9-11 America under Attack
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About the Book
The story is an historical fiction about the tragic event on that fateful day of September 11, 2001 in which over 3,000 people perished in the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, and the rural field in Skanksville, Pennsylvania. The plot by the hijackers was conceived and incubated in the Tora Bora Mountains in Southern Afghanistan by radical Islamic fundamentalists, including, Osama Bin Laden and his chief lieutenants who cried death to America and craved America’s destruction. The terror group would set out to execute its deadly mission. Planning cells consisting of four or five men were formulated and headed by the chief plotters: Marwan al-Shehhi, Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Ziad Samir Jarrah. Mohammed Atta, the leader of the operation, dubbed operation 9-11, called a meeting to devise, plan and carry out their plot. Given America’s token efforts in responding to al-Qaeda’s simultaneous bombing of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, its withdrawal from Somalia when U.S. soldiers were dragged in the streets of Mogadishu, the attack of the USS Cole in which 17 U.S. sailors died, and various other incidents, spelled out in the book, al-Qaeda became ever emboldened to punish America, believing that America would not fully commit to fighting or defeating them. They therefore decided to take the "war" to America. This was the only way, they believed, that they could fully implement Bin Laden’s Fatwa (a religious order) to kill Americans without distinguishing between those in uniforms and those that are not. The motive was to cast sudden darkness on a country that has always shined. And the only way to do so, they thought, was to indiscriminately kill as many Americans as they could by employing a crafty stream of well-coordinated attacks on a given day, within a specific time frame. That fateful day was 9-11. Once that day was sanctioned, the plotters moved to the U.S. to carry out their evil plot. They assumed noms de guerre that defined their specific roles in the attacks. Attack cells were devised and closely supervised and monitored by Atta. The cell members, some of whom were not aware of the attacks, hijacked cross-country flights to California, loaded with fuel to cause one of the biggest destruction that the world has ever seen. But in every American story is a display of American heroism and patriotism. Though America walked through the valley of the shadow of death, its firefighters, policemen, air traffic controllers, medical personnel, volunteer firefighters, army, navy, airforce, and ordinary citizens, all heroes of that eventful day, rallied together to combat the situation in strength and unity. America’s buildings were shattered, its citizens killed in droves, but its foundation remained intact. Its Star-Spangled Banner still flies high, and its union ever strong and unshaken.
About the Author
I was born and raised in Sierra Leone. After graduating from High school in 1975, I took a two-year business course conducted by the London Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Society of Arts at the Albert Academy. The Albert Academy is a secondary and post secondary institution that was established in 1904 as a result of the Amistad saga in America. The American Missionary Association saw it fit to build churches and schools to educate native Sierra Leoneans, especially those of Shebro and Mende descent. I proceeded to the United States in 1982 and attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where I graduated with a degree in Business Administration. I am intrigued by the arts, especially writing and music. I do not know which one weighs more in my mental faculties. However, I will readily admit that I took a two-year writing hiatus to start a small music label, Music Africana. This is not to say that I love music more than writing. After all I wrote my first book, DRUMBEATS FROM KABALA before ever thinking about getting into music production. I must admit that I enjoy both as hobbies. Being an author though presents more challenges in terms of researching, story development, writing, rewriting and rewriting. These were the tasks that I had to fulfill to write this book. I believe that I did my homework to make this project a success. I think that the reader will sense that almost immediately.