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.
• 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.
• It was the largest attack on United States soil since Pearl Harbor.
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Lives Lost
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Broader Effects
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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.
• 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.
– 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.
– – – – 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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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:
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New York – Arlington – Shanksville
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New 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.
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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