9/11 – attack on America

September 11, 2001.Four hijacked passenger air planes.All planned suicide attacks.Against New York & Washington, D.C.

8:46 am Hijackers crash Flight 11 Into North Tower 93-99

Second attack, Flight 117 hits South Tower @ 9:03 am

9:08 am FAA bans all fights to and from New York City.

President Bush is visiting a school in Florida.

At 8:50 Bush is told of the first attack on the World Trade Center.

9:31 - President Bush addresses the nation:

9:37 – Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.

9:41 – First time in U.S. history, all flights are grounded, more than 4,000.

A fourth plane is hijacked, on its way to Washington, DC.

9:45 – U.S. Capitol building is evacuated. 9:59 – The South Tower collapses in New York.

Passengers use cell phones to report a fourth hijacking over Pennsylvania.

They attack the cockpit and force the plane down.

10:28 am - North Tower collapses Only the lobby stood.

- 2,918 citizens from 115 countries died.

- 26 days later - U.S. invaded Afghanistan to capture Osama Bin Laden and terror group Al Qaeda.

- 1,960 Americans killed in the war.

-Bin Laden killed May 1, 2011

The World Trade Center Memorial