9/11 Hijacking Theory

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The 9/11 terrorist attacks were indisputably one of the most horrifying events that has happened on United States soil and will forever be remember in history. But some experts has suggested that it could have been avoided if only pilots were allowed to arm themselves on duty. Many people has tried to mimic the event and try to see and prove if this theory is true or not. There seems to be a lot of holes in this theory that has to be filled in order to ascertain that in fact the 9/11 terrorist attacks would have been stopped and avoided if pilots were allowed to arm themselves while on duty. First off, hijacking was not a new trend when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened, according Kushner (2003) hijacking has been around since the 1930 's …show more content…
Three major people and are the core of the 9/11 terrorist attack are Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh. They were introduced the Radical Islamic views in a mosque in Germany. The scariest thing about these people were not because they were super human with high intelligence, they were ordinary people that were convinced that a holy war must be called upon the United States. They will soon be recruited into Al Qaeda and started planning for what Osama Bin Laden called "The Planes Operation". Mohamed, Marwan and Ramzi all three had to go through extensive Al Qaeda militant training camp and then be sent off to the United States to learn how to fly. They were sent off during different times to reduce suspicion and each one of them had to go get a private pilot 's license. There were several times when the plan had almost failed, all three of them had some sort of feeling to turn back, Mohammad went back to see his parents once, another one went to see his girlfriend. But in the end the plan was sought through. On the day of the attack, 19 different terrorists boarded four different planes and the terrorist hijacked the planes and flew the four planes into The Twin Tower, The Pentagon and The Capitol Building. They knew how the planes worked, they knew that exactly 10 minutes after departure refreshments will be served and the cockpit doors will be opened, so Mohamed, Marwan and Ramzi and the muscle terrorists will take control then (Kamen,

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