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Here is a take a look at the terrorist assaults of September 11, 2001.
Nineteen men hijacked 4 fuel-loaded US business airplanes sure for west coast locations. A complete of two,977 folks have been killed in New York City, Washington, DC and out of doors of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The assault was orchestrated by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
At the World Trade Center (WTC) web site in Lower Manhattan, 2,753 people were killed when hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 have been deliberately crashed into the North and South Towers, or on account of the crashes.
Of those that perished in the course of the preliminary assaults and the next collapses of the Towers, 343 have been New York City firefighters, 23 have been New York City cops and 37 have been officers on the Port Authority.
The victims ranged in age from two to 85 years. Approximately 75-80% of the victims have been males.
At the Pentagon in Washington, 184 people were killed when hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the constructing.
Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 40 passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 died when the aircraft crashed right into a discipline. It is believed that the hijackers crashed the aircraft in that location, quite than their unknown goal, after the passengers and crew tried to retake management of the flight deck.
As of August 7, 2025, 1,653 of two,753 WTC victims’ stays have been positively recognized, according to the medical examiner’s office.
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September 11, 2001
– 8:46 a.m. ET – American Airlines Flight 11 (touring from Boston to Los Angeles) strikes the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
– 9:03 a.m. ET – United Airlines Flight 175 (touring from Boston to Los Angeles) strikes the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
– 9:37 a.m. ET – American Airlines Flight 77 (touring from Dulles, Virginia, to Los Angeles) strikes the Pentagon Building in Washington.
– 9:59 a.m. ET – South Tower of WTC collapses in roughly 10 seconds.
– 10:03 a.m. ET – United Airlines Flight 93 (touring from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco) crashes in a discipline close to Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
– 10:28 a.m. ET – North Tower of WTC collapses. The time between the primary assault and the collapse of each World Trade Center Towers is 102 minutes.
December 13, 2001 – The US authorities releases a tape wherein Osama bin Laden takes accountability for the assaults.
December 18, 2001 – Congress approves a measure to permit the president to designate September 11 as “Patriot Day” on every anniversary of the assaults.
December 2001-June 15, 2004 – The authentic Victims Compensation Fund processes loss of life and damage claims from households and family of September 11 victims. Families of these killed had till December 22, 2003, to use for compensation. The fund reopens in 2011.
May 24, 2007 – The Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, guidelines that the loss of life of Felicia Dunn-Jones in 2002, from mud publicity, is instantly linked to the 9/11 assault and due to this fact a murder.
July 19, 2007 – The New York Medical Examiner’s Office broadcasts that the stays of three extra individuals are positively recognized. 1,133 victims, 41% of the overall, stay unidentified.
January 2009 – The health worker’s workplace guidelines that Leon Heyward, who died the earlier yr of lymphoma and lung illness, is a murder sufferer as a result of he was caught within the poisonous mud cloud simply after the towers collapsed.
January 2, 2011 – President Barack Obama indicators James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, reopening and increasing the scope of the Victim Compensation Fund.
June 17, 2011 – The New York health worker guidelines that Jerry Borg’s loss of life on December 15, 2010, is a results of inhaling poisonous substances from the mud cloud generated by the collapsing twin towers.
May 10, 2014 – The unidentified remains of those killed in the attacks are returned to the World Trade Center site the place they are going to be stored in a repository underneath the jurisdiction of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York.
August 7, 2017 – The New York City health worker’s workplace broadcasts that the stays of a person killed on the World Trade Center are positively recognized resulting from extra refined DNA testing being accessible.
September 23, 2023 – The New York City Fire Department broadcasts that the number of first responders from the FDNY who have died from 9/11-related illnesses has reached 343, matching the quantity who misplaced their lives on the day of the terrorist assaults.
The authentic fund operated from December 2001 to June 2004.
The initial Victim Compensation Fund acquired 7,408 functions for each loss of life claims and private damage claims.
The fund made awards in 5,560 of these circumstances.
The reopened and expanded fund has operated since January 2, 2011. Information on total awards is up to date often.
Families who agreed to get compensation from the federal fund agreed to not sue the airways.
$500,000 – Estimated amount of money it price to plan and execute the 9/11 assaults.
$123 billion – Estimated economic loss in the course of the first 2-4 weeks after the World Trade Center towers collapsed in New York City, in addition to decline in airline journey over the subsequent few years.
$60 billion – Estimated price of the WTC web site injury, together with injury to surrounding buildings, infrastructure and subway services.
$40 billion – Value of the emergency anti-terrorism package accredited by the US Congress on September 14, 2001.
$15 billion – Aid package handed by Congress to bail out the airways.
$9.3 billion – Insurance claims arising from the 9/11 assaults.
May 30, 2002 – Cleanup at Ground Zero formally ends.
It took 3.1 million hours of labor to wash up 1.8 million tons of particles.
The complete price of cleanup was $750 million.
Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security was created in response to September 11.
It merged 22 governmental companies into one, together with the Customs Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the US Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Through the Container Security Initiative, over 80% of imported maritime containerized cargo is prescreened earlier than getting into the US.
March 12, 2002 – The Homeland Security Advisory System is launched.
April 20, 2011 – The National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) replaces the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS).