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This is the 13th Anniversary year of the destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon by Islamic Terrorist.

 

 

September 11, 2001

As time passes, the tragic events experienced on that terrible day begins to fade and we tend to be less resolved in our will to face terrorism.  We can not forget, we can not allow that to happen.

 

                                                                                                                Anonymous

 

The Events of September 11, 2001

8:46 AM  American Airlines Flight 11, Boeing 767, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into the North side of the  World Trade Center's North Tower between floors 94 and     98.   81 passengers and 11 crew members were on board including 5 hijackers.

9:03 AM  United Airlines Flight 175, Boeing 767, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into the South side of the World Trade Center's Southern Tower between floors 78 and   84.  55 passengers and 9 crew members were on board including 5 hijackers.
9:37 AM  American Airlines Flight 77, Boeing 757, Washington Dulles to Los Angeles, crashed into a section of the Pentagon's western wall.  58 passengers and 6 crew were on board including 5 hijackers. 
9:59 AM  The top floors of the South Tower collapse.  The entire tower then collapses. 
10:03 AM  United Airlines Flight 93, Boeing 757, Newark to San Francisco, crashed in a field in Somerset County, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.  37 passengers and 7 crew members were on board including 4 hijackers.
10:29 AM  The top floors of the North Tower implode, bringing the rest of the building down. 
There was no survivors on any of the flights.  Total dead - 212 passengers, 33 crew members and the 19 hijackers.
Among the dead were 343 firefighters and 60 Police officers from New York City and the Port Authority.

Loss of life in the Pentagon was 184 military personnel and civilian workers.

Total loss of life at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a western Pennsylvania field near Shanksville is now numbered at 2,977.
Deaths (excluding hijackers)
 New York City          World Trade Center             2,606    
                                    American  Flight 11                   87
                                    United  Flight 175                      60 
Arlington
                    Pentagon                                  125
                                    American Flight 77                    59
Shanksville
                United 93                                    40
                                   Total                                         2,977
All deaths were civilians except 55 military personnel killed at the Pentagon.

In comparison, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7, 1941 there were 2,388 Americans killed.
 

9.11.2001
 

America, we must be diligent in preserving our Freedoms here and abroad by supporting the people of Democratic countries and condemning those who rule by murder, fear, lies and repression.  Shine the light of truth on those countries that support terrorism either by deed, word,  money or shelter.  It is our duty, as free people, to speak out against all violations against human rights.  If we don't, who will ?

"A number of years ago a president of this country declared that we have a rendezvous with destiny. In a world where terrorism spreads and the innocent die we must fulfill our destiny. If not us who? If not now when?" —Ronald Reagan

 

 

 

 


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