September 11, 2001: 15 haunting images we'll never forget on the 15th anniversary of 9/11
Fifteen years ago, the world changed forever when Al-Qaeda
terrorists hijacked four planes, flying them into buildings representing
everything America stood for and killing 2,996 people in one day.
It would immediately and obviously shape history.
But now a generation of young adults are growing up without memories of where they were or what their first reaction was to the ‘breaking news’ banner or urgent interruption by someone who needed to tell them the news.
This is what happened on September 11 2001, using information from
the 9/11 Memorial Timeline. For the full details of the day as well as a
timeline of Ground Zero recovery after 9/11 and of the 1993 World Trade
Centre bombing, click here.
But now a generation of young adults are growing up without memories of where they were or what their first reaction was to the ‘breaking news’ banner or urgent interruption by someone who needed to tell them the news.
Though it happened over a decade ago, these 15 images show just how chilling the attacks still are today.
1. At 8.46am, four hijackers crashed an American Airlines flight into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre.
2. Exactly 17 minutes later, another five hijackers crashed a United Airlines Flight in the South Tower.
3. At 9.37am, a third flight flew into the Pentagon.
4. A fourth plane, aiming for Washington DC, then crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
5. Within an hour and 42 minutes, both 110-storey towers had collapsed.
6. The attacks left 2,996 dead and injured over 6,000 others.
7. Out of those killed, 298 bodies were found intact..
8. ..and 19,858 body parts were found.
9. More than $10bn damage was done to property..
10. …and $3 trillion in total costs.
11. Around 18,000 people are estimated to have developed illnesses as a result of the toxic dust from the debris.
12. Firefighters who rushed to the scene also suffered huge losses of life as they tried to save people from the fires – 343 NYC firefighters were killed in total.
14. The Twin Towers were reduced to a heap of smoking metal and it took months for welders to cut the steel apart before it could be taken away.
15. Following the attacks, hundreds of vigils were held around the world and photographs of the dead and missing were posted around Ground Zero.
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