On September 11, 2001, 102 minutes passed between the first strike on the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) and the collapse of symbolic buildings in the financial center of the United States. This chronology of attacks 11 September reflects moments that shook the world.
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8:46:36 am
He American Airlines Flight 11A Boeing 767 with 92 people on board crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the first of three attacks carried out by the al-Qaeda terrorist group. The plane took off at 7:59 a.m. ET from Logan International Airport in Boston, bound for Los Angeles, but was hijacked by five attackers within the first 15 minutes of the flight.
One of the first records that the world learned about was the record of the French documentary director Jules Naudet, the author of the documentary film. 11 September— who was at the intersection of Church Street and Lispenard Street in Manhattan, recording a documentary about the work of firefighters.
Another record was recorded by Czech tourist Pavel Glava from a car located at the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel on Interstate 478, about two kilometers from the Twin Towers.
9:03:57 am
15 minutes have passed since the first plane hit the North Tower. All American networks were broadcasting live, although it was not yet certain that it was an attack. However, when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower there was no doubt: the United States was the victim of a terrorist attack.
The Boeing 767 took off at 8:14 a.m. ET with 65 people on board and was also scheduled to fly from Boston to Los Angeles. As on the first plane, the group of prisoners included five al-Qaeda members.
9:34 am.
President George W. Bush met with second graders Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota County, Florida, when White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card informed him that a second plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. The first blow occurred ten minutes before he arrived at school.
Although Bush was tense during the meeting, he remained in class until the students had finished reading the story. Domestic goat with your teacher. Only after the event did he give a press conference in the library, where he admitted: “This is a difficult moment for the United States.”
9:37:44 am
The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, was the target of the third plane hijacked by al-Qaeda. He American Airlines Flight 77A Boeing 757-223 with 64 passengers on board en route from Washington to Los Angeles was hijacked by five terrorists approximately 35 minutes into the flight.
The plane crashed at 9:37:44 a.m. ET, killing the plane’s passengers and 125 people at the Pentagon.
9:59 am.
After burning for just over 56 minutes, The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed, which caused a giant cloud of dust that spread over several blocks. An official investigation determined that the crash was caused by an impact that damaged the building’s steel infrastructure and a fire caused by nearly 38,000 liters of fuel in the aircraft.
10:03:11 am
The fourth plane was hijacked by four al-Qaeda members and targeted the Capitol. He United Airlines Flight 93The Boeing 757 with 44 people on board took off at 8:41 a.m. from New Jersey bound for San Francisco. Although the terrorists managed to hijack the plane, passengers already knew about the attacks on the World Trade Center and fought for its return. Under pressure, his attackers smashed him into a field in Pennsylvania. This episode is shown in the film. United 93.
10:28 am
WTC North Tower It remained under fire for 102 minutes before its structure finally collapsed. Structural damage caused by aircraft impact and fuel explosion. The third building, 7 World Trade Center (WTC 7), collapsed at 5:20 pm due to damage caused by the collapse of the other two buildings.
NASA also released video taken by astronaut Frank Culbertson, who was orbiting Earth with two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The video was filmed over New York, immediately after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Source: Digital Trends
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