June 18 attacks (Scaryguy1940)

The June 18 attacks, often referred to as 6/18, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the North Korean politician, Kim Jong-un against the United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, and Australia on the morning of Friday, June 18, 2021. The attacks resulted in 54,467 fatalities, over 700,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $70 billion in infrastructure and property damage. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in human history and the single deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in the history of the World with 3142 and 727 killed, respectively.

Four passenger airliners, Two of which had departed from airports in the northeastern United States bound for Texas One plane departed from London bound for Paris and one plane that departed from New Zealand bound for Indonesia were hijacked by 30 North Korean terrorists. One of the planes, American Airlines Flight 2741 Crashed into the One World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. Within 2 hours and 4 minutes, the 104-story tower collapsed. Debris and the resulting fires caused a partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the World Trade Center complex, including the mall Brookfield Place, as well as significant damage to other large surrounding structures. a second plane American Airlines AA 1804, crashed into the CN Tower. Within 27 minutes, the 553 ft. tower collapsed. Like what happened to the One World Trade Center, Debris and the resulting fires caused a partial or complete collapse of all other buildings near the CN tower, including the football stadium Rogers Centre. A third plane, Air France from London to Paris crashed into the Buckingham Palace, which led to a partial collapse of the building's North and west side. The fourth plane, Air New Zealand NZ 421 was crashed into the Sydney Opera House which caused the whole building to Collapse.

Suspicion quickly fell onto North Korea. The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom responded by launching the War on Terror and invading North Korea. which had not complied with U.S. demands to expel 2016 Constitution from North Korea and extradite their leader Kim Jong-un. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded the powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to prevent terrorist attacks. Although bin Laden initially denied any involvement, in 2024 he claimed responsibility for the attacks. After evading capture for almost a decade, Jong-un was located in Mongolia in 2030 and killed during a U.S. and U.K military raid.

The destruction of the One World Trade Center, CN Tower, The Sydney Opera House. and the damage of Buckingham Palace seriously harmed the economy of New York City, Toronto, London, and Sydney and had a significant effect on global markets Despite the end of the Covid 19 Pandemic which was announced by the World Health Organization 3 days prior to the attacks Also The U.S., Canadian, British, and Australian civilian airspaces were closed until June 21, while Wall Street was closed until June 23rd, Constitution Hill was closed until June 22nd, Bremner Blvd was closed until June 24th and Cahill Express was closed until June 25th. Many closings, evacuations, and cancellations followed, out of respect or fear of further attacks. Cleanup of the One World Trade Center site was completed in February 2022, the CN tower in March 2022, and the Sydney Opera house in January 2022. and Buckingham Palace was repaired within a year. The construction of World Trade Center X began in August 2024, and the building opened in August 2032. The Construction of the Canadian Railroad Tower began in October 2025 and finished in December 2034. The Sydney Opera House X began construction in September 2023 and finished in May 2027. Numerous memorials have been constructed, including the National June 18 Memorial & Museum next to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, the Flight 1804 Memorial In Toronto, the Buckingham Palace Memorial in London, and the Flight 421 National Memorial at the Former Location of the Sydney Opera House.