American Airlines Flight 77

A American Airlines Boeing 767 airplane loaded with 20,000 gallons of fuel crashed into the north World Trade Center tower in New York City. After 18 minutes of the first tower being hit, the second tower was also hit. As millions of people watched these events happen, another American Airlines flight 77 turned around and made it’s way to Washington D.C and crashed into the west side of the Pentagon military…

From this I received websites that contained subheadings including numbers (times), “9/11”, and flight numbers. Then, I noticed a website that I use for most of my social studies projects: History.com. Since I knew that website had reliable information, I decided to utilize it for this assignment. Then, from the information I learned from History.com, I searched for “flight 11 and flight 17”. From there, I found a website that exhibited two maps of the route the two planes took, and were…

second attack launched 45 minutes later and it created less damage. In just two hours 18 warships, 188 aircrafts an 2,403 servicemen were lost in the attack. In 9/11, irreplaceable documents, records, art, artifacts were destroyed along with 3,000 American lives. People were trying to make sense out what had just happened. People were also fearful and worried for their lives and their families. What did people witness? They witness people dressed in suits jumping out of windows from the towers.…

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, terrorism is “the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence to intimidate or coerce, as for military or political purposes.” An effect of terrorism is the advancement of security systems in government and federal buildings, and fear amongst citizens throughout the world. When one thinks of the term “terrorism” the name that most likely comes to mind is Osama Bin Laden who was known for his hatred and attacks against Americans. Osama Bin…

The World Trade Center is a symbol of globalization, America’s economic power, and prosperity. The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U. S. Department of Defense, serves as a symbol of American military power. Al-Qaeda hoped that by attacking these symbols of American power that they would promote widespread fear throughout the country and severely weaken the United States standing in the world community, ultimately supporting their political and religious goals. September…

Pentagon Crisis Background Situation Overview September 11, 2001 one of the most impactful disasters in North American history. It is recorded that “at 9:37:46, American Airline Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon [and] all on board, as well as, many civilians were killed in the building” (the pentagon report, 2004). In another article it is stated the American Airlines Flight 77 killed “a crew of six, 58 passengers, and 125 individual [inside] the Pentagon” (Moynihan,2007) after being hijacked…

September 11, 2001 was devastating to hear for almost all of Americans. It was so saddening to see how thousands of our brothers and sisters died in a horrible accident that occurred inside the pentagon, twin towers, and also the plane of flights 93 and flight 77. Many people believe many different conspiracies and no one knows for sure what the actual truth is. 9/11 has marked a spot in our lives forever and will never be forgotten. It shows that our country can come back from anything. It is a…

time, terrorist hijacked American Airlines passenger airplane Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts was maliciously flown into the north tower of the World Trade Center, “tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire”. At 9:03 am, just 18 minutes later, another terrorist hijacked passenger plane, United Flight 175, was flown into the neighboring south tower of the World Trade Center. 9:43 am; Another terrorist hijacked American Airlines passenger plane, Flight 77, is flown into the…

As the Towers collapsed, the other parts of the American soul revealed themselves. From the first responders risking their lives doing their jobs to the ordinary citizens who gave their lives for strangers, they became our brothers' and sisters' keepers. Jim Wallis, a Christian writer and political activist…

not only the day that United States lost many innocent lives which placed many families in an unbearable situations but it was also a day that this nation was shocked by terrorists that struck one of our biggest land marks. Every day, millions of Americans trust that their government makes decisions that will keep them safe, provide a sense of well-being and not to fail them in crucial time. Sadly, many of us felt betrayed due to the fact that the U.S government took part in allowing one of…