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The following timeline is a chronological list of all the major events leading up to, during, and immediately following the September 11 attacks against the United States in 2001, through the first anniversary of the attacks in 2002.
The hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 approaching the South Tower (left) as the North Tower (right) burns next to it.. The September 11 attacks of 2001, in addition to being a unique act of terrorism, constituted a media event on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links.
Shortly after the attacks, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund was created by an Act of Congress. [ 236 ] [ 237 ] The purpose of the fund was to compensate the victims of the attacks and their families with their agreement not to file lawsuits against the airlines involved. [ 238 ]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the September 11 attacks and their consequences: . September 11 attacks – four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area on September 11, 2001.
As the core was rectangular, this created a long and short span distance to the perimeter columns. The floors consisted of 4 in-thick (10 cm) lightweight concrete slabs laid on a fluted steel deck. [22] A grid of lightweight bridging trusses and main trusses supported the floors with shear connections to the concrete slab for composite action. [23]
On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists took control of four commercial aircraft and used them as suicide weapons in a series of four coordinated acts of terrorism to strike the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and an additional target in Washington, D.C.
The NORAD timeline had served as the official account of the military response, and elements of that timeline appeared in the book Air War over America (notably information concerning United Flight 93, e.g., pages 59 and 63), [34] and was given in testimony to the 9/11 Commission by NORAD's Major General Larry Arnold (retired), and Colonel Alan ...
The book and its online counterpart were used by the Jersey Girls in their attempts to influence the work of the 9/11 Commission.Kristen Breitweiser has personally endorsed the book, stating, "If you want to know everything about 9/11, you must read this book ...