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On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, four passenger jets were commandeered by 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists after takeoff. Two of these hijacked airliners, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were intentionally crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, killing or trapping well over 1,300 people above the 91st floor of the North Tower and more ...
People walk in the street in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001, after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a suspected terrorist attack.
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.
The September 11 Digital Archive is a digital archive that stores information relating to the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001. It contains over 150,000 digital files including images, videos, audio, and over 40,000 first-hand accounts of the attacks. It is part of the collection of the Library of Congress.
The things they kept: 9/11 survivors and family members open up about the mementos that helped them heal The babies born on 9/11 are about to turn 20 Remembering to remember the World Trade Center
The buildings were square and 207 ft (63 m) on each side but had chamfered 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) corners, making each building's exterior roughly 210 ft (64 m) wide. [22] One World Trade Center (WTC 1), the "North Tower", was, at 1,368 ft (417 m), six feet taller than Two World Trade Center (WTC 2), the "South Tower", which was 1,362 ft (415 m) tall.
A man was arrested in New York City on Monday and accused of jumping into a reflecting pool at the 9/11 Memorial, police said. The incident unfolded at about 1:30 p.m. ET, when police were called ...
The impact was witnessed by countless people in the streets of New York City as well as the nearby state of New Jersey, but few video recordings captured the moment. Jules Naudet captured the only known footage clearly depicting Flight 11's impact. The media quickly began reporting on the incident and speculated that the crash had been an accident.