SEPTEMBER 11, 2001What happened? And, what was it like as it happened?

Overview

Timeline of events (all times Eastern)1) 7:59 a.m. – American Airlines 11 leaves Boston for LA with 81

passengers and 11 crew.2) 8:14 a.m. – United Airlines 175 leaves Boston for LA with 56 passengers

and 9 crew. 3) 8:20 a.m. – American Airlines 77 leaves Washington DC for LA with 58

passengers and 6 crew.4) 8:42 a.m. – United Airlines 93 leaves Newark, NJ for San Francisco with

37 passengers and 7 crew.5) 8:46 a.m. – American 11 crashes into the North Tower of World Trade

Center.6) 9:03 a.m. – United 175 crashes into the South Tower of World Trade

Center.7) 9:37 a.m. – American 77 crashes into the Pentagon outside Washington

DC.8) 9:59 a.m. – The South Tower collapses.9) 10:03 a.m. – United 93 crashes into a field near Shanksville, PA.10)10:28 a.m. – The North Tower collapses.

Statistics on World Trade Centers• On an average day more than 50,000 people entered and

exited each Trade tower.• Each tower had its own zip code.• 200,000 tons of steel• 43,600 windows, 12,000 miles of electric cable• 110 floors each, 97 elevators

• The original plans called for buildings strong enough to withstand 200 mph winds and the crash of an airplane.• Architects forgot to calculate the damage caused by burning jet

fuel.

Statistics on the attacks• 19 hijackers were involved• In the North Tower, 1,462 people died (1,355 above the

impact zone)• The crash of Flt. 11 cut through all 3 staircases, no one above the

impact zone was able to get out

• In the South Tower, 630 people died • The crash of Flt. 175 cut through two of three staircases

• NYFD – 340 firefighters killed• NYPD – 23 officers killed• NY Port Authority – 37 officers killed

9/11 As It Happened

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP5uIPyYDlQ

The Initial Bulletins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKZqqSI9-s

The South Tower Attack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYg2krLsPB8

The South Tower Collapse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4dlAao4haQ

The North Tower Collapse