September 11: The World Remembers

At 0846 hours on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a Boeing 767, American Airlines Flight 11, struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City between the 93rd and 99th floors. At 0903 hours, another Boeing 767, United Airlines Flight 175, struck the South Tower of the World Trade Center between the 77th and 85th floors. At 0937 hours, a Boeing 757, American Airlines Flight 77, struck the West wall of the U.S. Pentagon penetrating three of the five rings. At 0959 hours, the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. At 1003 hours, another Boeing 757, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania apparently brought down by those on board. Its target unknown but surmised to be either the White House or the U.S. Capitol Building. And at 1028 hours, the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.