9/11's 25th Anniversary

        9/11 Article (25 years ago today)

                             September 11,2001 the day the world changed forever.                         At 8:46AM American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

                                                Plane Type:Boeing 767-200 

Flight 11 took off from Boston,Massachusetts bound for Los Angeles,California.Shortly after takeoff, the hijackers took over the Plane.They smuggled box cutters,knives and guns through security. 

At 9:03AM United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

                                         Plane Type:Boeing 767-200

 Flight 175 also took off from Boston also bound for Los Angeles.All 4 Planes had thousands of pounds of fuel inside their engines.These hijackers used the same weapons.                

  At 9:37AM American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia 

                                               Plane type:Boeing 757-223

Flight 77 took off from Washington International Airport also bound for Los Angeles.The Plane struck the western side of the Pentagon.

       At 9:57AM,the front wall of the Pentagon collapses after burning for 20 minutes.

               At 9:59AM,the South Tower collapses after burning for 56 minutes.    

 At 10:03AM United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into an empty field in Shanksville,Pennsylvania.

                                            Plane type:Boeing 757-222

Flight 93 took off from Washington International Airport bound for San Francisco,California.Shortly after takeoff the hijackers took over the Plane,suddenly the passengers and crew overpowered the hijackers and tried to take control of the Plane.They had heard about the other attacks and were trying to steer the Plane back to the Airport but failed.

At 10:28AM,the North Tower collapses after burning for 1 hour & 42 minutes.Only 25 minutes after Flight 93 crashed.

     At 5:20PM,World Trade Center 7 collapse after burning for 6 hours and 52 minutes. 

When the Twin Towers collapsed the debris started burning the steel structures holding World Trade Center 7 collapsed,along with the other World Trade Center towers.

     The Hijackers did this to retaliate against U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

In the aftermath,the United States launched the War on Terror,overhauled domestic security,and reshaped daily life worldwide. 

                                               -For the 25th anniversary of 9/11.