Transcript September 11th, 2001

September
th
11 ,
2001
A Day America Will Never Forget.
Do Now
9-11-2013
How has the world changed
as a result of 9/11?
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Why Study 9/11?
• It is the largest act of domestic terrorism
in U.S history.
• It was the justification for both the war
in Afghanistan and Iraq.
• It resulted in laws limiting the freedoms
of American citizens.( Patriot Act)
Why Study 9/11? Continued
• It has forever changed the way Americans
travel.
• The attacks largely brought out the best and
in some cases the worst in Americans.
The World Trade Center
• Each tower had 110 floors
• Each floor was roughly an
acre in size.
• The North Tower was
1,368 feet high. It had a TV
antenna that was 360 feet.
• The South Tower was 1,362
feet.
• Over 500 companies had
offices in the complex.
First Plane Strikes the North Tower
• At 8:46 a.m. Flight 11
crashed in floors 93-99 of
the North Tower.
• At 8:50 a.m. President
George W. Bush is informed
that a plane hit the WTC.
He is speaking to a group of
elementary school students
in Sarasota, Florida.
• At this point the crash is
believed to be an accident.
The Second Tower is Struck
• 8:55 a.m. South
Tower tenants are
instructed to stay in
the building.
• 9:02 a.m. The South
Tower is ordered
evacuated. An
estimated 10,00014,000 people are
evacuating the WTC.
• 9:03 a.m. Flight 175
crashes into floors
77-85 of the South
Tower.
Fall of the Towers
• 9:59 a.m. after burning for 56
minutes the South Tower collapses
in 10 seconds. 600 workers and first
responders died
• 10:28 a.m. the North Tower
collapses killing approximately 1.400
people in the tower and the
surrounding area.
White Ash Rained Everywhere
“Ground Zero”
TV Antenna from the North Tower
Pentagon Attack
United States Pentagon
Pentagon shortly after flight 77
crashes at 9:37 a.m. on 9/11
The crash killed all 59 passengers and 125 military and civilian personnel
in the pentagon.
Flight 93
• 9:57 a.m. The passengers
and crew of United 93 had
been able to alert loved
ones that their plane was
hijacked.
• When passengers
attempted to retake control
of the plane the hijackers
crashed it into a field in
Somerset County, Pa.
Most of those murdered on 9/11
Missing Persons
Perpetrators: Al Qaeda
Osama Bin Laden
Head of Al Qaeda
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
9/11 Mastermind
9/11 Hijackers
9/11 Hijackers
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All Male.
Most in were in their 20s.
None of them had a military background.
Many were well educated.
The common link between the attackers is
that they became involved with radical Islam.
Heroes of 9/11
Gloves donated by NYPD Emergency Services
Detective David Brink. These gloves were worn on
9/11. When the skyscraper crashed, he placed the
glove hands to protect against the black cloud of
suffocating dust.
Airfone Recovered from Flight 93
Had the passengers of Flight 93 not overtook the attackers,
many more could have died.
Blood drive held in Wisconsin to help
Those wounded in the 9/11 attacks
NYFD
• 343 New York City Firefighters
died saving the lives of others
during 9/11.
• Those that survived suffered
high rates of cancer and other
diseases because of inhaling
toxic dust at “Ground Zero”.
• To this day many Firefighters
and other survivors of 9/11 are
haunted by post traumatic
stress disorder.
• Pat Tillman was an
NFL Player that
joined the army in
the aftermath of
9/11.
• Pat Tillman died
on April 22nd 2004
fighting in
Afghanistan.
• It was later ruled
that the cause of his
death was friendly
fire.
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Building the New World Trade Center
Freedom Tower
One World Trade
Center
Waterfront view
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The New World Trade Center
• Will include four buildings.
• 1 World Trade Center (Formerly called the
Freedom Tower) will be the tallest. The
building will be 105 floors and exactly as tall
as old WTC.
• 1 World Trade will have a beacon on top that
will take it to 1776 feet making it larger than
the old building.
The New World Trade Center
• 1 World Trade will have approximately 2.6
million square feet of office space.
• In addition to the four skyscrapers being built,
the site will also include a memorial museum
for the victims of 9/11.
• The project is expected to be finished in early
2014 and cost over $4 billion dollars.
Controversy about Construction
• Developers have
elected to build the
tower without the
radome pictured on
the left.
• Some have argued
that without the
radome the
antenna won’t
count towards the
buildings height.
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Construction as of February, 2013
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