september 11 2001
Sept. 11, 2001, the crystalline morning when planes dropped from the skies and toppled the World Trade Center and punctured a hole in the Pentagon, was a demarcation point that shattered the security of the country and introduced a nebulous and virulent enemy previously unfamiliar to most citizens. [1]
The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. [2]
A mural in Iraq depicts an airplane slamming into buildings resembling the World Trade Center towers. [3]
The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11th, pronounced September eleventh, or 9/11, pronounced nine-eleven) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. [2]
Sept. 11th archived news, photos, graphics, images, webs, and newspapers. [4]
A high-ranking member of al-Qaeda revealed that the terrorist organization has already placed nuclear weapons in seven large American cities. [3]
News Archives of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center in NYC and the Pentagon in Washington. [4]
As new bursts of terrorism have brought death and shattered nerves elsewhere in the world, the specter of 9/11 continues to resonate in the national consciousness. [1]
Some American stock exchanges stayed closed for the rest of the week following the attack, and posted enormous losses upon reopening, especially in the airline and insurance industries. [2]
Nearly 3,000 people died that morning, the vast majority of them in the gnarled rubble of the Lower Manhattan towers, others at the Pentagon and in a rural Pennsylvania field. [...] Larry Silverstein called for the Port Authority to finance two of his planned three office towers, but the agency wants him to risk his own money. [1]
At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 was crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower, followed by United Airlines Flight 175 which hit the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. [2]
, the Atlanta pastor who appears on the “In Touch ” radio and television broadcasts. [3]
Pay service with live and archived video. [5]
The United States Library of Congress has selected September11News.com for inclusion in the Library’s September 11 Historic Internet Collection. [4]
Sources:
[1] September 11, 2001 - New York Times Topics
[2] September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks - Wikipedia
[3] September 11: Rumors of War - Snopes.com
[4] September 11 2001 News Archives
[5] September 11: A Memorial - CNN