Knowing All About it

On March 23, Condoleezza Rice was told that Bin Ladin was planning to attack the U.S. and he might use a truck bomb. People started getting alert when there was a repoert that Al Qaeda might be using aircrafts to attack the cities of London, Boston, and New York. Three months later, the government and agencies discovered that Al Qaeda is located in different parts of the Middle East and maybe they could be in Rome too. Agencies discovered that attack are imminent because there are people concentrated on the borders of the country. Bin Ladin and Al Qaeda told to the U.S. that they are planning a massive attack and they will follow the plan in short time.

"Clarke warned National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice that domestic or foreign terrorists might use a truck bomb-their "weapon of choice"-on Pennsylvania Avenue." Rice was adviced that Al Qaeda will use a truck bomb and they actually used it, but in the World Trade Center instead of Pennsylvania Avenue.
"In early May, a walk-in to the FBI claimed there was a plan to launch attacks on London, Boston, and New York." They got information of the places that would be attacked and now, they knew barely what Al Qaeda meant to do.

Agencies and investigators got a lot of good information about the attacks that were being planned by the extremists. They knew the places that might be attacked and were these people were concentrated. These information was reliable and through spying, they got it from good sources and also from the actual extremist plans. If the U.S. knew almost everything, Why didn´t they stopped the attacks or improved security in important placessuch as airports?

FBI is Unprepared

In 9/11, in addition of the airplanes, they had a truck with bombs that a man put in the underground garage to blow up the building after crashing the planes. FBI, had arrested people from the Middle East that were entering to the U.S., but also other members of Al-Qaeda could enter to the country. FBI did a good job in arresting people that were going to cause damage in the country at the JFK Airport. Also, some people accessed so there were failures in FBI spying system too. There were a lot of errors and one of them was the poor training of the analysts and spyers because they didn´t have too much experience in counterterrorism and also they couldn´t speak foreign languages like the ones they speak in the Middle East.

"This was not a suicide attack. The terrorists parked a truck bomb with a timing device on Level B-2 of the underground garage, then departed." Terrorist attack was planned very well and they had some alternatives in case of something failing or going wrong.
"Ramzi Yousef, the Sunni extremist who planted the bomb, said later that he had hoped to kill 250,000 people." This person planted the bomb expecting to kill thousands of people, but fortunately only 6 people died in the attack of the bomb.

These extremists´ objective is to kill a lot of people in New York and to destroy the World Trade Center also. Their plans to reach the goal are inhuman and here we can understand that they will do whatever it takes to kill people and do whatever they want. On the other hand, FBI had to be prepared to deal with any attack from other people, but in these case, they were certainly unprepared. Some FBI errors and bad intentions from these extremists lead to one of the most terrible catastrophes in the history of the United States.

Airplanes are hijacked

In September 11th, 2001, nineteen terrorists were aboarding the flights: American 11, United 175, American 77, and United 93. The different terrorists passed through the security checkpoints and boarded the airplane. These flights departed from Boston, Newark, and Washington D.C. in between 7:30 and 9:00 am. After final contact with the towers, the planes were hijacked by this group. Two airplanes collided with the World Trade Center, one with the Pentagon, and another in an abandoned field in Pennsylvania after a battle between the bad guys and the passengers.

"At Dulles International Airport in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., five more men were preparing to take their early morning flight." Five terrorists were going to an airplane in Washington D.C. and this plane will be the one that will end colliding near the White House inside of the Pentagon.
"At 8:46:40, American 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City." This is the first hijacked plane and one of the two that crashed the World Trade Center.

There was suspect about these terrorists getting into the airplanes, but they were allowed to go becaused they passed through the checks. Once they were in the air, there was nothing that people could do, only wait to see what happens. Some brave passengers almost controlled the United 93 flight, but the bad guys crashed it before people rescuing it. This was a massive attack that will always be remembered by the whole world, but especially by the Americans.

Hunters=Brave People

The group arrived to San Francisco and met Annabeth's father and told him that his daughter was in danger so he immediately drove them to Mountain of Despair. Here was the place to which Luke, the manticore, and the General will arrive so they can build the mountain and turn it into the new Olympus after defeating the gods. The group fought against the enemies, rescued Annabeth, and destroyed them, but Zoe was killed by the Titan Atlas who was the General and Zoe's father. After completing the quest, they arrived to Olympus, where they were honored and congratulated by the gods. Blackjack and the pegasi brought the group back to camp half-blood and Percy called to mom and Tyson by an iris message. Nico realized that Bianca died and wanted to kill Percy, but suddenly four skeletons appeared, Nico destroyed them, and after that he was gone.

"He will not hurt me." Zoe said this because she is courageous and is convinced that she can destroy a big dragon that was the guardian of the door that guards Mount of Despair.
"You never had any courage, sister." Zoe said this to her sister that appeared there to alert the group that they should not enter to Mount of Despair. Zoe is confident that she can kill the dragon and once again, she demonstrated that she is courageous.

 The Hunters of Artemis are very courageous people and they will do whatever it takes to save a quest if it is necessary. At Phoenix's desert, Bianca died because she killed a monster to save the other members of the group. After that, Zoe also died after being poisoned by Atlas when fighting him. If there is a word to describe Hunters' personality, that word is brave.

Zoe is not a Good Person

Zoe, Bianca, Thalia, Grover, and Percy fought against a boar and after defeating it, it gave them a ride to the west and they were left at Gila Claw, Arizona. Aphrodite appeared and told Percy that he should not continue the quest with the Hunters, but his friends told him that he should not trust the goddess. After a few moments, the city disappeared and the junkyard of the Olympus was there. A monster rose up and Bianca destroyed it, but she could not escape and she died. They escaped from there and went to a snack bar near to a city. While they were there, the skeletons appeared, but Zeus destroyed them and saved the day.

"For once I agree with Zoe." Thalia doesn´t like Zoe and she proves it by saying that she had never agree with her.
"You can´t trust Aphrodite." Zoe saying this tells us that she has fights and doesn´t like a lot of people so maybe she is not a good person.

Once again the group got in trouble, but this time, Bianca was dead. Bianca did a great action killing the monster and saving his friends, but the price was her life. After this danger, the skeletons appeared and put the group in a hurry. When they were about to die, Zeus saved them and destroyed the skeletons.

Doesn´t Matter the Conditions, I will Always Help my Friend

Blackjack and Percy were following Zoe, Bianca, Thalia, and Grover who were in a van, but abruptly, Dionysus appeared in front of Percy and Blackjack and he stopped them. Dionysus didn´t want to let them go, but when he realized that Percy could be one of the people who can die, he let him go. Percy discovered that Luke, Thorn and The General were growing zombies to kill Percy. They fought against a lion that appeared and escaped from the evil guys. After escaping, they took different luxurious cars and trains and reached to Cloudcroft, New Mexico.

"I´ll be okay, boss, he panted. Just catching my breath." Blackjack is showing that he is very tired, but he can do anything to help his friend Percy, even if he is suffering or exhausted.
"Don´t worry about me, boss! I´m a tough one." Blackjack is overwhelmed, but he still wants to help his friend Percy by giving excuses. A few moments later, Percy recognized that Blackjack was tired and he told him that he can go and rest if he wants.

Blackjack is really helpful and is always ready to help his friend Percy. Blackjack is really a good friend and there are little people who are so nice persons. Percy is a lucky person because he has a so good friend like Blackjack. Percy is also a good person because he recognized Blackjack´s work, he thanked him and let him go and have a rest.

Nico Cares for his Sister

Since Hunters were staying at half-blood hill, a "Capture the Flag" game was prepared and the Hunters won it. Half-bloods and Hunters discovered that Artemis was kidnapped by Luke and a misterious guy. A quest should take place and Grover, Thalia, Zoe, Phoebe, and Bianca will have to complete it. Percy will go with them in search of Annabeth and Artemis, but nobody knows that. Before going, the hippocampi asked for help because a creature had fallen in a trap, but finally, Percy saved that creature.

"Keep an eye on my sister!" Nico said this because he wanted Percy to take care of his sister since a lot of dangers were going to be present.
""Promise," he insisted." Nico wants to make sure that Bianca is going to be okay, so he made Percy promise that he is no going to let anything happen to Percy.

Bianca is going in her first quest and she is probably feeling the same way that Percy did in his first one. Nico is worried because a prophecy says that one of the people that is in the bquest will die. Nico´s worst fear is that her sister dies. He is a good brother because he wants to make sure that his sister is okay.