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On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency of George W. Bush.
9/11 Attacks
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9/11
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Terrorism
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This day will remain in.our minds forever. This event changed everything involving our domestic safety. As a result of 9/11.many things changed
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Funny, you reminded me of a briefing I got a week or so after 9/11. Here in Florida they had already passed a law to beef up security at airports and cruise terminals because of all the drug and human smuggling coming through them. Implementation was kind of languishing due to funding but the events of that day changed all that. They told us that the Florida law was serving as the model for what was soon to be common at all transportation hubs.
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