Transcript Unit 15 - PowerPoints - September 11, 2001 Attacks

September 11, 2001
New York – Arlington – Shanksville
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New York City
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New York City
• In the early morning hours of
September 11, 2001, four
commercial airliners were
hijacked.
• 8:46 a.m. – American Airlines
Flight 11 was the first to crash
into the North Tower of the
World Trade Center.
• Approximately seventeen
minutes later, United Airlines
Flight 175 crashed into the
South Tower.
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Images from World
Trade Center Building
Performance Study
conducted by the
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
(FEMA).
New York City
• The second crash was
captured on live television.
• Structural damage to both
the North and South Towers
caused them to collapse.
• The South Tower collapsed
first at 9:59 a.m.
• The North Tower collapsed 29
minutes later.
• Nearly 3,000 were killed
including:
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343 Firefighters
23 Police Officers
37 Port Authority Police Officers
A bomb-sniffing dog named Sirius
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New York City
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Arlington, Virginia
• 9:37 a.m. – American Airlines
Flight 77 crashed into the
Pentagon.
• The western side of the
building was engulfed in
flames.
• Part of the building
collapsed.
• 189 people were killed:
– 64 aboard Flight77
– 125 inside the Pentagon
building.
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Shanksville, Pennsylvania
• The fourth plane, United
Airlines Flight 93, was
expected to head toward
the Capitol Building in
Washington, D.C.
• Passengers in that plane,
however, prevented that
from happening.
• Unfortunately, at 10:03 A.M.,
the plane crashed in a field
in Shanksville, Pennsylvania,
killing everyone onboard.
On September 11, 2010, Former First Lady
Laura Bush and First Lady Michele Obama
visited the site of United Airlines Flight 93
airplane crash.
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Rescue and Recovery Efforts
• It took months to complete
the rescue and recovery
efforts.
• Some survivors were found
and rescued from under the
rubble, but not many.
• The fires beneath the rubble
burned for weeks, and the
cleanup was not fully
complete until May 2002.
• Relief funds were established
to help the victims and
victims’ families.
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Lives Lost
• In all, 2,996 people died that
day, including the 19
hijackers.
– The youngest victim was a 2-yearold girl on U.A. Flight175.
– The oldest victim was an 82-yearold man on A.A. Flight 11.
– To date, the remains of only 1,629
victims have been identified.
• More than 6,000 people
were injured.
• It was the largest attack on
United States soil since Pearl
Harbor.
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Lives Lost
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Broader Effects
• Beyond those who lost their
lives on September 11, many
thousands more were directly
affected:
– It is estimated that about 3,000
children lost a parent and more
than 1,600 people lost a spouse.
– 20% of Americans knew someone
who was either hurt or killed that
day.
– Nearly 150,000 jobs were lost in New
York City alone as a result of the
attacks.
– 1 year later, 7 in 10 Americans
reported they had experienced
depression since the attacks.
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Twin boys hold a photograph
of their father, who was killed
in the September 11th attacks.
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Further Research
• National Archives: 9/11 Commission Records
– http://www.archives.gov/research/9-11/
• The September 11 Digital Archive
– http://911digitalarchive.org/index.php
• The National Security Archive
– http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/sept11/
• Library of Congress: Collection of Photographs
– http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=September%2011
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National September 11 Memorial & Museum
– http://www.911memorial.org/?gclid=CK_Dx8-56qoCFeqB5godQTisQw
• One Year Later: Facts and Figures from USA Today
– http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-09-10-for-the-record_x.htm
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