Although President George W. Bush described himself as a "compassionate conservative", the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th, 2001, would change the direction of his presidency.
Osama bin Laden was born in 1957 and grew up in Saudi Arabia. In 1998 he had formed a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. ("the base".) Many American officials believe that Osama was a major contributor to four major terrorist attacks on the U.S. before Nine/Eleven even happened. They also believe that Osama's associates operated in over 40 countries, including the U.S. and Europe, as well as the Middle East and Asia.
On September 11th, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. an American Airlines Flight 11, carrying 92 people, crashed into the World Trade Center's north tower. Just eighteen 18 minutes later, another flight carrying 75 people struck the World Trade Center's south tower. At 9:40 a.m. yet another flight crashed into the Pentagon. It had 64 people aboard. At 9:50 a.m. the south tower collapsed, and 39 minutes later, the north tower did the same.
More Americans died in 2 hours that day than in the Civin War battle of Antietam on September 17th, 1862.
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