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Sep 11, 2001 · NEW YORK (CNN) -- In an apparently coordinated terrorist attack against the United States, four commercial passenger jets crashed on Tuesday, three of them into significant landmarks.
American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. The Boeing 757-200 aircraft serving the flight was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September ...
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- Flight 77 Hijacked
- Fire Crews on Scene at WTC
- Helicopters in The Air
- Emergency Services Arrive en Masse
- South Tower Hit
On Flight 77, hijackers seize control. It is thought, unlike in the other planes, no crew are attacked and the pilots and flight attendants are herded to the back of the plane with the rest of the passengers. Three minutes later, the plane begins to alter its course towards Washington DC.
One of the first fire crews at the scene enters the lobby of the North Tower and finds badly burned civilians who had been hit by the fireball. It is thought jet fuel spilled out from the initial impact site and ignited, affecting a much wider area. Windows in the street-level lobby were blown out and a lift shaft was destroyed - possibly by jet fu...
A pilot in one of two police helicopters scrambled to assess the situation reports that it is too dangerous for the New York Police Department's Emergency Service Unit to attempt to pluck people to safety from the roof because it is "too engulfed in flames and heavy smoke". By this point, NYPD officers are already in the building and are soon joine...
More than 1,000 first responder emergency personnel are on the scene, in what has already become the largest rescue operation in the history of New York City and New Jersey. Unfortunately, many of the fire personnel are unable to communicate with other units and the response becomes increasingly confused.
Flight 175 crashes into the south side of the South Tower - WTC2 - which is 415m high. Floors 77 to 85 are engulfed in flames. Parts of the plane - including an engine, landing gear and a section of fuselage - are jettisoned in various directions. They hit other buildings - including WTC5, one of the smaller buildings in the complex. The ultimate n...
Sep 12, 2001 · 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. 9:17 a.m.:...
Sep 11, 2001 · NEW YORK (CNN) -- Terrorists struck the United States Tuesday morning in harrowing, widespread attacks that included at least three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings.
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