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The 9/11 Attacks: A Timeline of Tragedy and Heroism

This account details the harrowing events of September 11, 2001, when four commercial planes were hijacked by terrorists, leading to unprecedented disaster in U.S. history. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Center, while American Airlines Flight 77 targeted the Pentagon. United Airlines Flight 93 was thwarted by brave passengers, preventing further destruction. The narrative touches on the early appearances of Osama bin Laden and the ties to previous attacks on U.S. interests, painting a somber picture of a nation in crisis.

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The 9/11 Attacks: A Timeline of Tragedy and Heroism

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  1. 2001

  2. The Attacks

  3. The First Plane • American Airline, 767, Flight 11 • Boston Logan Airport @ 7:59 heading to L.A.

  4. “Don’t do anything foolish. You are not going to get hurt. We have more planes. We have other planes.”

  5. The Second Plane • United Airlines, 757, Flight 175 • Boston’s Logan Airport at 08:14 to L.A. / 65 People • Hijackers took control of the plane and, at 09:03, rammed it into the South Tower at about the 80th floor.

  6. “It’s getting bad Dad … Don’t worry if it happens, it’ll be fast – My God, my God.”

  7. American Airlines, 757, Flight 77 Washington’s Dulles Airport to Los Angeles 64 People The Third Plane

  8. The Pentagon

  9. The Fourth Plane • United Airlines, 757, Flight 93 • Newark, NJ to San Francisco / 44 People • Box they said was a bomb and knife like weapons

  10. Jeremy Glick, Thomas Burnett, & Todd Beamer

  11. Shanksville, Pennsylvania • About 20 minutes flying time from Washington D.C.

  12. Osama bin Laden • First appeared on FBI’s radar screen 8 yrs. before 9/11 • WTC, 93 • U.S. Servicemen in Somalia,93 • U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, 98 • U.S.S. Cole, 2001

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