally led the terrorist attack, and his closest associate, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, directly controlled the hijackers.

For bin Laden, this was not the first attack against America. In 1998, he organized bombings of American embassies in African countries.

The main reasons for organizing the attacks were the support of the Americans for Israel, as well as the war against Iraq in 1990. In turn, American President Bush Jr. shortly after the tragic events said that the terrorists attacked the United States because they hate American freedom and democracy.

The international reaction to the bloody events of September 11 was expected: the world community, with rare and absolutely marginal exceptions, condemned them. The exception was the Palestinians, who, without hiding their joy, celebrated the massacre of infidels. Iraq has said that America is reaping the rewards of its crimes, and there have been reports of a demonstration by Chinese students ostensibly in support of the attacks. Most world leaders expressed their absolute support for the United States. Russian President Putin, in a telephone conversation with Bush, offered to help investigate the crime. The attacks were officially condemned in the Middle East.

About a month later, American troops at the head of an international coalition invaded Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden's headquarters were at that time. Within a few months, the Taliban regime was defeated, and a pro-Western government came to power in the country. In the months following 9/11, arrests of people suspected of having links with al-Qaeda took place around the world.

In 2003, the United States and its allies launched a second war against Iraq, accusing its leadership of participating in the events of September 11, as well as of manufacturing and storing weapons of mass destruction.

This is the official version of the 9/11 attacks and the events that followed. However, it does not suit everyone. There are many alternative versions, whose supporters include not only obvious outcasts, but also highly respected people, including well-known scientists, journalists, and public figures.

Conspiracy theory

The events of September 11 were a real shock to American society. Many simply couldn't figure out how a small group of terrorists could conceive and successfully carry out such a large-scale attack against a country with the most powerful intelligence services in the world.

Soon a conspiracy hypothesis appeared that in fact there were no terrorists, and the explosions and hijackings were staged by the US authorities in order to solve their geopolitical and financial problems. It can be added that today the events of September 11, 2001 have become a favorite topic of conspiracy theorists, pushing into the background even such "eternal classics" as the landing of Americans on the moon or the government's cover-up of aliens in Area 51.

Controlled drift theory. Conspiracy theorists believe that the WTC towers collapsed not due to collisions with aircraft, but as a result of the detonation of some explosives that were previously planted in them. Proponents of this theory argue that the construction of the twin towers was so strong that the impact of the aircraft and the subsequent fire could not have caused them to collapse. The combustion temperature of aviation fuel is about 1 thousand degrees Celsius, which is not enough to melt the supporting metal structures.

Adherents of this theory claim that thermite was planted in the building (sometimes they talk about the mysterious nanothermite or superthermite), which burned through the supporting structures of the World Trade Center. However, this hypothesis is not supported by any material evidence.

However, official American experts say otherwise. Indeed, aviation kerosene cannot melt steel, but the high combustion temperature can significantly weaken it. Already at 600 °C, the metal becomes half as strong, and if the flame temperature reaches 980 °C, then about 10% of the steel strength remains. In addition, from high temperature, it begins to expand, breaking the concrete surrounding it.

So the action of two factors at once - high temperature and ramming - is quite enough for the collapse of even such a huge building as the World Trade Center.

Pentagon. Conspiracy theorists also claim that no plane crashed into the Pentagon at all, and the building was destroyed as a result of a missile strike that was inflicted by the US military itself. As proof of this theory, photographs of the building are usually cited, in which the destruction zone is much smaller than the wingspan of the Boeing 757. Conspiracy theorists believe that another proof of their correctness is the absence of aircraft wreckage (engines, landing gear, fuselage parts) in the photographs.

Indeed, the destruction zone of the building looks much smaller than a huge passenger liner. However, experts who studied the crash site said that the plane cut off one wing on impact with the ground, and the second on the supporting column of the building. The Boeing fuselage directly crashed into the building itself.

In addition, the very moment of the plane's impact on the Pentagon was seen by many witnesses; parts of the landing gear, engines and fuselage of the liner were found at the crash site. As well as numerous remains of passengers and black boxes of the aircraft. After Flight 77 was hijacked, many of the passengers were able to use their mobile phones to tell their families that their plane had been hijacked by terrorists. However, conspiracy theorists believe that the calls were fabricated by the secret services.

Flight 93. Another popular topic for conspiracy theorists, which concerns the events of September 11, is the fate of the fourth airliner hijacked by terrorists. According to the official version, the criminals planned to send it to the Capitol, but the passengers rebelled and tried to neutralize the hijackers. A struggle ensued, as a result of which the plane crashed. Fans of conspiracy theories believe that all this is not true, and in fact the liner was shot down by a combat fighter.

The main evidence for this theory is the large spread of the wreckage of the liner at the crash site. According to conspiracy theorists, this only happens if the plane is shot down by a missile.

Several witnesses claimed that almost immediately after the crash of Flight 93, an unusual white aircraft was seen over the crash site. This information gave rise to conspiracy theorists to talk about another evidence of a downing. passenger liner military aircraft. Later, on several resources, there were reports that the FBI officers allegedly put pressure on the witnesses of the incident, forcing them to remain silent.

In fact, such a white plane really was. On that tragic day, a commercial Dassault Falcon 20, owned by one of the corporations, flew near the crash site. He was contacted and asked to inspect the Boeing crash site from the air, which was done. Falcon descended to a height of 460 meters and his crew saw a black funnel in the ground, from which smoke poured. Noting its coordinates, Falcon returned to its original route.

Without portholes. Another point under discussion regarding the events of 09/11/2001 is an interview with a certain Mark Birnbach. He told reporters that the plane that crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center had no windows. From this statement, conspiracy lovers immediately concluded that instead of the passenger liner of Flight 175, the cunning military used tanker planes filled to capacity with fuel to ram the buildings of the shopping center.

However, this fake is especially easy to disprove, because on the Internet you can easily find photos of the wreckage of the aircraft, in which the windows are clearly visible. And in the case of using tanker aircraft, a reasonable question immediately arises, what happened to the hundreds of passengers flying on four liners?

The above lists only the main questions regarding the tragedy of September 11, which do not allow conspiracy theorists to sleep. In fact, there are many more. However, answers have already been found to them, moreover, they were given by officials or representatives of the special services, and professional experts working in different fields: civil engineers, pilots, firefighters, explosives experts, forensic experts.

However, that's not even the point. It seems highly unlikely that anyone at all would be able to fake events similar to what happened on 9/11 in America. Imagine how many people needed to be involved in such a dramatization? And then how to make them all keep their mouths shut?

Our world is too big, complex and “messy” for any serious conspiracy to have any chance of success. So, as the smartest monk from Ockham once said: "Do not multiply entities unnecessarily."

TBILISI, Sep 11 - Sputnik. The largest in the history of mankind terrorist act was committed in the United States exactly fifteen years ago.

On September 11, 2001, in the United States, al-Qaeda suicide bombers hijacked four passenger planes, sending two of them at the symbol of business New York - the World Trade Center tower, and the other two at the Pentagon and, presumably, at the White House or the Capitol. All aircraft, except the last one, reached their targets. The fourth hijacked plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

19 terrorists were also killed in the attacks, 15 of them were citizens of Saudi Arabia, two were United United Arab Emirates, one for Egypt and one for Lebanon.

Chronology

At 8:46 am (hereinafter local time), an American Airlines Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) on Manhattan Island in New York between the 93rd and 99th floors. On board were 81 passengers (including five terrorists) and 11 crew members.

At 9:03 a.m., a United Airlines Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center between the 77th and 85th floors. There were 56 passengers and nine crew members on board.

At 9:37 a.m., an American Airlines Boeing 757 flying from Washington to Los Angeles crashed into the Pentagon. There were 58 passengers and six crew members on board.

At 10:03 a.m., a United Airlines Boeing 757 flying from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco, crashed into a field in southwestern Pennsylvania, near Shanksville, 200 kilometers from Washington. There were 37 passengers and seven crew members on board.

As a result of a severe fire, the South Tower collapsed at 9:59, and at 10:28 the North Tower of the WTC.

At 18:16, the 47-storey building of the World Trade Center complex, located in close proximity to the WTC towers, collapsed.

The exact amount of damage caused by the September 11 attacks is not known. In September 2006, US President George W. Bush announced that the damage from the September 11, 2001 attacks for the United States amounted to the lowest estimate of $ 500 billion.

Investigation and search for those responsible

On November 27, 2002, an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks (the 9/11 commission) was established in the United States. On July 22, 2004, the commission published the final report on the investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy. One of the main conclusions of the 600-page document was the recognition that the perpetrators of the attacks took advantage of "deep administrative failures" in the work of the US government.

The only defendant in the United States in the case of the attacks is a French citizen of Moroccan origin Zacarias Moussaoui. He was arrested in August 2001 after he graduated flight school in Oklahoma and trained on the Boeing 747 simulator in Minnesota. In April 2005, Moussaoui was found guilty of intent to commit a terrorist attack, which was supposed to be the fifth in a series of tragic events on September 11, 2001. On the personal instructions of Osama bin Laden, he was to hijack the plane and go to ram the White House in Washington - the terrorist himself stated this at the trial. In May 2006, by decision of the federal court of the city of Alexandria (Virginia), where the trial took place, Zacarias Moussaoui was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Six others suspected of involvement in the attacks were arrested in 2002 and 2003, they spent several years in CIA prisons, and in 2006 they were taken to a camp at the American base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

In February 2008, the US Department of Defense charged six prisoners with murder and war crimes as part of its investigation into the September 11 attacks.

The charges were brought against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who, according to the 9/11 Commission report, is a central figure in the preparation of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States; a native of Yemen, Ramzi Binalshiba (another spelling of Ramzi bin al-Sheba), who provided organizational support to the terrorists and transferred money to them; Mohammed al-Qahtani, who, according to investigators, on September 11, 2001, was supposed to become another, the 20th hijacker of four American aircraft; as well as Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed Khawsawi (another spelling of Mustafa Ahmad Hausawi) and Waleed bin Attash.

In May 2008, the Pentagon dropped the charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani.

After President Barack Obama in January 2009 ordered the suspension of all activities of the military prosecutor's office at Guantanamo Bay and promised to close the facility, the military department had to drop the charges. However, this promise of the president remained unfulfilled.

Having received no support in Congress, the head of state in early March 2011 ordered the resumption of military trials against suspected terrorists held in Guantanamo Bay prison.

In early April 2011, US Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that defendant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants in the 9/11 case would not appear before a US civilian court, but before a special military commission at Guantanamo Bay.

On May 31, 2011, the US Military Attorney's Office again charged five suspects, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, with involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

On May 5, 2012, a military tribunal filed formal charges against five suspects of involvement in organizing the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in the United States. They are accused of organizing a conspiracy, attacking civilians, intentionally causing physical harm, murder, violating the laws of war, causing destruction, hijacking and terrorism.

All five defendants refused to answer whether they plead guilty.

In July 2014, a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay ruled that the trial of one of the five accused of involvement in the terrorist attack, Ramzi Binalshiba, should be held separately due to the conclusion of military doctors that he had a "serious mental illness."

Hearings on the case of those accused of involvement in the organization of the terrorist act continue.

Iran's responsibility

In March 2016, New York District Judge George Daniels issued a default judgment ordering Iran to pay $7.5 billion to the relatives and other members of those who died at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The judge determined that the Iranian authorities must pay another three billion to insurers who covered property damage and other material losses. Earlier, Judge Daniels ruled that Tehran could not prove its non-involvement in assisting the organizers of the attack, and therefore the Iranian authorities bear a share of responsibility for the damage caused during it.

Memorial and new World Trade Center

On September 11, 2011, the World Trade Center Memorial was opened on the site of the destroyed Twin Towers in New York. It consists of two square pools-fountains, located right at the bases of the former twin towers, along the inner walls of which water streams cascade down, leaving into square holes located at the bottom of each of the pools. The names of the 2,983 victims of the attacks (including the six who died in the 1993 World Trade Center attack) are carved on the bronze slabs that line the parapets of both fountains.

© photo: Sputnik / Vladimir Fedorenko

Site of the World Trade Center bombing in New York. Archive photo

In November 2014, the new World Trade Center complex was opened. It is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the world - its height is 541 meters. Construction began in April 2006 on the corner of a 65,000-square-meter site where the twin towers of the demolished mall used to stand.

Since 2002, September 11 has been celebrated in the United States as Patriot Day, since 2009, after the approval of Act 111-13 of the US General Law, this date is also referred to as the nationwide Day of Service and Remembrance.

On September 11, 2001, three planes controlled by terrorists crashed into the skyscrapers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York and into the Pentagon building. The fourth crashed in Pennsylvania. As a result of the attacks, those who were in the buildings and in the hijacked aircraft were killed. In addition, the disaster claimed the lives of firefighters and police, thanks to the efforts of which about 30,000 people were saved. Over 55,000 people worked at the WTC on weekdays, and the daily number of visitors and tourists reached 150,000. On July 15, 2002, work was officially completed to search for the remains of the victims of the attacks.

On August 20, 2002, the first official list of those who died in New York as a result of the collapse of the World Trade Center was published. It includes 2819 people from 80 countries of the world, including three Russians. The two planes that crashed into the World Trade Center skyscrapers killed a total of 157 people. 343 firefighters died. Identified by relatives or by DNA analysis of 1102 people. According to statistics, out of ten people who died in New York, eight were men, the average age of the dead was forty years. Mostly these were employees engaged in mental work: from software developers to bank employees and employees of insurance companies. Many were at the peak of their careers. About ten people were executives, founders or presidents of companies. At least 59 people have served as vice presidents. Of the identified victims, fifteen were under the age of twenty-one, including three three-year-old children.

As a result of the terrorist attack in Washington, when the plane crashed into the Pentagon building, 184 people were killed: 120 employees and 64 passengers and crew members. 44 people died on a plane that was hijacked by terrorists, but, before reaching Washington, crashed in Pennsylvania. Total more than three thousand people died, about six thousand were injured. On September 12, 2001, US President George W. Bush delivered a televised address to the nation in connection with the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. He stated that he ordered the use of "all intelligence and law enforcement resources" of the United States to find and punish the organizers of the attacks. The head of the White House said that the perpetrators of the attacks carried out "an act of mass murder." According to him, the terrorists sought to create chaos in America, but they failed to do so.

On September 15, the President of the United States, in a weekly radio address to the country, said that the United States plans to launch a "comprehensive offensive" against terrorism. The US is planning a "wide and long campaign to defend our country and destroy the evil of terrorism." George W. Bush warned Americans that they will need patience because the coming "conflict will not be short" and decisiveness because "the conflict will not be easy." Bush called the actions of the terrorists "barbaric." He stated that the US will work with other countries of the world, including Russia, India, Pakistan, to punish the perpetrators and organizers of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.