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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.
Many channels devoted 24/7 coverage to the attacks as the magnitude of the damage was assessed, the potential for more attacks subsided, and important revelations into the roles of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda became known. [22] Almost 80 million viewers viewed either prime-time broadcast or cable television news on the day of the attack. [5]
The North Tower (WTC 1) was the first building to be hit when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into it at 8:46 a.m., [a] causing it to collapse at 10:28 [e] after burning for one hour and 42 minutes. [f] At 9:03 a.m., [g] the South Tower (WTC 2) was struck by United Airlines Flight 175; it collapsed at 9:59 a.m. [h] after burning for 56 minutes.
The FBI has recently made public several photos from the investigation inside the Pentagon after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The images, posted to the FBI's records vault, give a new look ...
All remaining New York City Subway service was suspended from 10:20 a.m. to 12:48 p.m. [2] Immediately after the attacks and more so after the collapses of the Twin Towers, many trains running in Lower Manhattan lost power and had to be evacuated through the tunnels. Some trains had power but the signals did not, requiring special operating ...
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.
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At the end of the night, Nielsen estimated that at least 80 million Americans watched the evening news, while an estimate by the University of Georgia held that about two billion people either watched the attacks in real time or through the news. [42] The September 11 attacks were also the first time since the assassination of John F. Kennedy ...