The story of 9/11 – In Pics : The US resurrects

The story of 9/11 – In Pics

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September 11, 2001 attacks

September 11, 2001 is not just another date on the calendar. When 19 al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against various targets in the United States, the magnitude of the aggression left everyone on this planet horror-stuck. The incident, commonly remembered as 9/11, soon became a catchword of global terrorism. Although the mastermind of the gruesome attacks, Osama bin Laden, is dead, the US is still grappling to kill the ideology that continues to manifest in its different mutated forms across the globe.

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September 11, 2001 attacks

The attack on September 11, 2001 is said to be one of the biggest news events in modern history. The planes ploughed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, and a fourth plane, which was allegedly heading towards Capitol Hill or the White House, crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, killing all aboard.

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September 11, 2001 attacks

Around 3,000 people of 80 nationalities were killed and thousands wounded in the series of four coordinated suicide attacks.

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September 11, 2001 attacks

At Ground Zero, it took 99 days for the fires to be extinguished completely. The fires that started at 8.46 am on September 11 were ultimately doused on December 19.

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September 11, 2001 attacks

The then US president George W Bush launched `Operation Enduring Freedom` to destroy Osama bin Laden`s terrorist network based in Afghanistan. The US later invaded Iraq, removing Saddam Hussein. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians have lost their lives in the so-called `war on terror`, which has cost the US trillions of dollars.

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Osama bin Laden killed

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind 9/11, was finally tracked down and killed by US Navy SEALs at a hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 02, 2011.

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Hollywood`s take on attacks

A number of films have also been set on the premises of the horrible strike. Tales of terrorism, heroism and politics after 9/11 inspired the plot of many movies. Fahrenheit 9/11, United 93, World Trade Center, directed by Michael Moore, Paul Greengrass and Oliver Stone respectively, are some of the movies that tried to depict the attack, pain of the victims, their anger and politics that followed.

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The advent of homegrown extremism

The US has diminished al Qaeda’s strength, but has failed to kill ideology that motivates violence. The emergence of Times Square bomber, an underwear bomber, shoe bomber, Ford Hoot shooter points to the new disturbing fact. Clearly, after tackling an organisation on another land, the US is grappling with another threat called `homegrown extremism`, thanks to online radicalization.

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The US resurrects

After years of postponement and controversy, reconstruction at the World Trade Centre site is now on track. The 9/11 memorial is complete and the museum is scheduled to open soon. It is symbolic of the United States’ national will to resurrect from the war on terror.

By Kamna Arora

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