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2001

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By: Mariah Dolan

WHY IS SEPTEMBER 11TH IMPORTANT?

Although you likely do not remember this event, you live in a

society that was dramatically affected.

WHERE WAS THE ATTACK?

• Located mostly in New York City, but affected Washington DC and Pennsylvania as well

• In NYC, the attack was centered on the World Trade Center, specifically the Twin Towers

THE WORLD TRADE CENTER

• The South Tower of the WTC stood at 1362 feet and the North Tower stood 6 feet taller, at 1368 feet

• Both towers had 110 stories• 50,000 people worked in the Twin

Towers

TIMELINE: BEFORE THE ATTACK5:45 AMAl Queda hijackers

pass airport

security

7:59 AMFlight 11 takes off fourteen minutes

late

8:14 AMFlight 175 takes off fourteen minutes

late

8:20 AMFlight 77 takes off

ten minutes

late

8:42 AMFlight 93 takes off

42 minutes

late

TIMELINE: THE 9/11 ATTACK

8:46 AMFlight 11

crashes into the North

Tower

8:50 AMPresident Bush is

alerted of the attack while

at an elementary

school in Florida

9:03 AMFlight 175

crashes into the South

Tower, just 1 minute after evacuation

was ordered

9:05 AMPresident Bush is

alerted about the second plane crash

9:37 AMFlight 77

crashes into the Pentagon

TIMELINE: THE ATTACK CONTINUED

9:59 AMThe South

Tower collapses in 10 seconds

10:03 AMFlight 93

crashes into a field in

Pennsylvania

10:15 AMThe E-Ring of the Pentagon

collapses

10:28 AMThe North

Tower collapses

after burning for 102 minutes

HEROES OF 9/11Firefighters, police officers, community members, and even dogs came to help rescue efforts.

EFFECTS OF THE ATTACK

• Airport security is much stricter now

• Sparked the War in Afghanistan

• Increase in American fear of terrorism

• Negative stereotypes against Middle Easterners developed

Total number of people killed in

the attacks:

2,753

The cost of cleanup in

NYC: $600 Million

The percent of Americans who knew someone injured or killed

in the attacks is…

That’s about equal to 4 of you in this

room.

20%

• 8-acre park area• Cost over $700 million

to build• Designed by Michael

Arad and Peter Walker• 2,983 names of those

who died in the planes, the buildings, or rescue efforts

SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL

RESOURCESInformation:

http://timeline.national911memorial.org/#/Explore/2

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http://www.farecompare.com/ask-rick/9-ways-security-has-changed-since-911/

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501843_162-20104863.html

http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm

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