On September 11, 2001 four planes were hijacked by a group of al Qaida terrorists. Two hit the twin towers, these are the most famous, one hit the pentagon, and one crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when the passengers fought the hijackers. Two were American Airlines and two were United Airlines. One crashed into the World Trade Center at 8:46 am local time. Another into the south tower at 9:03 am. A third crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 am. The fourth crashed at 10:03 am.
Casualties were about 3,000. 265 people were on the planes. 343 firefighters died at the World trade center and 125 at the Pentagon. Five other buildings around the World Trade Center and four subway stations were damaged or destroyed. Total of 25 buildings were damaged.
Some people were able to make calls from the flights. 19 hijackers in total were identified, four on one and five on each of the others. They hijacked the flights with knives by killing flight attendants and pilots or passengers. Some kind of chemical gas was used on one of the flights.
After they crashed the planes we declared war and invaded Afghanistan.
I don't remember anything since I was only eight. I just knew something bad happened.
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