Who really blew up the twin towers in New York? Twin Towers 11 after the explosion.

According to one version, the United States voluntarily sacrificed 3,000 people so that the whole world would start fighting terrorism.

That ill-fated day in September 2001 shocked the whole world. People clung to TV screens, news channels broadcast footage from New York: the twin towers destroyed and on fire, the panic in the streets, the howl of sirens.

According to the official version, on that day, al-Qaeda terrorists (a total of 19 people) hijacked four passenger airliners, and two of them headed for New York. American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, United Airlines Flight 175- south tower.

The purpose of the third aircraft following American Airlines Flight 77, was the Pentagon building located near Washington. The last airliner United Airlines Flight 93), apparently, was supposed to destroy the Capitol building, but its passengers and crew prevented the terrorists, and he fell in a deserted area in Pennsylvania.

This terrorist attack was the largest in history and claimed the lives of 2977 people. Another 24 are missing.

Found the guilty

Washington laid all the blame for what happened on the Al-Qaeda organization, headed by Osama bin Laden. The evidence that it was the members of this organization that staged the attack was immediately called "clear and undeniable" by the FBI.

Bin Laden himself, meanwhile, already on September 16, 2001, on the air of the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera, declared his innocence in the terrorist attack, and on September 28 he repeated this in an interview with one of the Pakistani newspapers. His words were refuted in November, when in a destroyed house in Jalalabad, the US military found a video recording of a conversation between “terrorist No. 1” and a certain Khaleddom Al-Harbi. In the conversation, bin Laden confirms that he knew about the attacks in advance. Later, with his anti-American statements, he more than once dispelled doubts about his innocence.

Effects

The tragedy of 9/11 rallied the countries of the West and made everyone sincerely worry about the Americans. To worry and "feed bullets" when they fought against Islamic terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, to rejoice at the news of the destruction of bin Laden in 2011.

US President Rating George Bush Jr. after the attacks rose to an unprecedented height and amounted to 86%. Mayor of New York also received praise Rudolph Giuliani, who gave speeches and actively engaged in the restoration of the city.

Attack or government conspiracy?

17 years have passed, but the debate about who organized the attack on the American people has not yet subsided. Conspiracy theorists in the United States and elsewhere continue to gather evidence that everything was planned at the highest level and had far-reaching political goals. One of those who seek the truth is a well-known Italian journalist, former member of the European Parliament Giulietto Chiesa. According to him, there are at least 40 points indicating that all this is a "great deception." Here are some of them.

• Engineers, physicists and architects who have studied how the towers fell say that the cause of the collapse was not a plane hit at all, but a directed explosion, that is, the bombs were planted inside the buildings. The people who were inside at the time of the tragedy also talked about explosions, but no one listened to them.
• It seems very strange to many that the businessman Larry Silverstein, closely associated with government circles, six weeks before the tragedy, he entered into a lease for the absolutely unprofitable twin towers and tower number 7, and also insured them, and insurance against terrorist attacks was prescribed as a separate clause. As a result of the collapse of the towers, Silverstein received more than eight billion dollars.
• It is hard to believe that 19 people, even with careful preparation, could bypass the strict security systems and carry out this operation.
• There is no evidence that the 19 people the FBI labeled as terrorists were actually on the planes. Some of them were seen by people in subsequent years, they were alive and well.
• Cases where aircraft flight recorders are lost are extremely rare. “Four planes are eight black boxes. What does the official version tell us? Four of the eight "were not found." That is 50% in our case. This is just a world record for failures, ”says Chiesa.
• According to the government's version, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed vertically. However, part of its wreckage was found almost 13 kilometers from the crash site, and the testimony of the surviving recorder indicates that it fell at an angle of 35 degrees. It is also suspicious that the area was not contaminated with aviation fuel, although the plane's tanks should have been full.

The former European MP is sure that behind the backs of the perpetrators of the terrorist attack is not Al-Qaeda at all, but conspirators led by representatives of the leadership of the United States and Saudi Arabia. They came up with a terrorist attack precisely in order to rally the entire West around the United States and draw Europe into the war against terrorism. However, even if this is true, it will not open soon, perhaps in decades, when some secret archives of the government will be declassified.

Vanga's prediction

Few people know, but the famous Bulgarian clairvoyant Vanga predicted the September 11 attacks back in 1989.

"Fear, fear! American brothers will fall, pecked by iron birds. Wolves will howl from the bush, and innocent blood will spill like a river, ”this is how she described 2001.

Let us explain that among the people the buildings of the World Trade Center were called "brothers" and "twins". "Iron Birds" are, of course, airplanes. And what is a "bush" will be easily understood by those who know English. "Bush" is Bush ("Bush"), that is, the surname of the 43rd President of the United States, during whose reign this terrorist attack occurred.

Two of them were sent to the skyscrapers of the World Trade Center in New York, another plane flew into the Pentagon building.

The fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania. As a result of the terrorist attack, many people died, most of them during the fall of the towers of the World Trade Center. A total of 2,977 people died, including passengers and crew members of the hijacked aircraft, people in or near collapsed buildings, and more than 400 rescue workers. Another 6,000 people were injured.

People who were inside the buildings at the time of the collision tried to escape by any means. They even jumped out of windows

The fall of the shopping center towers

People jumped right out the windows

Approximately 3 thousand people died

Approximately 6,000 more people were injured

This is one of the bloodiest crimes against humanity in modern history. Not only US citizens, but also foreigners suffered from the terrorist attack. Among the dead were 372 foreigners, of which 12 were Ukrainians by origin. Rescuers spent 100 days extinguishing all areas of fires.

Every year, New Yorkers relive the smallest details of that day. In the United States, commemorative ceremonies and races, minutes of silence and other events in memory of the dead are held on this day.

I remember standing here looking at the fire after the collision. And suddenly the south tower began to fall on us and move in a huge cloud of dust,
- recalls one of the eyewitnesses of the tragedy.

The Ukrainian diplomat Aleksey Kuropyatnik also recalls the events of 17 years ago. Then in 2001 he was at the Ukrainian embassy in Washington.

The Pentagon is just across the river. And we even have windows, not that they were broken, but we felt that there was a big explosion,
- said the expert of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs Alexei Kuropyatnik.

The September 11 attacks forced the United States to tighten security measures in the country. In addition to domestic security, the events of September 11 significantly affected US foreign policy. In particular, the United States, under the pretext of fighting terrorism, opened an armed confrontation in the countries of the Middle East - Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia.

Video about the September 11 attack: Channel 24 expresses condolences to the families of the dead and injured

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 hijackers' plans. 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 say that the ability to use cellular communications in flight has appeared only since 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 to be 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

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 formally charged five suspects with 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.

New York District Judge George Daniels ruled in absentia, ordering Iran to pay $7.5 billion to the families 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.

On the site of the destroyed Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2011 was the World Trade Center Memorial. 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.

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.

Celebrated in the United States as Patriot Day, since 2009, after the approval of Act 111-13 of the General Law of the United States, this date is also referred to as the nationwide Day of Service and Remembrance.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources