On September 11, facts that must never be forgotten. At 8.46 am the first plane hit, American Airline flight with 92 passengers hit the North Towers. It was unimaginable and unexpected, people saw it and were unsure of what was happening. At 9:03 am another plane United Airlines flight 175 with 65 passengers hit the South Towers between the 70th and the 84th floor. Three hundred (300) people died instantly from the collisions and many more were injured.
This evil act caused chaos to ensue, people were stunted, phone line jammed due to the fact that everyone was trying to call their loved or friend to see if they were OK. People were trapped on the Towers and rescue worker and fire fighters had to go in the building when many were trying to get out.
At 9:35 another plane, flight 93 deviated from it assigned path and headed towards the nation’s capital in Washington D.C. The passengers of that flight heard about the attacks on the Towers via phone calls they made when they realized their plane was taken hostage. As a group they decided to try and take the hostage takers and that plane fell before it could reach its target and everyone on that flight died. The passengers of Flight 93 were deemed the FIRST WARRIORS on the fight against terror.
At 9:59 am the North Tower fell and at 10:28 am the South Tower fell as well,thousand of people died and we still mourn their loss today. Tower 4,5, 6 and 7 at this point were on fire due to their close proximity to Tower 1 and 2. At 5:20 Tower 7, due to the intense fire and the concern of everyone with rescuing lives, was left unattended for 7 hour collapsed.
At 7:45 pm on September 11, 2001 it was reported that 78 police officers were missing and 200 fire fighter died trying to save the lives if thousand and to them we say THANK YOU.
Natalie
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