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10:10: British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes his first comments on the attacks at a meeting of the Trades Union Congress in Brighton, calling the attacks "the new evil in our world today". [109] 10:10: National Military Command Center directs Threat Condition Delta for U.S. military bases worldwide. [110]
At the time of the attacks, only the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Willis Tower (known then as the Sears Tower) in Chicago were taller. [20] Built with a novel "framed tube" design that maximized interior space, the towers had a high strength-to-weight ratio requiring 40 percent less steel than more traditional steel-framed ...
Atta briefly mentioned the possibility of striking a nuclear facility, but relented after the other attack pilots voiced their opposition. [148] Based on an exchange between Atta and bin al-Shibh two days before the attacks, the White House would be the primary target for the fourth plane and the Capitol the secondary target. [38]
Tuesday, 11 September, 2001, began as a normal day. In both New York City and Washington, DC, the morning weather was sunny and clear.Students went to school, workers went to the office, and about ...
U.S. President Bush speaks with New York governor George Pataki and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani two days following the September 11 attacks, on September 13, 2001. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the United States government responded by commencing immediate rescue operations at the World Trade Center site, grounding civilian aircraft, and beginning a long-term response that ...
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 ...
This article summarizes events which relate to the attacks in the remaining days of September 2001. News coverage was significant in the period after the attacks which meant that many of these events were reported on quickly by news agencies at the time. All times, except where otherwise noted, are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), or UTC−04:00.
A Japanese woman offers a prayer for victims of terrorist attacks on New York and Washington after laying flowers at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo September 12, 2001.