![]() As a defining moment in modern United States history, Septemhas justly been compared with December 7, 1941, the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Mingled with those pictures were others, equally memorable: scenes of magnificent courage, sacrifice, and hope. Many Americans spent the day glued to their televisions, as terrible images of lives lost and property destroyed marched across the screens. September 11, 2001, is a date that no American is likely ever to forget. After Afghanistan's ruling elite-the Taliban-refused to surrender bin Laden, who was a guest in their country, President Bush swiftly gathered international support for the use of military force in Afghanistan to shatter the strength of Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda's founder was former Saudi citizen and millionaire Osama bin Laden. It soon became clear that Al Qaeda, a loosely-knit Sunni Islamic extremist organization, was responsible for the attacks. Bush spoke passionately of “disbelief, terrible sadness and quiet, unyielding anger.” He pledged that the government would bring the persons responsible for the hijacking to justice. Total casualties from September 11, 2001, were nearly 3,000 people. Their colleagues assisting matters outside- like all Americans- were shocked and horrified to see those towers collapse, killing hundreds of the rescue workers and thousands of people who had been trapped inside. Police and fire department personnel in New York City rushed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center after the planes crashed into them to begin rescuing victims from the burning towers. Passengers aboard the plane, talking on their cell phones, learned what the hijackers intended to do and with astonishing heroism tried to overtake the hijackers, saving the fourth target and sacrificing their lives. The fourth plane, which some speculated was headed for the White House, crashed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The hijackers flew the first three planes into important targets: both towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. But there is an escape route on the cards … Meanwhile, an unwitting Cait meets the man who blinded her father.On September 11, 2001, the United States endured a deadly attack when terrorists hijacked four commercial planes and intentionally crashed them. Her new home is a hovel and her owners are the pits. It’s gone from bad to worse for Queen Antedia after being sold into slavery, as the brilliantly mad druids’n’drugs drama continues. All this happened in New York, so his hopeful quest for a reunion is now a transatlantic task. Tonight’s searcher is Roy, 86, who lost touch with his daughter nearly 60 years ago, when his ex-wife moved without warning. It’s never too late to reconnect with family. ![]() Meanwhile, there’s potential danger in store as keepers try to get blood samples from the crocodiles, and George, a Malagasy giant rat, undergoes major surgery. This week at Chester Zoo, the keepers are trying to create a romantic atmosphere to encourage a pair of Kenyan antelopes to mate. Phil Harrison The Secret Life of the Zoo 8pm, Channel 4 ![]() Tonight, they plunge into a rip current to save a mother and son and help a man who has fallen off a cliff. More heroics from the volunteers of the RNLI, the charity that became a political football earlier this summer for rescuing refugees in trouble at sea.
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