On September 11, , 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. On September 11, , at a. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors.
As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing —United Airlines Flight —appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center and sliced into the south tower near the 60th floor.
The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and onto the streets below. It immediately became clear that America was under attack. The hijackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. The 19 terrorists easily smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports and boarded four early-morning flights bound for California , chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey.
Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming ordinary passenger jets into guided missiles. Jet fuel from the Boeing caused a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building, which is the headquarters of the U. Department of Defense. All told, military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner.
Less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve center of the U. The structural steel of the skyscraper, built to withstand winds in excess of miles per hour and a large conventional fire, could not withstand the tremendous heat generated by the burning jet fuel.
At a. Only six people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of their collapse survived. Almost 10, others were treated for injuries, many severe. Because the plane had been delayed in taking off, passengers on board learned of events in New York and Washington via cell phone and Airfone calls to the ground.
Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight attendants planned an insurrection. One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jr. I love you, honey. Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and was filling pitchers with boiling water.
The passengers fought the four hijackers and are suspected to have attacked the cockpit with a fire extinguisher. The plane then flipped over and sped toward the ground at upwards of miles per hour, crashing in a rural field near Shanksville in western Pennsylvania at a. All 44 people aboard were killed. Its intended target is not known, but theories include the White House , the U. Over the course of the next three hours, engine companies, 62 ladder companies and 27 fire officers were deployed to the scene.
Read Also. Show Captions. Facebook Twitter Linkedin EMail. Start a Conversation. Follow us on. Living and entertainment iDiva MensXP. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service. Conrad is seen polishing the sculpture in at his home in Lakewood, Colorado. President George W. Bush unveils a "Heroes of " stamp issued by the Postal Service on March 11, , to raise funds to assist the families of emergency relief workers killed or permanently disabled as a result of the World Trade Center attacks.
He is joined at the White House by the firefighters who are featured in the image, from left, Eisengrein, Johnson and McWilliams. A crew member helps ready the car at the Daytona International Speedway in The image can also be found on T-shirts, like this one worn by Venita Bradford at a memorial service in Energy, Illinois, on September 11, A version of the photograph appears on a commemorative knife.
A snow globe owned by collector Josef Kardinal depicts the flag raising at ground zero. He is seen in at his home in Nuremberg, Germany. A foot-tall bronze monument named "To Lift a Nation" depicts the famous scene. Pictured at a warehouse in , the sculpture is now part of the permanent collection at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
The iconic image has also been turned into a pair of earrings. Photographer Thomas E. Franklin sits at his work station in Hackensack, New Jersey, in Nineteen men hijacked four fuel-loaded US commercial airplanes bound for west coast destinations.
The attack was orchestrated by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The Victims. Read More. Of those who perished during the initial attacks and the subsequent collapses of the Towers, were New York City firefighters, 23 were New York City police officers and 37 were officers at the Port Authority.
The victims ranged in age from two to 85 years. At the Pentagon in Washington, people were killed when hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building. Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 40 passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 died when the plane crashed into a field.
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