On Tuesday September 11, 2001 terrorist attacked the United States by crashing planes into some of the most important buildings to the United States. They took over 4 different planes. The first hit the north tower of the world trade center at 8:45 in the morning, and the second plane hit the south tower later at 9:03. The third plane hit the pentagon about 10:10 a.m. after the second plane, and the last plane never ended up hitting a building. Flight 93 (the last plane) ended up in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, because the passangers tried to take control of the plane. Most conspiracys are that the plane was supposed to hit the capital. The people on flight 93 were very brave and saved a lot of lives. The attacks didn't do as much damage as Al Queda had hoped for. They had some arguing with in the group about how many planes to use, and they wanted to bring the Unites States down. We didn't let the attacks ruin our nation, and they didn't get to have as much destruction as they had wanted.
Number of Deaths
Total in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819
firefighters and paramedics : 343
NYPD officers: 23
Port Authority police officers: 37
WTC companies that lost people: 60
employees who died in Tower One: 1,402
employees who died in Tower Two: 614
employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658
Bodies found "intact": 289
Body parts found: 19,858
I don't remember a whole lot except that our teacher had a TV brought in, and she started to cry and we got really scared.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45853-2004Jun16.html
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