Sept 11 TragedyBy: Lequan Hooper

On 9/11 On September 11, 2001 -- we're told,

American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 out of Boston for Los Angeles, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York at 8:48 a.m. Eighteen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767, headed from Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into the south tower. American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 from Washington's Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles, crashed into the western wall of the Pentagon at 9:40 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 flying from Newark to San Francisco, crashed near Pittsburgh.

Before The attack?

About 1 hour before the attack on Sept. 11, 2001, It was a very beautiful day. The sky’s were clear and sunny with a slight breeze. And that it the weather that people explained to be almost impossible for something like 9/11 to happen on.

The first Hijack• 8:45 a.m. a hijacked passenger jet,

American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.

The second hijack 9:03 a.m.: A second hijacked airliner, United Airlines

Flight 175 from Boston, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center and explodes. Both buildings are burning.

The third hijack• 9:43 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 crashes

into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.

10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93, also hijacked, crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.

The last hijack

Quotes From 9/11

• What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.

• -David Levithan http://www.veteransunited.com/network/10-most-powerful-quotes-about-911/

"I mean it was like a cruise missile with wings, went right there and slammed into the Pentagon,“ http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/attack.in.their.words/

"Are you guys ready? Let's roll!“ https://www.google.com/#q=quotes+from+9%2F11+

The amount of deaths in the twin towers

• At least 2,985 people died in the September 11, 2001, attacks, including: As many as 10 of the reported 19 terrorists

• 2,966 victims [2,998 as of Spring 2009] 

The rebuilding of The Twin Towers

• As of August 2013, only one skyscraper has been completed; 2 others have been topped out. The remaining 3 are expected to be completed before 2020.

THE END !!!!

•GOD BLESS AMERICA