11 September Attacks

Twa hijackit aeroplanes wis flewn intae the World Trade Center, collapsin its twa touers an causin the daiths o aboot 2500 fowk, forby the fowk on the aeroplanes thairsels, aboot five hunner mair. Anither aeroplane wis flewn intae the Pentagon, killin 125 fowk. A fowert plane wis on coorse for the White Hoose in Washington D.C. Houaniver, the passengers in thon plane attackit the hijackers, causin the plane tae crash-laund afore it reached its intendit tairget.

September 11 attacks
Tap row: The Twin Touers o the World Trade Center burnin 2nt row, left tae richt: Collapsed section o the Pentagon; Flicht 175 crashes intae 2 WTC; 3rd row, left tae richt: A firefichter requests assistance at World Trade Center steid; Ground Zero; An engine from Flicht 93 is recovered Bottom row: Flicht 77's collision wi the Pentagon as capturt bi three consecutive CCTV frames.
Location	Manhattan, New York, New York; Arlington Coonty, Virginie; vicinity o Shanksville, Pennsylvanie
Date	September 11, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-09-11) 8:46 a.m. – 10:28 a.m. (EDT)
Target	World Trade Center (AA11 an UA 175) The Pentagon (AA77) White House or U.S. Capitol (UA 93; failed)
Attack teep	Aircraft hijackins Suicide attacks Mass murther Terrorism
Daiths	2,996  (2,977 victims + 19 hijackers)
Non-fatal injures	6,000+
Perpetrators	al-Qaeda (see an aa responsibility an hijackers)

Acause o thir attacks, Preses George W. Bush decidit tae hae Americae lench a warld wide war agin terrorism. At the time al-Qaeda, the fowk ahint the attacks, wis operatin oot o Afghanistan that wis unner the owerins o the Taliban. George Bush invadit Afghanistan for tae pit the branks on al-Qaeda an the Taliban.