September 11, 2026 • 28 mins
700 WLW, honoring the 25th anniversary of September 11th, 2001 presents the timeline of events minute-by-minute of that tragic day in New York, Washington D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
This just in, you are looking at, obviously, a very
disturbing live shot there. That is the World Trade Center,
and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane
has crashed into one of the towers.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
It looked like it was moving slowly.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
It lined itself.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Up to hit the building directly.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Wow, I've never seen a plane flying so low.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
And we looked out at it, and all of a sudden, boom,
it seemed like it wasn't even real.
Speaker 6 (00:32):
I'm still shaking.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I saw it hit the tower and flame everywhere. Oh
my God, I don't believe it!
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Brian Lutz there on the scene as we were talking,
you just heard it.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I was looking at it, it's beside the northeast corner
of the.
Speaker 7 (00:48):
And then we saw smoke coming out and everybody started
running out and we saw the plane on the other
side of the building and.
Speaker 8 (00:57):
There was smoke everywhere and people were jumping out the window.
Speaker 9 (01:00):
Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in
an apparent terrorist attack on our country.
Speaker 10 (01:05):
My sister's in that building. I got a lot of
friends that work in that building.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
I'm sitting here watching it burn.
Speaker 11 (01:09):
We have now had eyewitness reports from... Our sources in
Washington say they did see a plane crash in the
vicinity of the Pentagon.
Speaker 12 (01:17):
I got a nine-year-old sister that just called me and
asked me why do people hate the Americans?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
We were standing here and we were just discussing the
things that were going on. The second building just crumbled
right in.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Front of us.
Speaker 13 (01:30):
It's hard to put it into words, and maybe one
doesn't need to. Both trade towers, where thousands of people work,
on this day, Tuesday, have.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Now been attacked and destroyed. I'm just a firefighter.
Speaker 14 (02:04):
This is hell.
Speaker 15 (02:07):
I've never seen anything like it.
Speaker 10 (02:09):
It's one of the worst things I've ever seen in
my life.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
But we're all brothers. We've all got to stick together.
Speaker 14 (02:18):
Gather!
Speaker 15 (02:18):
5.53 a.m.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz Alamari are photographed by security cameras
boarding a small plane in Portland, Maine. They fly to
Boston's Logan Airport. Two passengers later say that Atta and
Alamari sat separate from each other on the flight.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
They kept quiet, trying not to draw attention to themselves.
Speaker 15 (03:04):
6 a.m.
Speaker 10 (03:07):
President Bush is preparing for his morning jog at the
Colony Beach and Tennis Resort in Longboat Key, Florida, where
he has stayed. A van of men of Middle Eastern
descent try to enter the resort, claiming they are to
have a poolside interview with the president. They are turned
away for not having an appointment.
Speaker 7 (03:29):
6.50 a.m.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Ada and Alomari land at Boston's Logan Airport.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
6.51 a.m.
Speaker 10 (03:37):
According to the Washington Post, at least two workers at
the instant messaging company Otago received warnings of an upcoming
attack on the World Trade Center. Otago is an Israeli-owned
company less than two blocks from the World Trade Center.
Speaker 14 (03:51):
7.45 a.m.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Atta and Alomari and three other hijackers board American Airlines
Flight 11.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
It's bound from Boston to Los Angeles.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Flight 11 carries 81 passengers, nine flight attendants, and two pilots.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
7.56 a.m.
Speaker 10 (04:11):
As Flight 11 sits on the runway, Atta phones Marwan al-Shishi,
who's aboard United Flight 175. Flight 175 is also sitting
on the Boston runway, waiting to take off. Anta tells
Al-Shishi the plot is on.
Speaker 14 (04:29):
7.59 a.m.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Flight 11 takes off.
Speaker 14 (04:31):
8.01 a.m.
Speaker 12 (04:35):
United Airlines Flight 93 boards in Newark, New Jersey. It's
scheduled to fly to San Francisco, but sits on the tarmac, delayed.
Speaker 14 (04:42):
8.13 a.m.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Flight controllers and Flight 11's pilots have their last conversation.
Pilots respond when told to turn right, but fail to
climb when commanded two moments later.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
8.14 a.m.
Speaker 10 (04:58):
Flight 175 takes off from Boston, bound for L.A. On
board are 56 passengers, 7 flight attendants, 2 pilots, and
5 hijackers.
Speaker 14 (05:07):
8.19 a.m.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Flight 11 veers dramatically off course. Boston Flight Control assumes
the plane has been hijacked. However, they wait five minutes
before notifying other flight control centers. And they wait another
20 minutes before contacting NORAD.
Speaker 14 (05:23):
8.20 a.m.
Speaker 16 (05:30):
American Airlines Flight 77 departs Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.,
bound for Los Angeles. On board are 58 passengers, five
flight attendants, two pilots, and five hijackers.
Speaker 14 (05:42):
8.21 a.m.
Speaker 5 (05:46):
Flight attendant Amy Sweeney calls American Airlines ground manager Michael Woodward.
She tells him calmly, quote, listen to me very carefully.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
I'm on flight 11. We've been hijacked.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
Two flight attendants have been stabbed and a first class
passenger has had his throat slashed. She relays the hijacker's
seat numbers. In minutes, staff have their names, phone numbers,
addresses and credit card information. Amy Sweeney stays on the
line until the end.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
8.41 a.m.
Speaker 10 (06:12):
Through an open mic in the cockpit of Flight 175,
flight controllers hear loud voices telling everyone to stay in
their seats.
Speaker 8 (06:21):
8.42 a.m.
Speaker 12 (06:22):
After a 40-minute delay, United Flight 93 takes off from
Newark Airport. On board are 38 passengers, five flight attendants,
two pilots, and four hijackers.
Speaker 10 (06:33):
At the same time, Flight 175 veers off course over
the state of New Jersey.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
8.43 a.m.
Speaker 17 (06:39):
Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld is in the Pentagon speaking on terrorism.
He says, let me tell you, I've been around the
block a few times. There will be another event.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
8.44 a.m.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Amy Sweeney, the flight attendant on board Flight 11, who's
been speaking on an air phone with American Airlines personnel,
has asked if she can recognize where she is.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
She answers, I see water. I see the buildings. I
see buildings. Oh, my God. Pray for us.
Speaker 15 (07:04):
8.44 a.m.
Speaker 10 (07:08):
Peter Hansen aboard flight 175 calls his father and says,
oh my God, they just stabbed the airline hostess. I
think the airline is being hijacked. Although his cell phone
cuts out twice, he's able to report to his father
that flight attendants were being stabbed in order to force
the pilot to unlock the cockpit door.
Speaker 14 (07:24):
8.45 a.m.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Two F-15s are ordered to scramble from Otis Air National
Guard Base in Massachusetts to try and find Flight 11.
One minute later, at 8.46, Flight 11 slams into the
North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York.
A French film crew working on a documentary about New
York City firefighters manages to catch the crash on film.
Speaker 18 (07:49):
8.48 a.m.
Speaker 16 (08:02):
Flight 77 suddenly changes course near southeastern Kentucky and heads
back towards Washington. The hijackers tell the passengers to call
their families and say goodbye because they are all going
to die.
Speaker 14 (08:14):
8.50 a.m.
Speaker 10 (08:17):
A mechanic who routinely gets calls from attendants about broken
items at United's maintenance center in San Francisco receives a
call from a female attendant on flight 175. She says,
oh my God, the crew's been killed. A flight attendant's
been stabbed. We've been hijacked. Then the line went dead.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
9 a.m. President Bush, on his way to read to
children at Booker Elementary School in Florida, is told of
the crash into the World Trade Center.
Speaker 10 (08:42):
9.01 a.m., United Airlines warns all of its aircraft of
the potential for cockpit intrusion and orders cockpit doors to
be barricaded. However, United does not mention the hijackings. Flight 93,
still on course, acknowledges the message.
Speaker 18 (09:01):
Oh, my.
Speaker 14 (09:07):
God!
Speaker 4 (09:11):
Brian Lutz there on the scene as we were talking.
You just heard it.
Speaker 18 (09:16):
9.03 a.m.
Speaker 10 (09:17):
As the world watches, Flight 175 smashes into the South
Tower of the World Trade Center.
Speaker 19 (09:23):
We just witnessed some kind of secondary follow-up explosion on
the World Trade Center number two. Then we saw the
other plane flying around after we were out there watching
it for a few minutes, and that plane disappeared into
the building and it blew up.
Speaker 9 (09:35):
The World Trade Center begins from the skyline of New York.
Speaker 20 (09:38):
Police officer told everybody to form a human chain and
we held on to each other and he flashed the
light and he direct us to building five and we
went out building five.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
Did you see people bleeding and what did you see? Oh,
everybody could see.
Speaker 7 (09:49):
Do you want blood?
Speaker 5 (09:50):
There's blood.
Speaker 14 (09:51):
Everybody's bleeding. People are laying all over the floor. It's horrible.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
9.05 a.m.
Speaker 7 (09:56):
While waiting to speak to the group of second graders,
President Bush is told of the second World Trade Center hit.
Speaker 14 (10:02):
9.16 a.m.
Speaker 12 (10:05):
The FAA notifies NORAD that Flight 93 may have been hijacked.
It is thought that one of the hijackers was in
the cockpit prior to takeoff. On the flight recorder, the
pilots make mention of a guest who is a colleague.
It is common for a guest pilot to ride in
the cockpit's jumper.
Speaker 10 (10:24):
Seat. 9.17 a.m. All New York City area airports are
shut down and all bridges and tunnels of New York
are closed.
Speaker 16 (10:32):
9.24 a.m. The FAA informs NORAD that Flight 77 may
have been hijacked and appears to be heading toward Washington, D.C.
Speaker 14 (10:41):
9.25 a.m.
Speaker 12 (10:44):
Flight 93 checks in with Cleveland Ground Control and utters
good morning. A few minutes later, three men on board
stand up, put red bandanas around their heads, and break.
Speaker 15 (10:54):
Into the cockpit.
Speaker 12 (10:55):
One grabs the loudspeaker mic, unaware that ground control could
hear his every word. He claims there is a bomb
on board and that he is a pilot, and the
plane must return.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
To New Jersey. 9.26 a.m.
Speaker 10 (11:07):
All airline departures in the United States are banned.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
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Speaker 17 (11:15):
President Bush speaks privately with National Security Advisor Rice.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
He leaves the school immediately.
Speaker 17 (11:21):
He makes a quick comment to reporters calling the crashes
an apparent terrorist attack on our country.
Speaker 9 (11:26):
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. Unfortunately,
we'll be going back to Washington after my remarks. Secretary
of Rod Pace and Lieutenant Governor will take the podium
and discuss education. I do want to thank the folks
here at Booker Elementary School for their hospitality.
Speaker 8 (11:49):
Today we've had a national tragedy.
Speaker 9 (11:52):
Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in
an apparent terrorist attack on our country. I have spoken
to the Vice President, to the Governor of New York,
to the Director of the FBI, and I've ordered that
the full resources of the federal government go to help
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the victims and their families, and to conduct a full-scale
investigation to hunt down and to find those folks who.
Speaker 8 (12:26):
Committed this act.
Speaker 9 (12:28):
Terrorism against our nation will not stand. And now, if
you'd join me in a moment of silence. May God
bless the victims, their families, and America. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Very much.
Speaker 18 (12:51):
9.31 a.m.
Speaker 16 (12:52):
Three F-16s leave Langley Air Force Base to intercept Flight 77.
At about the same time, hijackers aboard Flight 77 tell
the passengers the plane is going to hit the White House.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
9.32 a.m. The New York Stock Exchange closes.
Speaker 15 (13:09):
9.33 a.m.
Speaker 16 (13:12):
Flight 77 is spotted flying over the Capitol Beltway at
about 7,000 feet. Suddenly, the plane makes a sharp turn
and begins dropping towards the Pentagon. The plane is soon
lost by radar.
Speaker 18 (13:27):
9.34 a.m.
Speaker 12 (13:27):
Aboard Flight 93, Tom Burnett phones his wife to tell
her of the hijacking. She tells him of the planes
flown into the World Trade Center. He responds,'' Oh, my God,
this is a suicide mission.
Speaker 10 (13:39):
9.40 a.m. The FAA orders the entire nationwide air traffic
system shut down.
Speaker 21 (13:48):
A large jet aircraft, perhaps the size of a large
passenger plane, came very low, clipping off light poles as
it approached the Pentagon. It slammed into the side of
the Pentagon, and it drove itself from the outer ring
all the way to the inner ring.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
9.41 a.m.
Speaker 16 (14:07):
Flight 77 slams into the Pentagon. President Bush gives the
order to shoot down any plane refusing to turn away from.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Washington, D.C.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
As you can imagine, there was a great deal of
shock and a lot of.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
parade activity in the West Wing of the White House
when this happened. Shortly thereafter, the White House was actually evacuated.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Well, let me just describe the scene that we have here,
and I'll back up a little bit. But right now,
I'm looking at the charred facade of the Pentagon, a
huge gaping hole on the side where the Pentagon teleport
is located, the side that faces Arlington Cemetery. In front
of me is a long line of rescue personnel with backboards.
They're just waiting for victims to be brought out so
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they can rush them to nearby medical facilities.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
9.48 a.m.
Speaker 12 (14:52):
Tom Burnett calls his wife again from Flight 93 and
tells her, don't worry, we took a vote and we're
going to do something.
Speaker 15 (14:59):
9.49 a.m.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
The White House is evacuated.
Speaker 12 (15:04):
9.58 a.m., Todd Beamer aboard Flight 93 puts down the
air phone he'd been using to speak with an operator
for the last few minutes. The operator stays on the
line and hears Todd say to a nearby passenger, are
you ready?
Speaker 4 (15:20):
Let's roll.
Speaker 17 (15:21):
We were standing here and we were just discussing the
things that were going on.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
The second building just crumbled right.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
In front of us.
Speaker 19 (15:28):
It is difficult to make out through the debris and smoke,
but it does appear that a portion, the top portion
of the building, has collapsed down to the streets below.
Speaker 8 (15:38):
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
And it is not there anymore.
Speaker 14 (15:42):
That should be it.
Speaker 15 (15:44):
Thanks very much.
Speaker 8 (15:47):
The whole side has collapsed?
Speaker 2 (15:48):
The whole building has collapsed.
Speaker 8 (15:50):
The whole building has collapsed?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
The building has collapsed.
Speaker 8 (15:54):
That's the southern tower you're talking about.
Speaker 14 (15:57):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
The second building that we witnessed the airplane enter has been,
the top half has been fully involved in flame. It
just collapsed. There is panic on the streets. Thousands of
people running up Church Street, which is what I'm looking
out on. trying to get away, but the entire, at
least as far as I can see, the top half
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of the building, at least half of it, I can't
see below that, half of it just started with a
gigantic rumble, folded in on itself, and collapsed in a
huge plume of smoke and.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Dust.
Speaker 10 (16:32):
9.59 a.m.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
Speaker 11 (16:36):
We were talking about massive casualties.
Speaker 20 (16:43):
We saw what happened in the cockpit. He was a
very active, take charge, assertive young man.
Speaker 11 (16:50):
And I'm just going to add to the chaos and
the trauma of the day by saying that a large
plane has now crashed just north, or shouldn't I say just,
but crashed about 10 o'clock in the last 15 minutes
north of Somerset County Airport, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Speaker 14 (17:09):
10.06 a.m.
Speaker 12 (17:11):
Flight 93 crashes just north of Somerset County Airport, 80
miles east of Pittsburgh.
Speaker 20 (17:18):
We have it from other people, another man on the
aircraft who called his wife, who said that he and
some other passengers were hoping to get at these guys somehow.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
10.08 a.m.
Speaker 17 (17:32):
President Bush is told of Flight 93's crash. He asks,
did we shoot it down or did it crash? Several
hours later, he is assured it crashed.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
10.24 a.m.
Speaker 10 (17:46):
The FAA orders all inbound transatlantic flights to be diverted
to Canada.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
We heard a rumble.
Speaker 20 (17:53):
Like I've never heard before, and a firefighter ran towards me.
We ran as fast as we could.
Speaker 8 (17:59):
I lost my shoes.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
I fell down.
Speaker 20 (18:02):
He picked me up and slammed me into a wall
and covered me with him.
Speaker 19 (18:07):
The second tower, the only one that was standing, tower
number one, We saw some kind of explosion, a lot
of smoke come out of the top of the tower,
and then it collapsed down onto the streets below, much
like we saw the first tower just about a half
hour ago.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
The World Trade Center, both towers are now gone.
Speaker 10 (18:25):
My God, look at the skyline without the towers.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
Skyline, no towers, just billows of smoke.
Speaker 6 (18:30):
The second and last tower of the World Trade Tower
has just collapsed. It is about 10.30 Eastern Time. And
the tower has collapsed. We did not hear an explosion.
There was no sign telling us previous any kind of
warning that the building was going to collapse. The warning
for us were people just running in our direction. And
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that's when we started to get.
Speaker 10 (18:53):
Out of the way.
Speaker 5 (18:54):
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Speaker 4 (18:55):
The North Tower of the World Trade Center. collapses.
Speaker 19 (18:58):
Seeing the entire lower half of Manhattan just completely covered
in smoke, debris, dust, everything well south of Canal Street
is just completely covered in this smoke and dust at
this time. There is not anything recognizable of what were
the two trade towers.
Speaker 11 (19:16):
It's hard to put it into words, and maybe one
doesn't need to. Both trade towers. where thousands of people
were on this day, Tuesday, have now been attacked and
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destroyed with thousands of people either in them or in
the immediate area adjacent to them.
Speaker 8 (19:51):
This is.
Speaker 11 (19:54):
There is simply no way to accurately describe the emotion.
Speaker 8 (19:59):
This evokes in people all.
Speaker 11 (20:02):
Over the world, friends of the United States and enemies
of the United States as well.
Speaker 14 (20:06):
11 a.m.
Speaker 10 (20:11):
Evacuations are ordered at various skyscrapers around the country, including
the Sears Tower in Chicago. Major tourist attractions are closed,
including Walt Disney World, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Seattle
Space Needle, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Speaker 8 (20:27):
11.04 a.m.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
President Bush puts the U.S. military on high worldwide alert.
Speaker 9 (20:34):
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward.
and freedom will be defended. I want to reassure the
American people that the full resources of the federal government
are working to assist local authorities to save lives and
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to help the victims of these attacks.
Speaker 8 (21:02):
Make no mistake, the United States.
Speaker 9 (21:08):
Will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.
Speaker 8 (21:16):
I've been in regular contact with the Vice.
Speaker 9 (21:18):
President, Secretary of Defense, the National Security Team, and my Cabinet.
We have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the
American people.
Speaker 8 (21:35):
Our military at.
Speaker 9 (21:36):
Home and around the world is on high alert status.
And we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue
the functions of your government. We have been in touch
with the leaders of Congress and with world leaders to
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assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to
protect America and Americans I ask the American people to
join me in saying a thanks for all the folks
who have been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens,
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and to join me in saying a prayer for the
victims and their families. The resolve of our great nation
is being tested, but make no mistake, We will show
the world that we will pass this test.
Speaker 8 (22:42):
God bless.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
1.10 p.m.
Speaker 7 (22:45):
The Navy dispatches aircraft carriers and missile destroyers to New
York and Washington. Around the country, fighters, transports, and refueling
planes scramble to get airborne and patrol 50 cities in
the U.S.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
410 p.m.
Speaker 10 (23:01):
The 47 story building known as World Trade Center 7
is on fire. Firefighters find it nearly impossible to get
close enough to the building to stop the fire. In
a little over an hour, Building 7 collapses, making the
Trade Center's devastation complete.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
830 p.m. President Bush addresses the nation.
Speaker 8 (23:24):
Good evening.
Speaker 9 (23:26):
Today our fellow citizens our way of life, our very
freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and
deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes or in
their offices, secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers,
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moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were
suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures
of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing,
have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a.
Speaker 8 (24:11):
Quiet, unyielding anger.
Speaker 9 (24:15):
These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our
nation into chaos and retreat.
Speaker 8 (24:21):
But they have failed. Our country is strong.
Speaker 9 (24:25):
A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.
Terrorist attacks can shape the foundations of our biggest buildings,
but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts
shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon
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for freedom and opportunity in the world, and no one
will keep that light from shining. Today, our nation saw evil,
the very worst of human nature. And we responded with
the best of America, with the daring of our rescue workers,
with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to
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give blood and help in any way they could. Immediately
following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans.
Our military is powerful and it's prepared. Our emergency teams
are working in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Speaker 8 (25:27):
To help with local rescue efforts.
Speaker 9 (25:30):
Our first priority is to get help to those who
have been injured and to take every precaution to protect
our citizens at home and around the world from further attacks.
The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal agencies
in Washington, which had to be evacuated today, are reopening
for essential personnel tonight and will be open for business tomorrow.
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Our financial institutions remain strong and the American economy will
be open for business as well. The search is underway
for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed
the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities
to find those responsible and to bring them to justice.
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We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed
these acts and those who harbor them. I appreciate so
very much the members of Congress who have joined me
in strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the
American people, I thank the many world leaders who have
called to offer their condolences and assistance. America and our
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friends and allies join with all those who want peace
and security in the world. And we stand together to
win the war against terrorism. Tonight, I ask for your
prayers for all those who grieve. for the children whose
worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety
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and security has been threatened.
Speaker 8 (27:03):
And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater.
Speaker 9 (27:06):
Than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
This is a day when all Americans from every walk
of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace.
America has stood down any enemies before, and we will
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do so this time.
Speaker 8 (27:32):
None of us will ever forget this day.
Speaker 9 (27:35):
Yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that
is good and just in our world.
Speaker 8 (27:42):
Thank you. Good night. And God bless America.
Speaker 9 (28:01):
Thank you.
This just in, you are looking at, obviously, a very
disturbing live shot there. That is the World Trade Center,
and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane
has crashed into one of the towers.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
It looked like it was moving slowly.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
It lined itself.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Up to hit the building directly.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Wow, I've never seen a plane flying so low.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
And we looked out at it, and all of a sudden, boom,
it seemed like it wasn't even real.
Speaker 6 (00:32):
I'm still shaking.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I saw it hit the tower and flame everywhere. Oh
my God, I don't believe it!
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Brian Lutz there on the scene as we were talking,
you just heard it.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I was looking at it, it's beside the northeast corner
of the.
Speaker 7 (00:48):
And then we saw smoke coming out and everybody started
running out and we saw the plane on the other
side of the building and.
Speaker 8 (00:57):
There was smoke everywhere and people were jumping out the window.
Speaker 9 (01:00):
Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in
an apparent terrorist attack on our country.
Speaker 10 (01:05):
My sister's in that building. I got a lot of
friends that work in that building.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
I'm sitting here watching it burn.
Speaker 11 (01:09):
We have now had eyewitness reports from... Our sources in
Washington say they did see a plane crash in the
vicinity of the Pentagon.
Speaker 12 (01:17):
I got a nine-year-old sister that just called me and
asked me why do people hate the Americans?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
We were standing here and we were just discussing the
things that were going on. The second building just crumbled
right in.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Front of us.
Speaker 13 (01:30):
It's hard to put it into words, and maybe one
doesn't need to. Both trade towers, where thousands of people work,
on this day, Tuesday, have.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Now been attacked and destroyed. I'm just a firefighter.
Speaker 14 (02:04):
This is hell.
Speaker 15 (02:07):
I've never seen anything like it.
Speaker 10 (02:09):
It's one of the worst things I've ever seen in
my life.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
But we're all brothers. We've all got to stick together.
Speaker 14 (02:18):
Gather!
Speaker 15 (02:18):
5.53 a.m.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz Alamari are photographed by security cameras
boarding a small plane in Portland, Maine. They fly to
Boston's Logan Airport. Two passengers later say that Atta and
Alamari sat separate from each other on the flight.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
They kept quiet, trying not to draw attention to themselves.
Speaker 15 (03:04):
6 a.m.
Speaker 10 (03:07):
President Bush is preparing for his morning jog at the
Colony Beach and Tennis Resort in Longboat Key, Florida, where
he has stayed. A van of men of Middle Eastern
descent try to enter the resort, claiming they are to
have a poolside interview with the president. They are turned
away for not having an appointment.
Speaker 7 (03:29):
6.50 a.m.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Ada and Alomari land at Boston's Logan Airport.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
6.51 a.m.
Speaker 10 (03:37):
According to the Washington Post, at least two workers at
the instant messaging company Otago received warnings of an upcoming
attack on the World Trade Center. Otago is an Israeli-owned
company less than two blocks from the World Trade Center.
Speaker 14 (03:51):
7.45 a.m.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Atta and Alomari and three other hijackers board American Airlines
Flight 11.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
It's bound from Boston to Los Angeles.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Flight 11 carries 81 passengers, nine flight attendants, and two pilots.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
7.56 a.m.
Speaker 10 (04:11):
As Flight 11 sits on the runway, Atta phones Marwan al-Shishi,
who's aboard United Flight 175. Flight 175 is also sitting
on the Boston runway, waiting to take off. Anta tells
Al-Shishi the plot is on.
Speaker 14 (04:29):
7.59 a.m.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Flight 11 takes off.
Speaker 14 (04:31):
8.01 a.m.
Speaker 12 (04:35):
United Airlines Flight 93 boards in Newark, New Jersey. It's
scheduled to fly to San Francisco, but sits on the tarmac, delayed.
Speaker 14 (04:42):
8.13 a.m.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Flight controllers and Flight 11's pilots have their last conversation.
Pilots respond when told to turn right, but fail to
climb when commanded two moments later.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
8.14 a.m.
Speaker 10 (04:58):
Flight 175 takes off from Boston, bound for L.A. On
board are 56 passengers, 7 flight attendants, 2 pilots, and
5 hijackers.
Speaker 14 (05:07):
8.19 a.m.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Flight 11 veers dramatically off course. Boston Flight Control assumes
the plane has been hijacked. However, they wait five minutes
before notifying other flight control centers. And they wait another
20 minutes before contacting NORAD.
Speaker 14 (05:23):
8.20 a.m.
Speaker 16 (05:30):
American Airlines Flight 77 departs Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.,
bound for Los Angeles. On board are 58 passengers, five
flight attendants, two pilots, and five hijackers.
Speaker 14 (05:42):
8.21 a.m.
Speaker 5 (05:46):
Flight attendant Amy Sweeney calls American Airlines ground manager Michael Woodward.
She tells him calmly, quote, listen to me very carefully.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
I'm on flight 11. We've been hijacked.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
Two flight attendants have been stabbed and a first class
passenger has had his throat slashed. She relays the hijacker's
seat numbers. In minutes, staff have their names, phone numbers,
addresses and credit card information. Amy Sweeney stays on the
line until the end.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
8.41 a.m.
Speaker 10 (06:12):
Through an open mic in the cockpit of Flight 175,
flight controllers hear loud voices telling everyone to stay in
their seats.
Speaker 8 (06:21):
8.42 a.m.
Speaker 12 (06:22):
After a 40-minute delay, United Flight 93 takes off from
Newark Airport. On board are 38 passengers, five flight attendants,
two pilots, and four hijackers.
Speaker 10 (06:33):
At the same time, Flight 175 veers off course over
the state of New Jersey.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
8.43 a.m.
Speaker 17 (06:39):
Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld is in the Pentagon speaking on terrorism.
He says, let me tell you, I've been around the
block a few times. There will be another event.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
8.44 a.m.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Amy Sweeney, the flight attendant on board Flight 11, who's
been speaking on an air phone with American Airlines personnel,
has asked if she can recognize where she is.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
She answers, I see water. I see the buildings. I
see buildings. Oh, my God. Pray for us.
Speaker 15 (07:04):
8.44 a.m.
Speaker 10 (07:08):
Peter Hansen aboard flight 175 calls his father and says,
oh my God, they just stabbed the airline hostess. I
think the airline is being hijacked. Although his cell phone
cuts out twice, he's able to report to his father
that flight attendants were being stabbed in order to force
the pilot to unlock the cockpit door.
Speaker 14 (07:24):
8.45 a.m.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Two F-15s are ordered to scramble from Otis Air National
Guard Base in Massachusetts to try and find Flight 11.
One minute later, at 8.46, Flight 11 slams into the
North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York.
A French film crew working on a documentary about New
York City firefighters manages to catch the crash on film.
Speaker 18 (07:49):
8.48 a.m.
Speaker 16 (08:02):
Flight 77 suddenly changes course near southeastern Kentucky and heads
back towards Washington. The hijackers tell the passengers to call
their families and say goodbye because they are all going
to die.
Speaker 14 (08:14):
8.50 a.m.
Speaker 10 (08:17):
A mechanic who routinely gets calls from attendants about broken
items at United's maintenance center in San Francisco receives a
call from a female attendant on flight 175. She says,
oh my God, the crew's been killed. A flight attendant's
been stabbed. We've been hijacked. Then the line went dead.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
9 a.m. President Bush, on his way to read to
children at Booker Elementary School in Florida, is told of
the crash into the World Trade Center.
Speaker 10 (08:42):
9.01 a.m., United Airlines warns all of its aircraft of
the potential for cockpit intrusion and orders cockpit doors to
be barricaded. However, United does not mention the hijackings. Flight 93,
still on course, acknowledges the message.
Speaker 18 (09:01):
Oh, my.
Speaker 14 (09:07):
God!
Speaker 4 (09:11):
Brian Lutz there on the scene as we were talking.
You just heard it.
Speaker 18 (09:16):
9.03 a.m.
Speaker 10 (09:17):
As the world watches, Flight 175 smashes into the South
Tower of the World Trade Center.
Speaker 19 (09:23):
We just witnessed some kind of secondary follow-up explosion on
the World Trade Center number two. Then we saw the
other plane flying around after we were out there watching
it for a few minutes, and that plane disappeared into
the building and it blew up.
Speaker 9 (09:35):
The World Trade Center begins from the skyline of New York.
Speaker 20 (09:38):
Police officer told everybody to form a human chain and
we held on to each other and he flashed the
light and he direct us to building five and we
went out building five.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
Did you see people bleeding and what did you see? Oh,
everybody could see.
Speaker 7 (09:49):
Do you want blood?
Speaker 5 (09:50):
There's blood.
Speaker 14 (09:51):
Everybody's bleeding. People are laying all over the floor. It's horrible.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
9.05 a.m.
Speaker 7 (09:56):
While waiting to speak to the group of second graders,
President Bush is told of the second World Trade Center hit.
Speaker 14 (10:02):
9.16 a.m.
Speaker 12 (10:05):
The FAA notifies NORAD that Flight 93 may have been hijacked.
It is thought that one of the hijackers was in
the cockpit prior to takeoff. On the flight recorder, the
pilots make mention of a guest who is a colleague.
It is common for a guest pilot to ride in
the cockpit's jumper.
Speaker 10 (10:24):
Seat. 9.17 a.m. All New York City area airports are
shut down and all bridges and tunnels of New York
are closed.
Speaker 16 (10:32):
9.24 a.m. The FAA informs NORAD that Flight 77 may
have been hijacked and appears to be heading toward Washington, D.C.
Speaker 14 (10:41):
9.25 a.m.
Speaker 12 (10:44):
Flight 93 checks in with Cleveland Ground Control and utters
good morning. A few minutes later, three men on board
stand up, put red bandanas around their heads, and break.
Speaker 15 (10:54):
Into the cockpit.
Speaker 12 (10:55):
One grabs the loudspeaker mic, unaware that ground control could
hear his every word. He claims there is a bomb
on board and that he is a pilot, and the
plane must return.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
To New Jersey. 9.26 a.m.
Speaker 10 (11:07):
All airline departures in the United States are banned.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
929 a.m.
Speaker 17 (11:15):
President Bush speaks privately with National Security Advisor Rice.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
He leaves the school immediately.
Speaker 17 (11:21):
He makes a quick comment to reporters calling the crashes
an apparent terrorist attack on our country.
Speaker 9 (11:26):
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. Unfortunately,
we'll be going back to Washington after my remarks. Secretary
of Rod Pace and Lieutenant Governor will take the podium
and discuss education. I do want to thank the folks
here at Booker Elementary School for their hospitality.
Speaker 8 (11:49):
Today we've had a national tragedy.
Speaker 9 (11:52):
Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in
an apparent terrorist attack on our country. I have spoken
to the Vice President, to the Governor of New York,
to the Director of the FBI, and I've ordered that
the full resources of the federal government go to help
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the victims and their families, and to conduct a full-scale
investigation to hunt down and to find those folks who.
Speaker 8 (12:26):
Committed this act.
Speaker 9 (12:28):
Terrorism against our nation will not stand. And now, if
you'd join me in a moment of silence. May God
bless the victims, their families, and America. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Very much.
Speaker 18 (12:51):
9.31 a.m.
Speaker 16 (12:52):
Three F-16s leave Langley Air Force Base to intercept Flight 77.
At about the same time, hijackers aboard Flight 77 tell
the passengers the plane is going to hit the White House.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
9.32 a.m. The New York Stock Exchange closes.
Speaker 15 (13:09):
9.33 a.m.
Speaker 16 (13:12):
Flight 77 is spotted flying over the Capitol Beltway at
about 7,000 feet. Suddenly, the plane makes a sharp turn
and begins dropping towards the Pentagon. The plane is soon
lost by radar.
Speaker 18 (13:27):
9.34 a.m.
Speaker 12 (13:27):
Aboard Flight 93, Tom Burnett phones his wife to tell
her of the hijacking. She tells him of the planes
flown into the World Trade Center. He responds,'' Oh, my God,
this is a suicide mission.
Speaker 10 (13:39):
9.40 a.m. The FAA orders the entire nationwide air traffic
system shut down.
Speaker 21 (13:48):
A large jet aircraft, perhaps the size of a large
passenger plane, came very low, clipping off light poles as
it approached the Pentagon. It slammed into the side of
the Pentagon, and it drove itself from the outer ring
all the way to the inner ring.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
9.41 a.m.
Speaker 16 (14:07):
Flight 77 slams into the Pentagon. President Bush gives the
order to shoot down any plane refusing to turn away from.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Washington, D.C.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
As you can imagine, there was a great deal of
shock and a lot of.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
parade activity in the West Wing of the White House
when this happened. Shortly thereafter, the White House was actually evacuated.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Well, let me just describe the scene that we have here,
and I'll back up a little bit. But right now,
I'm looking at the charred facade of the Pentagon, a
huge gaping hole on the side where the Pentagon teleport
is located, the side that faces Arlington Cemetery. In front
of me is a long line of rescue personnel with backboards.
They're just waiting for victims to be brought out so
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they can rush them to nearby medical facilities.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
9.48 a.m.
Speaker 12 (14:52):
Tom Burnett calls his wife again from Flight 93 and
tells her, don't worry, we took a vote and we're
going to do something.
Speaker 15 (14:59):
9.49 a.m.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
The White House is evacuated.
Speaker 12 (15:04):
9.58 a.m., Todd Beamer aboard Flight 93 puts down the
air phone he'd been using to speak with an operator
for the last few minutes. The operator stays on the
line and hears Todd say to a nearby passenger, are
you ready?
Speaker 4 (15:20):
Let's roll.
Speaker 17 (15:21):
We were standing here and we were just discussing the
things that were going on.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
The second building just crumbled right.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
In front of us.
Speaker 19 (15:28):
It is difficult to make out through the debris and smoke,
but it does appear that a portion, the top portion
of the building, has collapsed down to the streets below.
Speaker 8 (15:38):
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
And it is not there anymore.
Speaker 14 (15:42):
That should be it.
Speaker 15 (15:44):
Thanks very much.
Speaker 8 (15:47):
The whole side has collapsed?
Speaker 2 (15:48):
The whole building has collapsed.
Speaker 8 (15:50):
The whole building has collapsed?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
The building has collapsed.
Speaker 8 (15:54):
That's the southern tower you're talking about.
Speaker 14 (15:57):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
The second building that we witnessed the airplane enter has been,
the top half has been fully involved in flame. It
just collapsed. There is panic on the streets. Thousands of
people running up Church Street, which is what I'm looking
out on. trying to get away, but the entire, at
least as far as I can see, the top half
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of the building, at least half of it, I can't
see below that, half of it just started with a
gigantic rumble, folded in on itself, and collapsed in a
huge plume of smoke and.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Dust.
Speaker 10 (16:32):
9.59 a.m.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
Speaker 11 (16:36):
We were talking about massive casualties.
Speaker 20 (16:43):
We saw what happened in the cockpit. He was a
very active, take charge, assertive young man.
Speaker 11 (16:50):
And I'm just going to add to the chaos and
the trauma of the day by saying that a large
plane has now crashed just north, or shouldn't I say just,
but crashed about 10 o'clock in the last 15 minutes
north of Somerset County Airport, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Speaker 14 (17:09):
10.06 a.m.
Speaker 12 (17:11):
Flight 93 crashes just north of Somerset County Airport, 80
miles east of Pittsburgh.
Speaker 20 (17:18):
We have it from other people, another man on the
aircraft who called his wife, who said that he and
some other passengers were hoping to get at these guys somehow.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
10.08 a.m.
Speaker 17 (17:32):
President Bush is told of Flight 93's crash. He asks,
did we shoot it down or did it crash? Several
hours later, he is assured it crashed.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
10.24 a.m.
Speaker 10 (17:46):
The FAA orders all inbound transatlantic flights to be diverted
to Canada.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
We heard a rumble.
Speaker 20 (17:53):
Like I've never heard before, and a firefighter ran towards me.
We ran as fast as we could.
Speaker 8 (17:59):
I lost my shoes.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
I fell down.
Speaker 20 (18:02):
He picked me up and slammed me into a wall
and covered me with him.
Speaker 19 (18:07):
The second tower, the only one that was standing, tower
number one, We saw some kind of explosion, a lot
of smoke come out of the top of the tower,
and then it collapsed down onto the streets below, much
like we saw the first tower just about a half
hour ago.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
The World Trade Center, both towers are now gone.
Speaker 10 (18:25):
My God, look at the skyline without the towers.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
Skyline, no towers, just billows of smoke.
Speaker 6 (18:30):
The second and last tower of the World Trade Tower
has just collapsed. It is about 10.30 Eastern Time. And
the tower has collapsed. We did not hear an explosion.
There was no sign telling us previous any kind of
warning that the building was going to collapse. The warning
for us were people just running in our direction. And
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that's when we started to get.
Speaker 10 (18:53):
Out of the way.
Speaker 5 (18:54):
1028 a.m.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
The North Tower of the World Trade Center. collapses.
Speaker 19 (18:58):
Seeing the entire lower half of Manhattan just completely covered
in smoke, debris, dust, everything well south of Canal Street
is just completely covered in this smoke and dust at
this time. There is not anything recognizable of what were
the two trade towers.
Speaker 11 (19:16):
It's hard to put it into words, and maybe one
doesn't need to. Both trade towers. where thousands of people
were on this day, Tuesday, have now been attacked and
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destroyed with thousands of people either in them or in
the immediate area adjacent to them.
Speaker 8 (19:51):
This is.
Speaker 11 (19:54):
There is simply no way to accurately describe the emotion.
Speaker 8 (19:59):
This evokes in people all.
Speaker 11 (20:02):
Over the world, friends of the United States and enemies
of the United States as well.
Speaker 14 (20:06):
11 a.m.
Speaker 10 (20:11):
Evacuations are ordered at various skyscrapers around the country, including
the Sears Tower in Chicago. Major tourist attractions are closed,
including Walt Disney World, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Seattle
Space Needle, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Speaker 8 (20:27):
11.04 a.m.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
President Bush puts the U.S. military on high worldwide alert.
Speaker 9 (20:34):
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward.
and freedom will be defended. I want to reassure the
American people that the full resources of the federal government
are working to assist local authorities to save lives and
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to help the victims of these attacks.
Speaker 8 (21:02):
Make no mistake, the United States.
Speaker 9 (21:08):
Will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.
Speaker 8 (21:16):
I've been in regular contact with the Vice.
Speaker 9 (21:18):
President, Secretary of Defense, the National Security Team, and my Cabinet.
We have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the
American people.
Speaker 8 (21:35):
Our military at.
Speaker 9 (21:36):
Home and around the world is on high alert status.
And we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue
the functions of your government. We have been in touch
with the leaders of Congress and with world leaders to
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assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to
protect America and Americans I ask the American people to
join me in saying a thanks for all the folks
who have been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens,
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and to join me in saying a prayer for the
victims and their families. The resolve of our great nation
is being tested, but make no mistake, We will show
the world that we will pass this test.
Speaker 8 (22:42):
God bless.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
1.10 p.m.
Speaker 7 (22:45):
The Navy dispatches aircraft carriers and missile destroyers to New
York and Washington. Around the country, fighters, transports, and refueling
planes scramble to get airborne and patrol 50 cities in
the U.S.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
410 p.m.
Speaker 10 (23:01):
The 47 story building known as World Trade Center 7
is on fire. Firefighters find it nearly impossible to get
close enough to the building to stop the fire. In
a little over an hour, Building 7 collapses, making the
Trade Center's devastation complete.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
830 p.m. President Bush addresses the nation.
Speaker 8 (23:24):
Good evening.
Speaker 9 (23:26):
Today our fellow citizens our way of life, our very
freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and
deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes or in
their offices, secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers,
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moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were
suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures
of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing,
have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a.
Speaker 8 (24:11):
Quiet, unyielding anger.
Speaker 9 (24:15):
These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our
nation into chaos and retreat.
Speaker 8 (24:21):
But they have failed. Our country is strong.
Speaker 9 (24:25):
A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.
Terrorist attacks can shape the foundations of our biggest buildings,
but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts
shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon
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for freedom and opportunity in the world, and no one
will keep that light from shining. Today, our nation saw evil,
the very worst of human nature. And we responded with
the best of America, with the daring of our rescue workers,
with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to
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give blood and help in any way they could. Immediately
following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans.
Our military is powerful and it's prepared. Our emergency teams
are working in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Speaker 8 (25:27):
To help with local rescue efforts.
Speaker 9 (25:30):
Our first priority is to get help to those who
have been injured and to take every precaution to protect
our citizens at home and around the world from further attacks.
The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal agencies
in Washington, which had to be evacuated today, are reopening
for essential personnel tonight and will be open for business tomorrow.
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Our financial institutions remain strong and the American economy will
be open for business as well. The search is underway
for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed
the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities
to find those responsible and to bring them to justice.
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We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed
these acts and those who harbor them. I appreciate so
very much the members of Congress who have joined me
in strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the
American people, I thank the many world leaders who have
called to offer their condolences and assistance. America and our
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friends and allies join with all those who want peace
and security in the world. And we stand together to
win the war against terrorism. Tonight, I ask for your
prayers for all those who grieve. for the children whose
worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety
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and security has been threatened.
Speaker 8 (27:03):
And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater.
Speaker 9 (27:06):
Than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
This is a day when all Americans from every walk
of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace.
America has stood down any enemies before, and we will
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do so this time.
Speaker 8 (27:32):
None of us will ever forget this day.
Speaker 9 (27:35):
Yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that
is good and just in our world.
Speaker 8 (27:42):
Thank you. Good night. And God bless America.
Speaker 9 (28:01):
Thank you.
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