The World Trade Center ~ 9-11-01

September 11, 2001

America is attacked by terrorists who don't like people to live in freedom, who don't give women and children rights, and who want to destroy the life we know.

This is how the attacks happened.

Early in the morning	Terrorists highjack airplanes.
8:45 a.m.	American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston, Massachusetts, and headed to Los Angeles, California, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center. There were 81 passengers and 11 crew members on the plane.
9:03 a.m.	United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston, Massachusetts, and headed to Los Angeles, California, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center. There were 56 passengers and 9 crew members on the plane.
9:40 a.m.	The Federal Aviation Administration grounds all airplanes for the first time in the nation’s history.
9:43 a.m.	American Airlines Flight 77 which was flying from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, California, crashes into the Pentagon. There were 58 passengers and 6 crew members aboard.
10:05 a.m.	The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
10:10 a.m.	United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into Somerset County, Pennsylvania. There were 38 passengers and 7 crew members on the plane. Todd Beamer and the other passengers and crew fought the terrorists and stopped them from crashing into the White House.
10:24 a.m.	The Federal Aviation Administration stops all flights from outside the country from entering the United States.
10:28 a.m.	The north tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
1:27 p.m.	Washington, D.C. declares a state of emergency.
4:10 p.m.	Someone notices that building 7 of the World Trade Center is on fire.
5:20 p.m.	Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapses and other buildings in the area are on fire.

This site has a slide show with pictures of the attack: ClassBrain.com.

"I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked down these buildings will hear all of us soon."

President George W. Bush,
at Ground Zero
September 16, 2001

We will never forget this day and the days that came after. We were at school. Everyone was crying. Teachers were very quiet. We stayed inside at recess. Our parents hugged and kissed us extra that day, and talked to us about the terrorists. People in stores were nicer to each other. America changed that day. Now we know that there are a lot of sad things in life, but we also know it is special to be an American.

Read what other people have to say about the way they felt on 9-11-2001 at A Tribute in Honor of the World Trade Center Tragedy.