Who really blew up the twin towers in New York? Where did the 9/11 attacks take place?

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 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 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

September 11, 2001, 7:30 am New York time. American Airlines Flight 11 is boarding at Boston Logan Airport on the Boston to Los Angeles route. 92 people are on board, including five terrorists led by the Egyptian Mohammed Atta.

7:59 . Flight 11 (a Boeing 767) leaves Boston with a 14-minute delay and heads for Los Angeles.

8:13 . The crew of Flight 11 conducts the last communication session with ground services, after which they stop answering calls. At this point, the hijackers break into the cockpit and take control of the Boeing.

8:14 . A United Airlines Boeing 767 is departing from Logan Airport on flight 175 Boston - Los Angeles. There are nine crew members and 56 passengers on board, including five terrorists.

8:19 . Flight 11 flight attendant Betty Ong manages to contact the airline's office on the flight phone. She reports that unidentified people sprayed tear gas, several people were injured, and the plane appeared to be hijacked.

8:20 . A Boeing 757 departs from Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.
American Airlines flight 77 Washington - Los Angeles. There are six crew members and 58 passengers on board, including five terrorists.

8:24 . Flight 11 makes a U-turn and heads for New York. At the same time, the terrorist mistakenly presses the button for communication with ground services instead of the button for intracabin communication, and dispatchers hear the words of the hijackers addressed to passengers: “We have several aircraft. Be quiet and everything will be fine. We're going back to the airport."

8:37 . The message about the capture of flight 11 is transmitted by controllers to the American military, more precisely, to the command of the Eastern Air Defense Sector.

8:42 . A Boeing 757 operated by United Airlines departs from Newark Airport on flight 93 Newark to San Francisco. On board the liner, which took off with a 40-minute delay, 37 passengers, including four terrorists.

8:43 . Terrorists hijack Flight 175.

8:44 . From Flight 11, the American Airlines office calls flight attendant Amy Sweeney. She reports that something incomprehensible is happening, the plane is rapidly descending. The last phrase of the stewardess: "Oh, God ..." After that, the call is interrupted.

8:46 . At about 800 kilometers per hour, Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York at the level of 93-99 floors of the building. Interceptor planes, prepared in connection with the information about the hijacking of Flight 11, still remain at the airfield.

8:48-8:49 . American television companies begin live coverage from the crash site. There is no information yet that a terrorist attack took place.

A massive fire breaks out in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. People, cut off by fire on the upper floors of the building, begin to throw themselves out of the windows. Over the next hour and a half, at least 100 people will commit suicide in this way. One of those thrown out will cause the death of a firefighter, on whom it will fall from a great height.

8:51 . Flight 77 is hijacked.

8:52 . The flight attendant of Flight 175 contacts the United Airlines office by phone, reporting that the plane has been hijacked, both pilots have been killed, the flight attendant has been injured, and the liner is being operated by hijackers.

8:53 . Two interceptor aircraft were raised into the air, but they were only tasked with patrolling the Long Island area.

8:54 . Flight 77 changes course, heading south.

8:55 . US President George Bush, which is located in the elementary school. Emma Booker of the Florida city of Sarasota, reports that the plane crashed into the World Trade Center tower in New York.

8:56 . The terrorists on Flight 77 disable the transponder on board, and controllers lose the ability to observe the aircraft. The liner is headed for Washington.

8:58 . Flight 175 takes a direction to New York.

9:00 . Flight 175 passenger Peter Henson from the plane he calls his father and reports that the passengers are in a panic, the flight attendants are injured, the plane makes sudden movements, descending, and most likely will crash into some building. “Don't worry, dad. If this happens, everything will be very fast. My God, my God,” are the last words of Peter Henson.

9:03 . At a speed of about 960 kilometers per hour, Flight 175 crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center at the level of 78-85 floors.

9:05 . President George W. Bush is reported on the second plane that crashed into the WTC tower, with the words: "America is under attack."

9:08 . A ban is introduced on the departure of all aircraft whose route lies in the airspace of New York.

9:17 . Named for the first time as the organizer of the attack on America - the version belongs to CBS News correspondent for Jim Stewart.

9:23 . The crew of Flight 93, the last of those on which the terrorists are, and which has not yet been hijacked, receive a warning: "Beware of intrusion into the cockpit - two planes crashed into the World Trade Center."

9:28 . Terrorists aboard Flight 93 storm the cockpit as ground controllers hear.

9:29 . President Bush's first public statement regarding the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers. The president's entourage has no information about two more hijacked planes.

9:35 . In Washington, a decision was made to evacuate the US Vice President from the White House.

9:37 . Flight 77 crashes into the west wing of the Pentagon in Washington.

9:43 . In Washington, there is a complete evacuation of the White House and the Capitol.

9:45 . US airspace is completely closed, all flights are prohibited, aircraft in the air are ordered to land at the nearest airports.

9:57 . Passengers of Flight 93, thanks to calls to relatives and friends who know what happened to the previously hijacked planes, raise a riot against the terrorists.

9:59 . There is a complete destruction of the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York.

10:03 . Flight 93 crashes 129 kilometers southeast of Pittsburgh in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It later became known from the recording of voice recorders that the terrorists sent the plane into the ground at the moment when passengers burst into the cockpit trying to regain control of the plane.

10:10 . The damaged wing of the Pentagon building collapses.

10:11 . US Vice President Dick Cheney, not knowing about the fall of Flight 93, orders the military to destroy it.

10:28 . The north tower of the World Trade Center is being destroyed. The Marriott Hotel, located between the two towers, was also completely destroyed.

17:20 . The 47-storey building of WTC 7 collapses, having received large-scale damage during the destruction of the "twin towers".

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States killed 2,977 people, not counting 19 suicide bombers, and more than two dozen people are still missing. Among the dead, in addition to US citizens, were citizens of 91 states. 96 of them were citizens of the countries of the former USSR or immigrants from them.

September 11, 2001 there was a new "Pearl Harbor" for America. The Twin Towers fell, the Pentagon was attacked, 4 passenger airliners were hijacked and people died. In a word, catastrophic event with loss of life, which completely turned the course of the usual peaceful life of carefree US citizens: a “war on terrorism” was declared, searches of passengers were introduced at each airport before boarding, a couple of “draconian” laws were adopted, and they decided to implant “chips” in citizens’ bodies so that everyone was “ under control and accounting. In a word, "now not a step without the permission of the authorities."

The official version goes like this:

“September 11, 2001, 19 suicide bombers hijacked 4 civilian airliners, of which 2 attacked the buildings of the World Trade Center ( hereinafter - WTC) in New York, namely, the WTC 1 building and the WTC 2 building, the third plane attacked the Pentagon building, and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania before reaching the attack site.

Al-Qaeda was blamed for the attacks. The war on terrorism has begun.

Well, now we will see how modern myths are made, how you are forced to believe in what your eyes cannot believe, and how you are asked to take “the word” of the government, special services and pocket scientists and specialists.

Consider this myth, as always, from 3 sides.

WTC attack 1.

WTC attack 2.

Fall of WTC 1.

The fall of the WTC 2.

CONCLUSION: As you can see, the fall vertical down, without deviating right or left, right on its own foundation, forming huge clouds of dust. The blow to the first tower was exactly in the center, the blow to the second tower was tangential, without touching the central columns. However, the tower with the tangential impact collapsed first.
The main thing is that you see both towers fell to their foundations. And the fall happened very quickly, almost from free fall speed (10 meters per second, with acceleration) as if inside at all there was no concrete and steel, which should keep all this mass on weight for the last 38 years! 415 meters of steel and concrete fell in 12-14 seconds. It's incredibly fast!

2. What the fall of the WTC looked like 7. The building without an airplane, without an attack, but fell next to the first two on the same day.

The building fell on its own foundation. Few people know about this building. Most people only know about the 2 Twin Towers that fell on September 11, 2001, and the third was said too little "officially". The report mentions exactly 1 line, but there is no plane, then it’s not interesting to talk.

Look at the picture, it is almost across the street, and it was hardly touched by either seismic or physical coverage.

Nevertheless, it was this building of 47 floors, built of steel and concrete, which was not only hit by planes, but also by rockets, satellites, etc., suddenly 200 meters high “ fell from the 9/11 fire. In the official version, they wrote: fell from the fire". The funny thing is that not a single concrete building in the history of construction has fallen from a “fire”, except for the American World Trade Center, of course.

3. And this is how the "controlled demolition" of the building with explosives looks like.

For you to understand, the main task " controlled demolition» - remove the building so that neighboring buildings do not suffer. That is, you must lay the building CAREFULLY ON ITS SAME FOUNDATION so that it does not fall to the sides, does not touch the neighboring ones. On the last video you will see unsuccessful options, when not everything went according to plan and neighboring buildings suffered! Laying on the foundation in the form of fine dust is considered "aerobatics" by demolition workers.

Demolition of a skyscraper in the USA.

UNSUCCESSFUL demolition of the building!

Well, where are the explosions, you say? Good question if you've never thought about what explosions are like. The ones you are used to seeing are called "Explosion", that is, an explosion directed outward. The shock wave from it diverges to the sides ...

Schematically, "Explosion" looks like this:

In contrast, there is "Implosium", that is, an explosion directed inwards. This is how nuclear charges are detonated when explosives are placed around the plutonium core, which compresses the plutonium into a critical mass, and it explodes. Most likely, it was here that the Implosium technology was applied. The explosions were aimed at cutting through the internal steel beams so as not to prevent the building from falling.

Schematically, Implosium looks like this:

As a result, you get such cut beams. It was as if they had been stabbed with a red-hot knife. Imagine that the thickness of the steel in this particular beam is 12 cm. It's like your PALM! Even along the edges you can see the melted metal, and the slag that remained in its place.

Close-up.

Fire? Do you seriously think that the fire cuts so neatly and only in one place?

Yeah. This is the same explanation as

orange is an apple
(towers fall from the fire),

and the eyes say

orange is "orange"
(turrets fall from explosives),

who do you believe? Eyes or ears?

This?

or this?

Conclusions of the "Digital Universe": the buildings were demolished using standard "controlled demolition" technology. It means that explosives placed in them much before the planes hit them. The planes were only an external special effect. BUT it's cool! On a plane, crash into tall buildings, and then also blow them up into dust! Only Hollywood can work on such a scale. Then they came up with a theory about Al-Qaeda and suicide bombers, and a new holy war began - “ war on terror". There are no winners in it, there are no losers in it, because there is no specific enemy. Terrorism is an endless struggle, and that's exactly what is profitable US military-industrial complex. There, in the end, these are eternal state orders, and the eternal flow of money for specific corporations and specific people. They will remain in power for the next decades, because it is always necessary to "protect" society from the next "terrorists". And it doesn't matter that these "terrorists" are not sitting in the caves of Afghanistan, but somewhere much closer ... in the offices of the special services, in the intelligence offices, where educated people sit, with good technologies.

This is how myths are created in the 21st century. Remember technique.

Next, we will look at the attack on the Pentagon, and the plane crash in Pennsylvania on September 11th. You will see that there is even less truth than here. But, this is how propaganda works, and most people do not even think about the fact that they are being deceived in a brazen and cynical way.

An event that changed people's lives

It would not be an exaggeration to say that this day has become the most unusual on the planet in the 21st century. Then the inhabitants of all countries of the world clung their eyes to the screens of their TVs, "stuck" on the Internet. And there, on the screens, something completely unimaginable was happening, reminiscent of frames from a fantastic action movie. Huge passenger liners crashed into the skyscrapers of New York, tall buildings folded like toy houses, drowning in clouds of dust, reminiscent of a volcanic eruption. And - people: endless crowds of screaming, running through the streets, or frozen in the distance with a mobile phone to their ear ...

Alas, it was not a film, but almost a live report from the scene of an event that would later rightly be called the largest act of terrorism in the history of mankind. Events bearing a completely official name: "The September 11, 2001 attack in New York."

September 11, 2001 attack - how it happened

It is difficult to describe what happened, if only because the narrator inevitably slides into emotions, into personal assessments, and even into his own memories. Moreover, until now, after many years, certain mysteries, unexplored moments, and inconsistency of interpretations remain in the picture of a grandiose terrorist attack. However, the essence of what happened is as follows.

A group of Islamic terrorists seized that day in the morning four passenger liners filled with people and performing scheduled flights. Further investigation revealed that there were 19 attackers in total, all belonging to the same organization, al-Qaeda. In each of the aircraft there was at least one person who had undergone special training and was able to operate a passenger ship.

The terrorists sent two planes to tall buildings - the South and North towers of the World Trade Center, which were the pride of Manhattan and towered in its southern part. The planes crashed into these skyscrapers in turn, with an interval of about 16 minutes. As a result of the disaster, the buildings caught fire, and subsequently completely collapsed, burying a huge number of people under them. Naturally, all the passengers on the planes also died.

The third plane crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania, crashing into a field. As the investigation showed, his goal, apparently, was the building of the US Congress, but the terrorists failed to carry out their plan: a fight broke out on board with the crew and passengers, which eventually led to the crash of the plane. Naturally, everyone on the third and fourth ship also died.

The Pentagon building after a collision with a plane

At the moment, it is stated that as a result of these sad events, 2977 people died, not counting the 19 attackers. Also, 23 people are still listed among the missing without a trace.

This is exactly what a brief description of this extraordinary event looks like, but for a more accurate picture it needs to be supplemented with some important facts.

September 11, 2001 terrorist attack - additional facts

All the hijacked flights followed their schedules to distant California, that is, they had a lot of fuel on board, because the hijackings took place shortly after the departures. The plane flew into the North Tower at about the 95th floor, and into the South Tower at about the 80th floor. It is impossible to say more precisely, since in both cases they were Boeings, very large aircraft, and the contact area was more than one floor.

A terrible fire and the destruction caused by the disaster led to the collapse of giant buildings. The South Tower fell first, after it, about half an hour later, the North Tower (the fire in the building raged for 102 minutes). The third building, also part of the World Trade Center complex, fell in the late afternoon. It was too close to the attacked towers and could not withstand the temperature and mechanical stress that fell on its walls. In addition, the accumulated gas from the destroyed communications exploded inside the building.

Some time passed between the hijacking of the planes and their crash, during which many passengers managed to connect with their relatives and friends via mobile communications. Someone said goodbye to life, someone tried to contact the special services. Many records of these negotiations have been preserved: emotional, deep, filled with fear and grief, but also with love for loved ones.

In some cases, passengers and crew tried to resist the terrorists. One of the aircraft, as already mentioned, as a result of such heroic actions did not reach its target. In the Boeing that crashed into the North Tower, at least one passenger and crew commander died before the collision; this is proved by the corollary.

Crash site of the 4th aircraft in Pennsylvania

In the first hours after the terrorist attack, the life of the United States changed beyond recognition. No aircraft received permission to enter the country and land on its airfields. Passenger flights within the state were canceled, all foreign flights went to land in Canada and Mexico. Hundreds of fighters were lifted into the air, which patrolled the sky around all major cities.

New York played a special role. Thousands of firefighters, paramedics and rescue workers worked in Manhattan. All city police officers were involved, colleagues from other regions urgently arrived to help them. The destroyed twin towers left behind giant rubble, burning in which lasted about 100 days, while many harmful chemicals were released into the air.

Subsequently, US intelligence agencies found out that of the 19 terrorists, the majority (15 people) had the citizenship of Saudi Arabia, the rest were citizens of the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon. They were not typical shahid fanatics: they all had a good education and a well-established philosophy of life.

Consequences of the attack

The massive terrorist attack of September 11th had consequences befitting its scale. They manifested themselves in various spheres of life, and all over the world. Here are just a few of them.

material

In addition to the completely destroyed three skyscrapers of the World Trade Center, several more nearby buildings were significantly damaged, or even destroyed, including one church. Lost archives, works of art, countless documents. The southern part of Manhattan has weakened its business importance for many years. A lot of damage was done to the Pentagon building.

Political

The US government and Congress created a special commission known as the "9/11 Commission". She worked for two years, and came to the conclusion that the main organizer and culprit of the attack was the Islamic fundamentalist organization Al-Qaeda, which spent about half a billion dollars on the plot. The origin of these funds remains a mystery to this day.

The organization was led by Saudi Osama bin Laden. The basis of her ideology was hatred of Israel and the United States. In the years that followed, America, along with its allies, launched an unprecedented struggle against the fundamentalists, primarily al-Qaeda. Its leader was destroyed in Afghanistan by an American special detachment in May 2011.

All the leading countries of the world have revised their views on terrorism, realizing its global danger. Almost everywhere, security measures have been tightened significantly, especially on aircraft.

We can talk about the economic consequences of the event, and about its military significance, about the impact on geopolitics. But perhaps the main thing to note is the change, so to speak, in the modern philosophy of life. After such terrible events, all people, without exception, became acutely aware of what, in fact, a fragile world we live in. In this world, even the most powerful country is vulnerable, and danger lies in wait for a person not only in warring states. The terrorist attack in New York showed that the boundaries between enemies and friends have become illusory, and the brutality of wars does not necessarily manifest itself only on the fronts of local conflicts.

Beautiful temporary memorials have been erected on the site of the former twin towers; permanent monuments are under construction. The American nation celebrates this mournful date as the Day of Service and Remembrance. And in New York there is a high monument by Zurab Tsereteli - "Tear of Sorrow". Inside the broken bronze slab is a huge steel blob. This is a symbol of grief not only for the people who died in the terrorist attack. And maybe not even that much. This tear symbolizes the general pain of humanity, which after September 11 became in many ways different, not so carefree and happy.