Collapse of the World Trade Center

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

The Collapse of the World Trade Center

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

At 8:46 Am ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, this attack is

commonly known as 9/11. The incident claimed
the lives of 2,977 people in New York 125 at the
Pentagon and more than 6,000 others were
injured. As the world now knows, a Boeing 767 jet
flew into the North Tower of the World Trade
Center (WTC) in Lower Manhattan. Eighteen minutes later, another plane
crashed into the South Tower. Within 2 hours, both towers collapsed.
Flight 11 crashed into the north face of the North Tower (1 WTC) of the
World Trade Center, between floors 93 and 99.

Most of those who perished were civilians except for 343

members of the New York City Fire Department and 71 law enforcement
officers who died in the World Trade Center and on the ground in New
York City. A United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law
Enforcement officer who died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into
a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, military personnel who died at the
Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and the 19 terrorists who died on
board the four aircraft. At least 102 countries lost their citizens in the
attacks. One of the victims described the incident as the most terrifying
moment that she ever faced. As the statement of the woman, thousands of people were
running for their lives and some of them ran into a mini market that sold meat and beverages.
She stated that a pregnant woman and her child were crying for their beloved dad who was left
behind and got hit by a boulder.

The names of all 2,983 victims are engraved on the 152 bronze panels surrounding the
pools, arranged by where individuals were on the day of the attacks, so coworkers and people
on the same flight are memorialized together. The site was opened to the public on September
11, 2011, to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. The National September 11
Memorial & Museum followed, opening on the original World Trade Center site in May 2014.
The Freedom Tower, also on the original World Trade Center site, opened in November 2014.