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Ground was broken for the Flight 93 National Memorial on November 8, 2009, and the first phase of construction is expected to be ready for the 10th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2011. 9/11 Tribute Center; Survivors' Staircase; World Trade Center cross; International Freedom Center; Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks
9:11: The last PATH train leaves the World Trade Center. The station was vacant when the towers collapsed. 9:11: ABC News anchor Peter Jennings begins reporting on the disaster. 9:13: The F-15 fighters from Otis Air National Guard Base leave military airspace near Long Island, bound for Manhattan.
German authorities monitors call to 9/11 hijacker al-Shehhi, shares information with CIA. [36] - - Germans monitor call mentioning key al-Qaeda Hamburg cell members, including 9/11 hijacker Atta's full name and number. [37] - - 9/11 hijacker Jarrah has unofficial wedding; photograph later suggests German intelligence has informant. [38] - -
The Bush administration invoked 9/11 in its justifications for new wars in Afghanistan, where al-Qaeda had been based, and Iraq, which had no connection to the attacks. Twenty years later, the ...
The 9/11 attacks left 2,977 dead across New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, according to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. That total includes the 2,753 who died in New York, 184 people at ...
United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C.
Newspaper covers from the days following the 9/11 attacks give a glimpse into the confusion and anger felt not just by the U.S., but also around the world.
The attack on the World Trade Center exceeded even bin Laden's expectations: he had expected only the floors above the plane strikes to collapse. [92] The flight recorders for Flight 11 and Flight 175 were never found. [93] The names of Flight 11's crew are on Panel N-74 of the National September 11 Memorial's North Pool. The passengers' names ...