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– 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.
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.
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.
• It was the largest attack on United States soil since Pearl Harbor.
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Lives Lost
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Broader Effects
• 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.
– – – – 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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• 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.
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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.
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.
Images from World Trade Center Building Performance Study conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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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:
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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