W O R L D
On September 13, 2001 (two days after the terrorist attack) the United States national anthem was played at the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace in Great Britain by order of Queen Elizabeth II. This was an unprecedented act.
E N T E R T A I N M E N T
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie “Collateral Damage,” scheduled to be released on October 5, was postponed because of the attacks. In the movie, a Colombian terrorist bombs a Los Angeles high-rise.
Another movie, Disney's "Big Trouble" (starring Tim Allen), scheduled to release September 21, was postponed out of respect for the victims of the attack. The comedy storied Miami residents averting the detonation of a nuclear bomb on an airplane.
Canceled—A movie about nuclear terrorists ("The Peacemaker") scheduled to be shown on ABC on the Saturday after the attacks
Posters from Sony Pictures' new "Spider Man" movie were called back because they featured images of the Twin Towers.
Sony also decided to change the ending of its Men in Black 2. The ending involved a struggle with aliens near the World Trade Center.
A Broadway musical ("Assassins") telling of presidential violence through the years was postponed.
The major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox) featured four days of continuous coverage on the attacks. This was the longest stretch of round-the-clock coverage ever.
Microsoft's Flight Simulator was taken off the shelves at several stores in Britain after speculation that the terrorists could possibly have used such computer games to enhance their flying skills. Microsoft said it would remove images of the World Trade Center from future versions of the game.
A new internet game ("Majestic") was suspended. The interactive mystery game involved conspiracies and bombings.
S P O R T S
Major League Baseball canceled 91 games in a six day period after the attacks. This was the most number of games to be canceled since 1918 (when almost the entire schedule for the final month of the season was canceled because of WWI) Games resume the following Monday.
NASCAR rescheduled its Winston Cup, scheduled to run September 15, due to the events in NYC and Washington. This was only the second time races had ever been postponed for non-weather reasons.
The National Football League canceled all of its games for the weekend. This was the first time the NFL had ever canceled games for reasons other than a strike.
Major League Soccer canceled its final six games of the season
Tiger Woods withdrew from the Ryder Cup (September 24-28) because of the attacks on the United States. The golf tournament was later rescheduled to be played the following year at the same location.
All college football conferences either canceled or postponed their weekend games.
American flags were added to Major League Baseball players' caps and uniforms when games resumed on Monday, September 17.
W O R L D T R A D E C E N T E R
CNN reported that the Pentagon had informed the network that a flight of at least four fighter jets had been scrambled to intercept the planes that struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The fighters arrived too late to prevent the attacks. The report was later confirmed by New York Governor Pataki, who stated that the fighter jets were observed over the city moments after the second attack.
Not just Americans were killed in the attack—more than 80 nationalities, including Japanese, Irish, British, Australian, New Zealander, Swiss, Indian, Mexican, and Canadian, suffered casualities in the September 11 attack and collapse of the Twin Towers.
The World Trade Center was spread over 16 acres and included seven buildings, which held offices, restaurants, a hotel, an underground shopping mall, and an outdoor plaza.
The 110-story Twin Towers were 1,362 feet and 1,368 feet high—100 feet taller than the Empire State Building.
The World Trade Center was bombed on February 26, 1993. Six people were killed and more than a thousand injured. The blast caused more than $300 million in damage. In May 1994, Mohammed Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Ahmad Ajaj and Mahmud Abouhalima were convicted of conspiracy, assault and explosives charges and sentenced to prison terms of 240 years each. Two more men were convicted for assisting in the attack—Ramzi Ahmed Yousef and Eyad Ismoil. Both were sentenced to 240 years in prison.
N E W Y O R K
On September 17, 2001, commuters used ferry services between Brooklyn and Manhattan to commute to their business affected by the World Trade Center disaster. This was the first time ferry services had been used since 1883.
P E N T A G O N
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon took place on September 11, 1941— exactly 60 years before the terrorist attack in 2001.
U S G O V E R N M E N T
The United States Senate and House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve a $40 billion funding resolution for the aftermath of the attacks. The Senate again voted unanimously to approve the use of force; while the House vote was 420-1 (the only dissenting vote was from Barbara Lee, Democrat-CA)
O S A M A B I N L A D E N
Osama bin Laden has operations in at least 55 countries around the world.
One of bin Laden's lieutenants was scheduled to be charged/sentenced in criminal court in Manhattan on September 12, 2001.
bin Laden's network is called Al Qaeda (el kay-duh), which means "the base." It was founded in approximately 1989.
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On September 11, 1922, a British mandate was proclaimed in Palestine, despite Arab protests. It lasted until 1948, after the United Nations authorized a partition of the territory and the state of Israel was established.
One September 11, 1941, Charles A. Lindbergh sparked charges of anti-Semitism with a speech in which he said ``the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration'' were trying to draw the United States into World War II
On September 11, 1972, the troubled Munich Summer Olympics, also remembered as "the Olympics of Terror," ended. For 21 hours under live television cameras, hooded gunmen of the Palestinian faction "Black September" held Israeli athletes hostage, killing 11 of them during a botched getaway and airport firefight with German antiterrorism squads.
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