In addition, due to the fact that these terrorists had established links with other prominent terrorist factions around the globe, the interconnectedness of these factions gave the hijackers more force and financial strength to train and execute their plan. Additionally, accompanied with the hijacker's willingness to commit suicide, they were able to transform simple commercial airliners into "flying bombs". Thus, leaving in their wake, mass casualties and destruction. For example, unlike terrorist attacks of the past that left casualties in the hundreds, in a one hour span of horror, this attack left over 5,000
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