| CNN |
[11 Sep 2001|11:38am] |
Terror attacks
hit U.S.
September 11, 2001 Posted: 1457 GMT
NEW YORK
(CNN) -- Terrorists
struck the United States Tuesday
morning
in harrowing, widespread
attacks that included at least
three
commercial jet crashes into
significant buildings.
• In the first attack, a plane hit the
north tower of the
World Trade
Center in Manhattan shortly before 9
a.m.,
followed by another plane into
the second tower about 20
minutes
later. Both towers later collapsed.
• American
Airlines Boeing 767 that had been hijacked after take-off
from
Boston. American Airlines told CNN that it lost two planes
in "tragic
accidents," one leaving Boston with 81 passengers and
11 crew aboard,
and the second leaving Washington Dulles airport
with 58 passengers and
six crew aboard. Both planes were en route
to Los Angeles
• About an hour later, a plane crashed into
the Pentagon in Washington,
part of which later
collapsed.
• Sources say a second plane was heading toward
the Pentagon; F-16 jets
were in the air monitoring it.
•
The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the
Justice
Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government
buildings in
Washington evacuated.
• In the first ever
national ground stop of aircraft, all flights nationwide
have
been stopped at their departure airports.
• All
international flights were diverted to Canada.
• Israel has
evacuated all its missions around the world.
• President Bush
cancelled an appearance in Florida to return to
Washington,
calling the crashes "apparent terrorist attacks" and "a
national
tragedy."
• In Chicago, the Sears Tower was
evacuated; United Nations in New
York evacuated.
• The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta
was
evacuated.
• The New York Port Authority said it had
closed all bridges and tunnels
into the city.
• New
York's Bellevue Hospital was designated command central
for
handling the catastrophe. Several hospitals have already
reported receiving
victims with burns and head injuries.
• Large plane crashed 80 miles south of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, but it was
unknown if this crash was connected to
terrorist attacks.
• U.S. stock markets were closed after the
New York attacks. |
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