9/11 – attack on america
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9/11 – attack on America. September 11, 2001. Four hijacked passenger air planes. All planned suicide attacks. Against New York & Washington, D.C. New York City. 8:46 am Hijackers crash Flight 11 Into North Tower 93-99 Second attack, Flight 117 hits South Tower @ 9:03 am - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
September 11, 2001.Four hijacked passenger air planes.All planned suicide attacks.Against New York & Washington, D.C.
8:46 am Hijackers crash Flight 11 Into North Tower 93-99
Second attack, Flight 117 hits South Tower @ 9:03 am
9:08 am FAA bans all fights to and from New York City.
President Bush is visiting a school in Florida.
At 8:50 Bush is told of the first attack on the World Trade Center.
9:31 - President Bush addresses the nation:
9:37 – Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.
9:41 – First time in U.S. history, all flights are grounded, more than 4,000.
A fourth plane is hijacked, on its way to Washington, DC.
9:45 – U.S. Capitol building is evacuated. 9:59 – The South Tower collapses in New York.
Passengers use cell phones to report a fourth hijacking over Pennsylvania.
They attack the cockpit and force the plane down.
- 2,918 citizens from 115 countries died.
- 26 days later - U.S. invaded Afghanistan to capture Osama Bin Laden and terror group Al Qaeda.
- 1,960 Americans killed in the war.
-Bin Laden killed May 1, 2011