If the biggest man-made disaster in the 21st century is probably 911, although 20 years have passed, the scene at that time is still vivid. Terrorism and terrorists have since become the common enemies of all peace-loving peoples around the globe. Counter-terrorism has been raised to unprecedented heights by many countries. But in recent years, conspiracy theories about "911" have emerged in an endless stream, what is the truth? Is there really a culprit behind it?
A day that shocked the world
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center surpassed the Empire State Building after its completion and became the world's first skyscraper at that time. It is not only the symbol of New York, but also the symbol of American financial hegemony.
At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, people working at the Petronas Twin Towers were preparing for the day's work as usual. But in the next second, a plane slammed into the 94th and 98th floors of the North Tower at 490 miles, nearly cutting off the building and pouring fuel into the building, prompting explosions and skyrocketing fires.
The accident in the North Tower also caused disturbances in the South Tower at first, but everyone did not realize the seriousness of the problem, so after the official broadcast of the South Tower announced temporary safety, some people chose to go back to work. But at 9:03 a.m., a United Plane crashed into the 78th and 84th floors of the South Tower, which, like the North Tower, quickly became a sea of fire.
More than a thousand people trapped above the fire point waved for help at the window, but the high temperature brought by the explosion and fire made the rescuers helpless. About 50,000 people are waiting for rescue...
45 minutes later, President George W. Bush gave a speech announcing to the public that the attack had taken place.
At 9:37 a.m., an American Airlines plane crashed at the Pentagon, killing 59 people on board and 125 people on the ground, leaving the entire U.S. Naval Command in ruins.
Just as the entire United States and the world were shocked by this succession of incidents, the U.S. counterterrorism commissioner found al-Qaida members in the passenger list of the flight and identified the culprit of the terrorist attack. Suddenly, the terrorist organization called Al Qaeda and os-bin Laden's name became a nightmare for people around the globe.
The enraged U.S. government waged the war in Afghanistan in the name of counterterrorism, beheaded al-Qaida leader bin Laden several times, and the government's actions were supported by the American people, and several countries provided various assistance to the United States in its counterterrorism operations. But there have always been "conspiracy theories" about 911, and at first these arguments were scorned and felt that they were just a means of bo attention, but as more and more evidence was made public, people fell into confusion.
A looming oil power in the Middle East
The U.S. government announced that bin Laden was the prime suspect in "911" and stated that there was indisputable evidence in its hands, but this evidence has never been made public, and strangely enough, there is no accusation against "911" in bin Laden's wanted list, which is a bit confusing.
How did investigators determine the relationship between 9/11 and os-laden? It was because some passers-by picked up the hijacker's passport under the Twin Towers, and at that time some people questioned how the passport flew out of the hijacker's pocket, even the crash and the fire did not swallow it up, and finally landed intact on the sidewalk below 300 meters. Could it be God's arrangement? Another hijacker's id documents were found in the ruins of the Pentagon. The clues are like being there in advance waiting for investigators to arrive.
Of the 832 pages of the 832-page report submitted by the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 9/11 incident, 28 pages were forcibly encrypted by President Bush using his authority. Why is it the existence of the "unspeakable"? Although Obama declassified the contents of the report in 2016, it was found that 174 of the so-called declassified documents were still blacked out, and many names were omitted. Although many key parts of the report have been removed, those who have read it have found that saudi relevant people have been in contact with the hijackers and are likely to have provided financial and other assistance. Bin Laden is a Saudi and is inextricably linked to the royal family. So what role does Saudi Arabia, which holds hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S. debt, holds a large number of shares in U.S. companies, and still has trillions of dollars in deposits in the United States, play in "911"? Is Bush worried about the destruction of relations with Saudi Arabia and forcibly directs public opinion to Afghanistan? Or is it all about the pretext of going to war with Afghanistan?
Is it all just a coincidence?
If the content about Saudi Arabia has shocked the world, then the next discovery is even more creepy.
A month and a half before the incident, a mysterious person suddenly rented the 99-year use of the World Trade Center, and at the same time invested billions of dollars in insurance for the building, and even more amazingly, one of the compensation clauses turned out to be terrorism.
It has been pointed out that the day before 9/11, a number of senior U.S. officials canceled the next day's flight itinerary, do they all have the special function of predicting the disaster?
According to the relevant regulations, as long as the US passenger aircraft loses radio contact and response signals for a long time or deviates from the course, the Aviation Administration will dispatch fighter jets to intercept it within 10 minutes. But why did none of the 4 planes hijacked in "911" be intercepted, just when the radar and intelligence information were all invalidated, or did someone with the heart to block it?
There is also a more suffocating speculation that the Twin Towers collapsed after the fire, but in 1991, a 38-story building in Philadelphia burned for 18 hours, and in 2004, a 56-story skyscraper in Venezuela burned for more than 17 hours. Could it be that the construction quality of the Petronas Twin Towers is particularly poor?
According to the report, the impact of "911" on the day only caused local damage to the twin towers, and did not cause substantial damage, let alone lead to collapse. Many people believe that the petronas twin towers collapsed because of directional blasting, because the speed at which the building collapsed and the dust storms generated were fully qualified for directional blasting. Most of the steel at the World Trade Center is shipped overseas, and every truck that is cleaned up at the site is equipped with GPS positioning devices, if everything is as officially announced, why is it so closely monitored, is it afraid that someone will investigate the ruins and have the heart to cover up?
20 years after the "911" incident, bin Laden has been killed, the United States has withdrawn from Afghanistan, and everything seems to be a thing of the past, but what should be the life of those who lost their lives as a result of the attack, innocent aircraft passengers, firefighters who died in the line of duty, and 3700 people from all walks of life diagnosed with cancer because of their participation in ground rescues?