Saturday, March 14, 2009
SEPT. 11 FACTS
On Sept. 11, 2001, planes hijacked by terrorists crashed into both World Trade Center towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Somerset, Pa.:
8:46 a.m.: Flight 11 crashes into World Trade Center’s North Tower.
From 8:46 to 10:29: At least 100 people trapped in the North Tower’s upper floors by fire and smoke jump to their deaths.
9:03 a.m.: Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower.
9:59 a.m.: South Tower collapses.
10:28 a.m.: North Tower collapses.
Each tower contained 110 floors
As of February 2005, 2,749 death certificates were filed related to the World Trade Center attacks; 1,588 were identified from the physical remains found.
Source: WTC-9/11 Never Forget 5th Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Web page