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    9/11 EVENTSINTHE WORLD TRADE CENTER ONTHENORNING OF SEPTEMBER 1), 2001 09.45 American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center between the 95th and 103d floors. 09.03 United Airlines flight 175 crashes into the south tower. ‘The plane causes an explosion on impact. 0959 The south tower collapses, Once one floor melted, each new falling floor added to the pressure on the floor below. Further down the building, even ‘steel at normal temperatures collapsed under an estimated ‘weight of 100,000 tonnes. 10,28 The north tower also collapses. Dust clouds cover Manhattan. Questions on the text Describe the events in the US on September 11, 2001, 2 According to the article, what was the aim of the four attacks in the US? 3 How did New York's citizens and other Americans react to the destruction of the World Trade Center? 4 Which steps were taken immediately by New York’s governor and mayor? 5 In what way did New Yorkers try to cope with the attacks? Over to you 6 Workin groups. Find out what the people in your group were doing on September 9, 2001 when they heard about the attacks on the World Trade Center. Working with words 7 Make a table with the categories noun, verb and adjective and fill in words ‘on the right under the correct heading. Then fill n the missing forms. Some solutions are given in the text. Noun Verb Adjetive ‘education to educate educational. 8 Explain the following words and phrases from the text using complete sentences, television (column line 7) janitor (column 4, line 20) ~ rescue workers (column 1, line 21) ~ volunteer (column 2, line 3) - financial powerhouse of the world (column 2, line 19), realization injured @ppreciation to create construction to continue to support determination 9/11: Sadness and Solidarity Most citizens oft United States remember exactly what In the days aftct 9/11, New Yorkers pulled together September 11, 2001, anew appreciation for each other and their city. Thousands ws — & plane had struck the north of volunteers hailing from the city and far beyond gathered Werld Trade Genter (WTC) complex in New offer uid for recite. recovery. ana cleat-yp efforts, Initial repo «donations svalanched in from acrossthe country wo support ry of those same peuple wat the injured and beref, Mayor ( «Ive television chronicled the second plane crashing into Zero soon after the attacks, and he stayed onsite to boost south tower. Thirty-five 9 the n cers and volunteers. The ety as a whole 8 third plane had hit the Pentagon ‘owed that it couldn’ be brought to its knees by fear-based * followed by the downing of a fourth p and plans were a prove just that While the smoke was still rising, New York Governor George Pataki and Mayor Giuliani created the Manhattan Develop twoversee the des the streets of New and construction of a lasting: memorial to the vic their own 9/11, while also generating a plan to rebuild and revitalize eyes. Within gene personne! fr the urea most profoundly affected by the horrific events, Ne massive city Were mobilized to respond to the WIC —Afier the smoke cleared, New York City remaned the cerash sites, Financial powerhouse ofthe world, The city won't forget the 38 office workers, janitors, and executives sacrifices made by its citizens on September {Ith and on de Genter - while rescue workers fi us oceasions, and it's city that realizes that the live on. The wuristtraderebenunded with Now York City’s griny de ie times not necessarily gest city in the couniry versity Of its citizenry ~ Irish, Jewish, ‘tation, Muslim, African, Portuguese ore ~ and icwill continue wo be the cultural heart often were that i ws tes later, word rae of wo field. Compounding the tragedy vas 1 the weapons used against the World Trade Cer buildings and the Pentagon were hijacked U.S. airliners. full of travelers."The mayen overwhelming. nowhere yore tha York where sed the crashes wi iT tohelp them 10 safety —the south tower suddenly collapsed bes ‘of rubble. The north jower followed half sueprisin our later, Hundkeds of reseve workers and the 2% WTC workers and visitors were killed or injured. The U.S. related votheeventsaf/I1-The Government ulti jmed that the four attacks 9/11 were a symbolic strike at the financial and military Palestini emblems Muslim te in many prev nati ugh eon wats built 0 the Russi ‘coordinated through 8 and so many wert financial, a New York Historcal Society, online publication, Thomson Gi, apart of the Tomson Corporation ~ 61 words. Column +: initia first: ¢ stunned unable tomove or act: 7to chronicle to tel evens as they happened 11 te compound to make worse 1 stark shocking +13 to hijack 'o kidnap 4 magnitude huge number 15 overwhelming overpoweci sete witness to see an evert «1810 respond to react: 20}anitor caretaker = 20 executive manager -21 to file into walk Galina) 25 Injured hurt «26 ultimately finally - 26 to determine to sate - 28 emblem [

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