Terrorism and 911 timeline

Modern Terrorism

1. Terrorism

2. 1979 Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981), after a group of Iranian students supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran. President Carter called the hostages "victims of terrorism and anarchy.”

3. 1983 US Embassy in Lebanon attacked US Marine Barracks attacked 241 Americans Dead

4. 1988 Pan Am 103(London to NYC) destroyed by explosive device 270 dead 189 US citizens US blames Libya

5. 1993 World Trade Center basement bomb 6 dead 1,040 injured Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman convicted Zak Ebrahim : I am the son of a terrorist. Here's how I chose peace. | Talk Video | TED.com

6. 1998 US embassies bombed Kenya Tanzania

7. 2000 Navy destroyer Cole is bombed 17 killed Planned by Bin Laden 9/11 Firefighters

8. Timeline of September 11 Attacks 8:00-9:00 am Four airlines heading to the west coast are high jacked by teams of 5 terrorists with knives and box cutters

9. 8:48 am American Airline Flight 11 from Boston strikes One World Trade Center

10. 9:03 am United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston strikes Two World Trade Center , South Tower

11. 9:45 am American Airlines Flight 77 from Washington DC strikes the Pentagon

12. 9:59 am World Trade Center Two collapses

13. 10:10 am United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark crashes in a file near Pittsburgh ( Schanksville ) Passengers overwhelmed terrorists taking down plane saving 100’s of potential lives

14. 10:28 am World Trade Center One collapses

15. Thursday, September 20 th 9:00 pm – President Bush addresses Congress and announces a framework for a “war on terror that will not end until every terrorist group has been found, stopped , defeated.”

16. September 11 th Tragedy Death toll – 3000 266 passengers Casualties include numerous police officers and firefighters These casualties are greater than those suffered at Pearl Harbor, 1941

17. 9/11 Stock market stopped trading Public landmarks closed Air traffic stopped Federal legislation passed PATRIOT ACT “War on Terror” Iraq & Afghanistan || World Trade Center ||

18. Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden the leader and founder of Al Qaeda was killed on May 2, 2011 in Pakistan. Phillies Fans React to Osama Bin Laden Death - YouTube

19. The American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, in Libya, was attacked on September 11, 2012 by a heavily armed group. Four people were killed, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Ten others were injured. The attack was strongly condemned by the governments of Libya, the United States, and many other countries throughout the world. At various times between September 11 and 17, eight other diplomatic missions in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe were subject to protests and violent attacks in response to an inflammatory video, Innocence of Muslims. September 11, 2012

20. CNN- Foley hostage -ISIS captures and executes American citizens. -Warns the US of further executions if the US does not stop air strikes in Iraq ISIS ISIS trail of Terror | Is ISIS a Threat to the U.S.? - ABC News Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War - YouTube

21. Recent ISIS Attacks PARIS 2015 : Terrorists attack at the Stade de France and the Bataclan - 130 killed United States 2016: Terror attack at Pulse night club in Orlando, FL- 49 killed San Bernadino , CA- married couple kills 14 co-workers at Christmas Party Belgium 2016: Suicide bombings at Brussels airport and Metro station- 32 killed