On 11 September 2001 a plane flew into one of the Twin Towers in New York City at 8:45. 18 minutes later the other Twin Tower got hit by another plane.
At 9.00 The President George Bush held a speech, where he said that buildings' foundations could shake, but not Americas.
9:45 another plane hit the pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. 125 people died at the Pentagon, both military personnel and civilians. The 64 people who were on the plane also died.
10:30 the North Twin Tower collapsed.
The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania because some of the passengers became aware of what had happened in U.S.A so they decided to attack the cockpit. The terrorists in the plane took it down. None of the people on the plane survived. No one knew the flight's target, but many people had theories. One of those theories was that the flight was on its way to the White House.
The 19 terrorists hijacked the 4 planes in three different airports near the east coast. These planes were normal passenger flights on their way to California.
The day of 9/11 3.000 people lost their lives. 9/11 was a moment that shocked the world.
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