9/11

The Day That Every American became a New Yorker.

Reasoning For The Attacks
According to the 9/11 Memorial, the reason the Twin Towers were attacked and the attack happened is because it was meant to attack American symbols of power, spread fear in the US, and to weaken the US in international standings.

Timeline

 

5:45 AM

Hijackers make it through security in various airports such as Portland International Jetport (Flight 11) and Washington Dulles International Airport (Flight 77).

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5:45/6 AM

Hijackers on Flight 11 take a connection flight to Boston

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7:59 AM

Flight 11 takes off from Boston and is on route to Los Angles.

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8:15 AM

Flight 175 takes off on the same flight path that Flight 11 has.

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8:19 AM

Flight 11's crew contacts ground personnel to alert them of a potential hijacking.

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8:20 AM

Flight 77 takes off from Washington D.C. to Los Angles.

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8:24 AM

Hijackers on Flight 11 contacts ground crew stating "We have some planes. Just stay quiet, and you will be okay."

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8:30 AM

World Trade Center opens.

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8:37 AM

Boston Air Traffic Center contacts the military telling them about the current situation.

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8:42 AM

Flight 93 takes off from Newark, New Jersey and is on route to Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania.

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8:46 AM

The North Tower is hit by Flight 11.

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8:50 AM

President George W. Bush (who was at an elementary school) was alerted of the North Tower being hit.

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9:03 AM

The South Tower is hit by Flight 175.

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9:05 AM

George W. Bush is alerted the South Tower has now also been hit.

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9:37 AM

The Pentagon is now attacked and hit by Flight 77.

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9:42 AM

The Federal Aviation Administration orders all flights to be grounded immediately.

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9:45 AM

A meeting between the Congress and the House of Representatives is stopped due to evacuations.

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9:59 AM

The South Tower collapses.

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10:03 AM

After being taken back by American passengers, Flight 93 is crashed into a field in a remote area in Pennsylvania.

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10:15

The E Ring of the Pentagon collapses.

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10:28 AM

The North Tower collapses.

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11:02 AM

Lower Manhattan is evacuated by order of the NYC Mayor.

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12:16 PM

The US Airspace is closed to stop anymore potential attacks.

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Early Afternoon

Rescue workers relentlessly work on getting everyone they can find and the rescue efforts still were persistent throughout this entire timeframe. This is also when journalists and some rescue workers began to refer to the site as Ground Zero (which is a term commonly used to describe the site where an atomic bomb is detonated).

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8:30 PM

President George W. Bush address the nation from the White House.

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Aftermath and Turning Point
After the attacks on 9/11, a lot of things changed both in America and in international avation. In America the federal governement immediately began to develop a security framework to protect the country from more attacks like this and international avation changed in many good ways. First off, TSA was now required to run screening on each passenger along with their baggage and air cargo. They also expanded the Federal Air Marshall Service and added more reinforced cockpit doors. Also, pilots are now told to not go along with the hijacker's commands and to put up a flight to prevent these kind of things from ever happening again.

Famous Quotes

Brian Clark

9/11 Survivor

“I give speeches around the country. I tell how Stanley and I made our way out of the tower. Life is precious, I tell them. It can be gone in an instant.”

George W. Bush

President (at the time of 9/11)

“We have seen the state of our union in the endurance of rescuers working past exhaustion. We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers in English, Hebrew, and Arabic. We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of strangers their own.”

Barack Obama

Former President

“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.”

Michael Hingson

9/11 Survivor

“I may never know the answers to the questions that plagued me after 9/11. But I know if we lean on God and each other we will be guided to a better, brighter future.”

Gallery

Sources
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Bhalla, Vikram. “15 facts that you may not know | World News - Times of India.” The Times of India, 11 September 2023, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/remembering-9/11-terror-attacks-15-facts-that-you-may-not-know/articleshow/103573111.cms?from=mdr. Accessed 3 January 2024.
Ciancanelli, Sabra, et al. “5 Memorable Quotes from 9/11 Survivors.” Guideposts, https://guideposts.org/positive-living/5-memorable-quotes-from-9-11-survivors/. Accessed 3 January 2024.
Dolasia, Kavi. “9/11/2001 - The Day Americans Will Never Forget Book Review and Ratings by Kids - Kavi Dolasia.” DOGO News, 6 September 2023, https://www.dogonews.com/2023/9/6/9-slash-11-slash-2001-the-day-americans-will-never-forget. Accessed 3 January 2024.
“George W. Bush.” The White House, https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-w-bush/. Accessed 3 January 2024.
“Implementing 9/11 Commission Recommendations.” Homeland Security, 20 October 2022, https://www.dhs.gov/implementing-911-commission-recommendations. Accessed 3 January 2024.
“9/11 FAQs | National September 11 Memorial & Museum.” 911 Memorial, https://www.911memorial.org/911-faqs. Accessed 3 January 2024.
“9/11 Memorial Timeline.” 9/11 Memorial Timeline, https://timeline.911memorial.org/#Timeline/2/AudioEntry/551. Accessed 3 January 2024.
More Sources
“NOVA | Building on Ground Zero | A Survivor's Story.” PBS, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wtc/above.html. Accessed 3 January 2024.
Piccotti, Tyler. “Barack Obama: Biography, 44th U.S. President, Politician.” Biography (Bio.), 1 May 2023, https://www.biography.com/political-figures/barack-obama. Accessed 3 January 2024.
Ridout, Amy, et al. “The Sight-Challenged Survivor Of 9/11 - Folks.” Folks, https://folks.pillpack.com/sight-challenged-survivor-911/. Accessed 3 January 2024.
Sullivan, Corinne. “Inspirational 9/11 Quotes to Never Forget September 11.” Woman's Day, 1 August 2022, https://www.womansday.com/life/g40629102/9-11-quotes/. Accessed 3 January 2024.
“20 Years After 9/11: The State of the Transportation Security Administration.” Transportation Security Administration, 29 September 2021, https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/testimony/2021/09/29/20-years-after-911-state-transportation-security-administration. Accessed 3 January 2024.

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