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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

September 11, 2001Attack on NYCTwo attacksAmerican Airlines Flight 11World Trade Center North Tower8:46 amCollapsed at 10:28United Flight 175WTC South Tower9:03 amCollapsed at 9:59

Attack on PentagonAA Flight 779:37 am

United Flight 93Shanksville, Pennsylvania10:03 amHeaded for Capitol or White HouseCrashed when retaken by passengersLets Roll

CasualtiesNYCWTC 2606 (411 emergency workers)American 11 87United 175 - 60Pentagon - 125American 77 - 59Flight 93 402977 totalOsama bin LadenFormer head of al-QaedaMastermind behind attacks3 MotivesPresence of US troops in Saudi ArabiaUS support of IsraelSanctions against Iraq

Khalid Sheikh MohammedMember of al-QaedaPrincipal architect of attacksCited US involvement in Israel as motivationCaptured March 1, 2003 in PakistanCurrently resides in Guantanamo Bay