The Twin TowersApril 4 1973-

September 11,2001

By K. S.

The Names

There are  nearly 3,000 names as they appear inscribed in bronze on the Memorial.  Every name can be located by the panel on which it is inscribed. A panel address is comprised of the letter N or S (N for north pool, S for south pool) followed by a number 1 through 76.

The Pentagon

A hijacked plane had crashed into the western side of the Pentagon, killing 189 people (the five hijackers, 59 others aboard the plane, and 125 in the building).

The Towers

Watching the towers and debris fall was horrifying for everyone that day.

North Tower

Hijackers crashed Flight 11 into floors 93-99 of the World Trade Center's North Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds within the building. Hijacked Flight 11 severed all three North Tower emergency stairwells, making evacuation impossible for those that were alive on or above the impact floors.

South Tower

One stairwell in the South Tower remained passable, although it was choked with debris. Eighteen people used it to evacuate from above the impact zone.

Seen all around

The smoke had been seen from faraway and near.

The Evacuation

As first responders arrived and deployed into the stricken buildings, tenants continued to evacuate the North and South Towers.

RemembranceThey do many things to remember these people each year including the 21 gun salute.

Macomb County Memorial

On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 7 p.m. outside the Macomb County Circuit Court building (Michigan) there was a memorial service held to remember the 31 Macomb County public safety officers who died in the line of duty. A Freedom Walk was held at 6:30 p.m. A 21-gun salute was also scheduled to take place. This was the 4th annual memorial here to take place.

The Families

The families did many things to remember their friends and relatives.

The Last Words

• “I don’t know, but I think we’re getting hijacked.”

• Flight attendant Betty Ong, American 11

o “I could see the big airliner coming strait toward us.”

o Connie Labetti, Aon, South Tower, 99th floor

“A plane hit the building. We watched it.”

Dianne Defontes, receptionist at law firm Drinkler Biddle and Reath, North Tower, 89th floor

Continued

“We have a lot of smoke at the top of the Towers of the World Trade Center.” WCBS Radio 880 Traffic reporter Tom Kaminski reports fire

and smoke from gaping hole in North Tower. Courtesy WCBS Radio3.

“Fire trucks are screaming down Seventh Avenue.” WCBS 880 Radio Producer Kelley Edwards

reports on emergency response and situation at World Trade Center. Courtesy WCBS Radio.

Citations

http://www.911memorial.org/

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

• http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/09/09/events-remembering-911-anniversary-in-metro-detroit/

THE END

Finished 10/1/2013

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