A Decade in Review by; Tanee Johnson

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  • Alaska Airlines

    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.

  • Play Station2 release

    Sony launches a PlayStation 2 in Tokyo.

  • Gulf of Aden

    In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.

  • 43rd president

    George W. Bush succeeds Bill Clinton, becoming the 43rd President of the United States.

  • 9/11

    – Almost 3,000 are killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania after American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 crash into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into grassland in Shanksville

  • war in Afghanistan

    War in Afghanistan. The United States invades Afghanistan, with participation from other nations.

  • the pile up

    125 vehicles are involved in a massive pile up on Interstate 75 in Ringgold, Georgia.