9/11 attacks and Pakistan

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September 11, 2001
New York – Arlington – Shanksville

2. New York City
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3. 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.
Images from World Trade
Center Building
Performance Study
conducted by the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA).
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4. 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:
– 343 Firefighters
– 23 Police Officers
– 37 Port Authority Police Officers
– A bomb-sniffing dog named Sirius
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5. New York City
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6. 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.
• 189 people were killed:
– 64 aboard Flight77
– 125 inside the Pentagon building.
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7. Shanksville, Pennsylvania
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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• The fourth plane, United
Airlines Flight 93, was
expected to head toward the
Capitol Building in
Washington, D.C.
• 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.

8. 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.
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9. Lives Lost
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• In all, 2,996 people died that
day, including the 19 hijackers.
– The youngest victim was a 2-year-
old girl on U.A. Flight175.
– The oldest victim was an 82-year-old
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.
• It was the largest attack on
United States soil since Pearl
Harbor.

10. Lives Lost
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11. Broader Effects
• Beyond those who lost their lives
on September 11, many
thousands more were directly
affected:
– It is estimated that about 3,000 children
lost a parent and more than 1,600
people lost a spouse.
– 20% of Americans knew someone who
was either hurt or killed that day.
– Nearly 150,000 jobs were lost in New
York City alone as a result of the
attacks.
– 1 year later, 7 in 10 Americans reported
they had experienced depression since
the attacks.
Twin boys hold a photograph of
their father, who was killed in the
September 11th attacks.
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13. Further Research
• National Archives: 9/11 Commission Records
– http://www.archives.gov/research/9-11/
• The September 11 Digital Archive
– http://911digitalarchive.org/index.php
• The National Security Archive
– http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/sept11/
• Library of Congress: Collection of Photographs
– http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=September%2011
• National September 11 Memorial & Museum
– http://www.911memorial.org/?gclid=CK_Dx8-56qoCFeqB5godQTisQw
• One Year Later: Facts and Figures from USA Today
– http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-09-10-for-the-record_x.htm
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