Terrorism In Our Nation

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Terrorism In Our Nation

• By Tiffany Prince, Carrie Flaugher
• Jeremy Hafer

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Dates of Terrorism

• September 11, 2001
• World Trade Centers
• Pentagon
• April 19, 1995
• Oklahoma Bombing

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Fighting the SmokeCovering their mouths,
frightened women flee the destruction of the
World Trade Center. The scene in lower Manhattan
was one of chaos as people ran screaming from the
toppling structures.
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Searching for CluesFBI investigators comb the
crater left by the crash of United Airlines
Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 12, one
day after the crash. Recovery of the cockpit
voice recorder could be key in determining what
happened. More than 200 investigators were on the
scene.
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Lady LibertyThick smoke blackens the sky above
New York Harbor after the attacks on the World
Trade Center, but the Statue of Liberty still
stands, holding aloft her torch.
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Sept. 11 In the worst terrorist attack ever on
U.S. soil, hijackers crashed passenger planes
into the World Trade Center in New York, toppling
the 110-story twin towers, killing all aboard the
jets and an unknown number on the ground.
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The Horror BeginsThe second of two planes
crashes into the World Trade Center in New York.
The horrific terrorist attacks caused the twin
towers to collapse, and the casualties were
huge. (Moshe Brusquer/AP Photo)
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Ball of FireSmoke billows from one of the towers
of the World Trade Center as flames and debris
shoot from the second tower. Terrorists smashed
planes into the twin towers in what may be the
worst attack ever on U.S. soil.
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Stock Market Goes Down
This is a chart of the Stock Market in the Forth
Quarter of 2001.
Chart by Financial Focus at http.//www.nctnd.com/f
ocus/2001/fourth.pdf.
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Unemployment Soars

• The Unemployment rate goes higher as many jobs
  are lost after the Attack of Sept. 11.