At 8:46 AM and 9:03 AM respectively, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, with a total of 147 crew and passengers, flew into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York. Military fighters scrambled too late to intercept the second attack. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying a third building. Fires and toxic debris persisted for weeks. 2753--20 crew, 127 passengers, and 2606 civilians and responders in the towers and on the ground--died immediately or in the aftermath of the attacks and collapse.

Photo: Devry Becker Jones

Wayne Heights, Pennsylvania · USA