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What Happened?
On September 11, 2001 members of the terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial planes and crashed 3 of them into targets in New York City and Washington D.C., causing the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. Two of the airliners hit the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board as well as a majority of the people working inside of the buildings. The third hit the Pentagon, a government building that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, also killing everyone on board. The fourth plane crashed into a field in Virginia after some of the passengers on board bravely tried to retake control of the plane. The airliner had been headed to Washington D.C., most likey they intended to crash into the White House or the Capitol Building. Founder and leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, claimed responsibilty for the attacks early in 2004. He himself was killed in Pakistan in May of this year (2011). The events of September 11, 2001 encountered two very different cultures, the American culture and the Islamist. The American culture is thought of as being materialistic, narcissistic, and strongly focused on the present and future. The Islamist culture is known to be religious, militant, and determined to ensure their safety religiously/spiritually. To comprehend what truly happened on September 11, 2001, an understanding of these two cultures is necessary.

Details:

 * American Airlines flight number 11, scheduled for flight from Boston to Los Angeles and holding 75 passengers + United Airlines flight number 175, also scheduled from Boston to Los Angeles and holding 65 people—struck and destroyed World Trade Center towers in New York City
 * A third plane, American Airlines flight number 77 with 64 passengers on board, hit and destroyed part of the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C.
 * The fourth plane, United flight number 93, scheduled from Newark to San Francisco with 40 passengers on board, which was en route to a target in Washington, D.C.crash-landed in a field in Shanksville, Pa. after passengers rushed the hijackers, who then forced the plane down.
 * Death toll: 2,975 people (most American citizens)

President George W. Bush receives the news that a second plane has crashed into the Twin Towers in New York on September 11 2001. He had been reading to some elementary students in Florida at the time (9:05am).

Here's a snip-it of a Wordle created on President Bush's address to the nation on September 11th, 2001, analyze away.