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The Twin Towers--Terror and Love Stories
Bin Laden's al-Quaida organization is planning a mega attack. One of its
commanders is Mohammad Atta who organizes several terrorist cells,
each of which contains one airplane pilot. Initially, the terrorists plan to
use tube-launched missiles over Canada and Mexico. Their main targets
are passenger and military aircraft. They revise their plan to the hijacking
of aircraft in the U.S. and aim these aircraft at the World Trade Center,
the Pentagon, the White House and Congress.
Mohammad Atta, motivated by his deep belief in the fanatic branch of
Islam, begins building a task force and training pilots. During
preparations for the operation he appears to be a full-fledged European,
drinking alcohol, shaving his beard, frequenting bars, and dating Western
women.
Totally oblivious of his sinister intentions, Jessica Olson, an
executive secretary at New York University, helps him to achieve his goal
but declines his offer to take her on one of his flights. She marries an
engineering student who works for a corporation located at the World
Trade Center. They have two children. Jessica is diagnosed with cancer,
she later recovers. Her husband, Charles, leaves for a work seminar on
September 11, 2001 boarding the aircraft with Mohammed Atta. The
plane is headed toward the Twin Tower's northern tower, where his office
is situated. As Mohammad Atta screams Allahu Akbar, Charles manages
to speak to his wife Jessica over his cell phone one last time as the plane
crashes.
At the same time, Colonel Johnathan Green, who works for military
intelligence, alerts his colleagues about terrorist organizations threatening
the free world, but no one listens to him. His wife Jenny is suffering from
infertility problems, yet she finally conceives and they have a daughter
whom they name Hope. Johnathan leaves for a symposium on terrorism
and is supposed to be home for his daughter's birthday party on
September 11, 2001. Colonel Green boards the aircraft and realizes that
the terrorists are directing the plane at the well-guarded Pentagon
building. He also manages to say a few words to his wife Jenny over his
cell phone, as his plane goes hurtling into oblivion against the blood
curdling scream of Allahu Akbar.
The story of Glen Cheney who completes a pilots course and is stationed
on an aircraft carrier is also highlighted in this novel. He meets and falls
in love with Kondahar, a young Afghan woman who has entered the U.S.
as a student. Glen promises to marry her but the Twin Tower's tragedy
thwarts their plans. Glen sails to the Persian Gulf on an aircraft carrier
following President Bush's declaration of war. Kondahar's world falls
apart, and she decides to return to Afghanistan to help her family and
others who have become refugees. She gets a job with a U.N. refugee
aid organization and leaves the U.S. to work in an Afghan food
warehouse. Glen receives orders to target a Taliban warehouse. After
releasing the missiles he realizes that he has targeted a U.N. ware house.
Kondahar, who is pregnant with Glen's child is injured.
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