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in PoliticsWho was the Mayor of New York City at the time of the 9/11 attacks?
Rudolph (Rudy) Giuliani was New York City’s Mayor between January 1, 1994, and December 31, 2001. At the time of the 9/11 attacks, Oprah Winfrey called him “America’s Mayor,” while Time magazine declared him “Person of the Year” (pictured.) Twenty years later, New York state has suspended Giuliani’s law license amid his connections to Donald Trump.
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in PlacesHow many floors did the World Trade Center twin towers have?
The World Trade Center twin towers had 110 floors – more than any other building before the construction of the Burj Khalifa, which opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2010. Chicago’s Sears tower tied in for 110 floors in 1974.
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in TVWhich American cable news network was first to air a permanent 24-hour news ticker?
On Sep. 11, 2001, at 10:49 am ET, FOX News employed a 24-hour news ticker for the first time in the US (Sky News did the same – on the same day – in the UK). FOX News removed its on-screen ticker on Monday, April 26, 2021._x000D_
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in PoliticsWhy was Osama bin Laden wanted by the US before the 9/11 attacks?
The US wanted Saudi-born terrorist Osama bin Laden extradited before the 9/11 attacks for the 1998 bombing of two US embassies in East Africa that killed 224 people. The Taliban refused to hand over Bin Laden to the US, saying he was “a good man and doesn’t want to harm anyone.”
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in PoliticsWhere is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, “the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks” in 2021?
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was named "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks" in the 9/11 Commission Report, is held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He confessed to involvement in nearly every major al-Qaida operation, including the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, the killing of journalist Daniel Pearl,…
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How many planes were hijacked in the 9/11 attacks?
On Sept. 11, 2001, four hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.
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in PoliticsHow many times did the word Islamophobia appear in the New York Times before Sept. 11, 2001?
The word “Islamophobia” had appeared only once in the New York Times before Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, it has been the focus of no less than 716 articles.
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in PoliticsWhat was Colin Powell’s job in 2001?
Colin Powell was the made a case before the United Nations for military action against Iraq, claiming that Saddam Hussein was building weapons of mass destruction. The United States and its allies waged war, an Iraqi court-ordered hangman killed Saddam, but the coalition forces found no such weapons. Powel left the Republican party after the…