Today is truly a day that will never be forgotten. It was on this day, September 11, 2001, that terrorism hit home. Events took place that changed the lives of every American.
On that morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others.
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The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.
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In total 2,993 people, including the hijackers, died in the attacks.
Here now are just a few 9-11 Remembrance Quotes, a 9-11 timeline, and 9-11 tribute videos. Let us never forget…
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“Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward.
Freedom will be defended!”
–President George W. Bush, September 11, 2001
“The best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists.
That work continues.”
–President George W. Bush, 10/13/2001
“These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America’s resolve.”
–President George W. Bush
“America is not like a blanket — one piece of unbroken cloth,
the same color, the same texture, the same size.
America is more like a quilt — many patches, many pieces,
many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.”
–Henry M. Jackson
“We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated
Tuesday’s violence by targeting individuals based on their race,
their religion, or their national origin. Such reports of violence
and threats are in direct opposition to the very principles and
laws of the United States and will not be tolerated.”
–John Ashcroft, Attorney General
“No just cause can be advanced by terrorism.”
–Koffi Anan
“Let’s roll.”
–Todd Beamer (?-2001), before he and others apparently
thwarted the fourth set of terrorists
“If the culprits are Muslim, they have twisted the teachings of Islam.
Whoever performed, or is behind, the terrorist attacks in the
United States of America does not represent Islam.
God is not behind assassins.”
–Muhammad Ali
9/11 Timeline
Times are EDT and reflect actual, rather than scheduled departure times of flights…
7:59 a…m… American Airlines flight 11 takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport…
8:14 a…m… United Airlines flight 175 takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport…
8:20 a…m… American Airlines flight 11 stops transmitting IFF beacon signal while over the Hudson River…
8:20 a…m… American Airlines flight 77 departs Dulles International Airport near Washington…
8:38 a…m… Boston air traffic center notifies NORAD that American Airlines flight 11 has been hijacked…
8:43 a…m… FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines flight 175 has been hijacked…
8:44 a…m… Otis Air National Guard Base in Mass… orders to fighters scrambled…
8:48 a…m… American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 en route from Boston’s Logan Airport to Los Angeles International with 92 people onboard, slams into the north tower, 1 World Trade Center…
9:05 a…m… Approximately 18 minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, also a Boeing 767 enroot from Boston to Los Angeles with 65 people onboard, hits the south tower, 2 World Trade Center…
9:21 a…m… New York City Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in New York City…
9:24 a…m… President Bush calls the crashes “an apparent terrorist attack on our country…”
9:32 a…m… New York Stock Exchange closed…
9:40 a…m… The FAA orders the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down… All flights at U…S… airports are stopped…
9:43 a…m… American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 enroute from Dulles Airport outside Washington to LAX with 58 passengers and six crew members, crashes into the Pentagon… One of the building’s five sides collapses…
9:45 a…m… The White House is evacuated…
9:59 a…m… The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses in a plume of ash and debris…
10:00 a…m… United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 en route from Newark, NJ, to San Francisco with 38 passengers and seven crew members, crashes just north of the Somerset County Airport, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh… Shortly before impact, a passenger called on his cell phone from a locked bathroom: “We are being hijacked, we are being hijacked!” At this time there was concern the plane was headed to Camp David…
10:24 a…m… The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic flights are to be diverted to Canada…
10:28 a…m… The World Trade Center’s north tower collapses…
12:15 p…m… The United States closes some border crossings with Canada and Mexico…
1:02 p…m… New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani orders an evacuation of Manhattan south of Canal Street…
1:04 p…m… In a speech at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, President Bush announces that security measures are being taken and says: “Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts…”
1:44 p…m… The Navy dispatches aircraft carriers and guided missile destroyers to New York and Washington… Around the country, fighters, airborne radar and refueling planes scramble… The North American Aerospace Defense Command goes to its highest alert…
1:44 p…m… President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base for Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, home to the U…S… Strategic Command…
4:30 p…m… President Bush leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska for Washington…
4:45 p…m… The City of New York announces that 200 firefighters have been killed and 78 police officers are missing…
5:20 p…m… Seven World Trade Center, a 47-story tower, collapses from ancillary damage…
Never forget.
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