11th September 2001: 102 Minutes That Changed Everything. Chronology of Events
by 8:46 to 10:28: in less than two hours on 11 September 2001 World Trade Center towers were reduced to a pile of concrete and steel incandescent, the Pentagon hit and nearly 3,000 people lost their lives.
attacks were committed 19 of the air pirates, members of al-Qaeda who hijacked four passenger planes to attack symbols of economic, military and United States policy. Two planes targeted the World Trade Center in New York, a third Pentagon . The fourth aircraft most likely target Capitol, congressional office, but following the intervention of passengers, crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania (northeast). Here is the movie that day, made by agency AFP:
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- 8.46, New York: American Airlines Boeing hijacked after taking off from Boston to hit the north tower speed of 790 km of the World Trade Center (WTC). It created a huge gap in the upper floors, which were ablaze.
- 9.03: A second Boeing, went all in Boston, it crushes and 950 km / h south tower.
- 9.05: Sarasota, Florida: President George W. Bush began to read a story from a primary school children. ”A second plane hit the second tower. We are under attack” and it whispers in your ear.
- 9.30: George W. Bush announced that scholars return to Washington because of a terrorist attack.
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- 9.37: An American Airlines Boeing’s, hijacked after it took off from Washington Dulles airport, encountered in the Pentagon.
- 9.42: Civil Aviation Authorities (FAA) airspace closed to all flights and cancel orders.
- 9.59: Southern WTC tower, struck 56 minutes ago, collapses in a huge cloud of fire, steel and dust. The violence was so great that no trace of DNA was never retrieved hundreds of victims.
- 10,03, Shanksville (Pennsylvania): un Boeing al United Airlines deturnat dupa ce decolase de pe Newark (New Jersey) se prabuseste pe un camp. Mai multi pasageri, informati prin intermediul telefoanelor mobile de ceea ce se intamplase la New York, s-au opus teroristilor.
- 10.28: ESS WTC tower collapses of the north, an hour and 42 minutes after being hit.
- 11,15: se inchide Wall Street.
- 13.04, Louisiana (south): George W. Bush, evacuated the air base at Barksdale, the Armed Forces in Plass high alert and promised “to pursue and punish the guilty leave.” The president will then be transferred to Offutt Air Base, Nebraska (center), before returning to Washington in the evening.
- 13.27, Washington: Mayor Anthony Williams decrees state of emergency in the capital.
- 15.35: extremist group al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden is suspected to be involved in the attacks, said an American official.
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- 20.30: George W. Bush addressed Americans and denounced the “deliberate acts of terrorism.” He promises to find guilt and points out that Washington will not make any difference between terrorists and those who host.
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