I've been wanting to do a timeline for a long while, but to be honest I don't have that much in-depth knowledge about history. I plan on doing a lot of research, but I'd still like to limit the PoD to sometime within the last decade or two to avoid being too out of my depth- like September 11th. At first I thought this must be an overused one, but looking through the site I don't see any popular 9/11 timelines.
The trouble I'm having is; how do I make the attacks not happen? I did some research, and it turns out the plan of attack is extremely complicated, and decentralized enough so that I can't find a single point of departure that will get rid of all the terrorists/planes.
What if, at some time during his travels in 1995, Mohammed is killed? Let's say, a car crash. Do his plans never come to fruition? Does bin Laden get the idea from someone else, and the attacks occur at a different date or? Or does he attack some other major urban area?
Tell me if I'm being incredibly ignorant, or if I posted this in the wrong place. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.