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mong the more indelible imag es to emerge on Sept. 11, 2001 was the sight of two planes crashing into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center.
The 9/11 Memorial provides place of reflection
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The Memorial Plaza also includes one Callery pear tree. That tree was discov ered at Ground Zero weeks after the attacks, severely damaged. The tree, now known as the Survivor Tree, was nursed back to health by members of the New York City Parks and Recreation Department and returned to the World Trade Center site in 2010, where it still stands as an enduring symbol of resil ience and perseverance.
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The 9/11 Memorial is on the western side of the for mal World Trade Center where the Twin Towers once stood. Two large re flecting pools are part of the Memorial Plaza, which is where the towers once stood. The pools feature the two largest man-made waterfalls in North Ameri
ca. Around the edges of the pools, the names of people who were killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York, the Pentagon, on Flight 93 and in the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center are etched in bronze.
The 9/11 Memorial is shown in this undated photo.
In recognition of the crash sites, 400 swamp white oak trees were se lected from nurseries in New York, Pennsylvania and near Washington, D.C. The trees are located throughout the Memorial Plaza, providing a peaceful respite separate from the surrounding city.
Still photos and video footage of those planes flying into the Twin Tow ers were the first images of the attacks many Ameri cans saw, and no one who watched events unfold that morning will ever forget thoseThoughimages.both towers fell on that day, today the site where each tower once stood is a serene retreat in the bustling lower Manhat tan neighborhood that was shaken to its core on the day of the attacks. The 9/11 Memorial was designed by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum notes that Arad and Walk er’s proposal was chosen in a design competition that featured 5,201 submissions from 63 countries.
The 9/11 Memorial is free and open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information about the 9/11 Memorial and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum can be found at www.911memorial.org.
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• 10:03 a.m.: Four hijackers crash Flight 93 into a field near the town of Shanks ville, Pennsylvania. All 33 passengers and seven crew members on board perish. Passengers and crew had stormed the cockpit, and the plane ultimately crashes just 20 minutes’ flying time from Washing ton, D.C.
• 11:02 a.m.: New York City Mayor Ru dolph Giuliani urges the evacuation of lower Manhattan.
• 8:24 a.m.: One of the hijackers of Flight 11 unwittingly broadcasts a message to air traffic controllers alerting them to the attacks. The hijacker was attempting to communicate with passengers and crew within the cabin.
• 6:00 a.m: Two of the hijacked planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, will eventually crash into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. The day was a significant one on the New York City political calendar, as polling stations opened at 6 a.m. for primary elections.
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• 8:30 a.m.: Around this time, roughly 80 people have already begun gathering on the 106th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center for a financial technology conference. The confer ence is one of many events on the Trade Center schedule that day.
• 10:15 a.m.: The E Ring of the Pentagon collapses.
• 8:21 a.m.: The transponder on Flight 11 is turned off. This device is meant to allow air traffic controllers to identify and monitor the flight path of a plane.
• 9:30 a.m.: Amidst reports of additional hijacked planes, the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management at 7 World Trade Center is evacuated.
• 8:52 a.m.: A flight attendant aboard Flight 175 reaches a United Airlines operator in San Francisco and reports the flight is being hijacked. By 9 a.m., various passengers on Flight 175 have called family members.
• 9:12 a.m.: Flight attendant Renée A. May calls her mother and tells her that hijackers have seized control of Flight 77. When May’s call is disconnected, she calls American Airlines.
• 9:42 a.m.: The Federal Aviation Admin istration grounds all flights, ordering all civilian planes in United States airspace to land. Departures also are prohibited.
• 10:28 a.m.: The North Tower collapses after burning for 102 minutes. More than 1,600 people are killed as a result of the attack on the North Tower.
• 12:16 p.m.: The last flight still in the air above the continental United States lands. Within two and a half hours, U.S. airspace has been cleared of roughly 4,500 com mercial and general aviation planes.
• 8:55 a.m.: The Port Authority informs people inside the South Tower via a public address system that the building is secure and there is no need to evacuate.
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• 7:59 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11 takes off from Boston with 11 crew members, 76 pas sengers and five hijackers on board. The plane, which will eventually crash into the North tower at the World Trade Center, is filled with more than 76,000 pounds of fuel.
• 9:03 a.m.: A second call for mobilization brings the total number of New York City Police Department officers responding to the scene to roughly 2,000. In addition, the FDNY issues a fifth alarm and deploys several hundred additional firefighters to the scene.
• 8:46 a.m.: Police, paramedics and firefighters are sent to the North Tower.
n the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes bound for California. The planes departed from airports in Boston; Newark, NJ; and Washington, D.C. September 11 would become an infamous date in American and world history, and the events of that day would forever change the world. As the world commemorates the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the following timeline, courtesy of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, can help people fully understand how events unfolded on that late-summer morning two decades ago.
• 9:58 a.m.: Flight 93 is flying so low to the ground that passenger Edward P. Felt is able to reach an emergency 911 operator in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
• 8:37 a.m.: The Boston Air Traffic Control Center alerts the military that a hijacking is under way.
• 9:03 a.m.: Five hijackers crash Flight 175 into floors 77 through 85 of the South Tower. All onboard the flight are killed, as are an unknown number of people inside the building. Two of the three emer gency stairwells are impassable and most elevator cables are severed, trapping many people above the impact zone and inside elevator cars.
• 8:46 a.m.: Five hijackers crash Flight 11 into floors 93 through 99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Hundreds, including everyone on board the flight, are killed instantly. The crash severs all three emergency stairwells, trapping hundreds of people above the 91st floor.
• 9:05 a.m.: President Bush is informed that a sec ond plane has crashed into the World Trade Center.
• 8:59 a.m.: The Port Authority Police Department orders both towers evacuated. One minute later Captain Anthony Whitaker expands the order to include all civilians in the entire World Trade Center complex.
• 9:59 a.m.: The South Tower collapses after burning for 56 minutes. The tower collapses in just 10 seconds.
• 9:59 a.m.: Continuity-of-government procedures are implemented for the first known time in American history.
• 9:37 a.m.: Hijackers crash Flight 77 into the Pentagon. All 53 passengers and six crew members perish, and 125 military and civilian personnel on the ground are killed in the fire caused by the crash.
• 9:02 a.m.: An evacuation order is broadcast in the South Tower.
• 8:50 a.m.: While visiting an elementary school in Florida, U.S. President George W. Bush is notified that a small plane has hit the North Tower.
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• 9:45 a.m.: Evacuations at the White House and the U.S. Capitol begin. Both the House of Representatives and Senate are in session at the time the evacuation begins.
• 8:19 a.m.: American Airlines ground personnel are alerted by flight attendant Betty Ann Ong that Flight 11 is being hijacked. This call lasts roughly 25 minutes and Ong reports that the cockpit is unreachable. In the moments before Ong’s call, one of the hijackers stabbed Daniel M. Lewin, who was sitting in front of him in first class. Lewin is likely the first person killed in the 9/11 attacks.
• 8:42 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 takes off from Newark International Airport. The flight was due to take off at roughly the same time as the other hijacked planes, but was delayed due to routine traf fic. Seven crew members, 33 passengers and four hijackers are on board. The flight is filled with 48,700 pounds of fuel.
• 8:20 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Washington Dulles International Airport. The flight has 49,900 pounds of fuel and is car rying six crew members, 53 passengers and five hijackers.
• 5:45 a.m.: Two of the hijackers pass through security at Portland International Airport in Maine. The men will take a short flight to Boston Logan International Airport, where they will join three other hijackers and board American Airlines Flight 11.
• 8:15 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175 takes off from Boston with nine crew members, 51 pas sengers, and five hijackers on board. This flight also is loaded with 76,000 pounds of fuel.
A timeline of the morning of September 11, 2001
“We worked from three (that afternoon) until about 7:30 the next morning, not only on the perimeter, but … assembling triage units, because they thought they’d be pulling people out, but there was nobody,” Olsen contin ued. “Then they sent us up to the Javits Center, and that was going to be … where any out-of-town police offi cers, nurses, doctors, construction workers – anybody that was going to volunteer with some kind of expertise – were going to come and be assigned. Everything was still developing, and they were flying by the seat of their
The breadth of that uncertainty, Olsen said, was one of the most challenging aspects.
“I’m from New York City and was previously a New York City police officer,” he said, noting two years of downstate service in his 21-year career. “Four of us went down there … and we didn’t know what was really go ing on or what the extent of it was going to be; the Port Authority was asking for help, so that’s what you do. I just wanted to do it for the city, the city of Oneonta and theOlsencountry.”saidhe and his colleagues spent five days work ing in and around Ground Zero.
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Olsen, an Otego resident, said though serving was a matter of duty, it was personal, too.
Subsequent days, Olsen said, included preemptive protection details.
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“It’s almost like Pearl Harbor: people were attached, the country was attacked,” he said. “You have to keep history and events that have happened – particularly important and tragic ones like that – because you never know if it could happen again. We hope not, but you just never know. It’s unfortunate that it’s tragedy that makes people think about what’s really important. It’s a memo ry I’ll have forever.”
Oneonta police officer went to NYC on 9/11
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“It’s funny, because when we got there, there was an NYPD sergeant and an officer in a van and maybe seven or eight out-of-town officers, but by the time we left … there were tables lining the city blocks, restaurants were dumping food off for everybody and there were thou sands of people,” he said. “They set up a depot across the street (from the Javits Center) and people from all over the country were donating everything, you name it –clothing, equipment, batteries – and they were stacking it all across the street, so it was really like a little city in the city. They were assembling the people they thought they’d need – the construction workers, nurses, people with cadaver dogs – and we were shuttling them back and forth from the Javits Center to Ground Zero.”
“There used to be a back room (at the Oneonta station) … with a TV on in there all the time,” Olsen, 64, said. “I’m there working and my friend, who is the under sheriff now, calls me up. He goes, ‘A plane just flew into the (World Trade Center) building,’ and I go, ‘Really?’ I was in the dispatch area, went to the back to the TV and could see. Shortly after that, another plane flew into the other building and everybody at the station then was glued to what was going on.
“The Port Authority Police put a request out on what was then called the New York Statewide Information Network – like a teletype sort of thing – requesting that any law enforcement, if you could spare it, go down there,” he continued. “Sergeant Joe Redmond asked Chief Donadio … ‘Would you be interested, or could you spare?’ and he said, ‘Absolutely.’ The mayor ap proved it, we got a car and it was the fastest ride down state ever made by car.”
“We rolled up on the end of West Street, where it deadends with the Trade Center, and we didn’t know what to do or where to go,” he said. “We were looking for the command center and it was pretty eerie. There were all these cars and firetrucks with their doors open, their en gines running, just covered in dust and nobody around. We found the command post and they subsequently sent us to work with other NYPD police officers to form a perimeter around the Trade Center. At that point it was just wide open and it was just chaos.
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pants, with things unfolding by the minute.”
“It was the unknown; you didn’t know what was go ing on,” he said. “You didn’t know if there was going to be more to it, or not. And with all the other things –Shanksville, (Pennsylvania), the Pentagon – you didn’t know if it was over yet, or not.”
Remembering and learning from remembrance, Olsen said, is critical.
s a sergeant with the Oneonta Police Depart ment on Sept. 11, 2001, Ken Olsen was among the first local law enforcement officers to re spond to that day’s events in New York City.
“I’m from New York City and was previously a New York City police officer. Four of us went down there … and we didn’t know what was really going on or what the extent of it was going to be; the Port Authority was asking for help, so that’s what you do. I just wanted to do it for the city, the city of Oneonta and the country.”
Ken Olsen, retired OPD officer, was among the first lo cal officers to provide aid downstate after the Sept. 11 attacks. Olsen is pictured on Aug. 24.
“The fourth day, they sent us to a church up in the 30s … and that was going to be the focal point for families to show up and try to get information on loved ones that were still missing,” he said. “NYPD did not want anyone, any press or anything, to bother the families, so they sent us. On the fifth day, they stuck us at a precinct downtown because they were getting intel that precincts were going to be (targeted). There were so many rumors flying around … and so much going on.”
But from the aftermath of 9/11, Olsen said, came a sense of connection.
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The Javits Center, Olsen said, became a hub.
“It was probably one of the few times that I saw … ev erybody unified,” he said. “Everybody was on the same page. People were … unified behind the country and what had happened to it and, as we drove around in that Oneonta police car, driving down city streets, people were clapping at us going by. That was a pretty good feel ing. I’d like to see that kind of spirit come back, because I don’t think, culturally, we’re anywhere close to the way it was during that time.”
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“One of the interesting facts about (my) kids on that day is, that it was a ninth-grade class made up of primarily 13- and 14-year-olds, and they’d only been in the school together like three days,” Simonds continued. “Stuyvesant is a specialized high school … so students apply and come from all five boroughs; very few kids knew each other even from middle school, let alone elementary, so there were not a lot of kids with relation ships, and they were amazing. We had kids from Staten Island, the Bronx, Queens and Brook lyn and out by JFK and some couldn’t get home for a week (af ter evacuating), so the kids that lived close were taking seven, eight, nine kids into their homes withThoughthem.”successful, Simonds said, the evacuation was not without incident.
“I immediately got my stu dents across the building and the principal called for a shelterin-place,” he said. “It was my ad ministrative internship that year and I was called down to help the team. They sent another teacher up for me and I met with several fire chiefs, fire chaplain, a couple people from the mayor’s office
That redemptive quality of the day and its aftermath, Simonds said, should be the takeaway.
Simonds said, though new to the school year and, in the case of his students, each other, Stuyvesant’s kids were “amaz ing.”“About 30 seconds after we set off the evacuation button, the decision was made that we would get the kids to Canal Street and then send them on their own,” he said. “It turned out to be a very good decision, but it was made with a very heavy heart. There was zero location that we could gather the kids and have their parents come get them, and all the com munications were down.
“Things are falling from the sky like confetti – pieces of pa per, personal items – and the smell (is of) burning plastic,” he said. “I get to the Manhattan Bridge … and I see these two Black women struggling. One is overweight and I start moving toward them to see if she need ed help and, as I do that, two Hasidic gentlemen come up and say, ‘We help you.’ They grabbed her by the arms and walked this woman up the bridge.
Tim Simonds, a New York City teacher during 9/11, sits in his Unat ego office in this Aug. 24 photo.
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“There was a helicopter that flew very low – I mean 25, 30 feet above our heads – and the kids got scared and started turn ing around, trying to get back into the school,” he said. “But a staff member saw a logo and knew it was a National Guard helicopter. It was scary, because
Unatego principal remembers fear, camaraderie of 9/11
“Their plan was to come to our school,” Simonds contin ued. “No one was thinking the towers were going to fall, so the idea was to get far enough away to secure personnel and run command out of (Stuyvesant). Unfortunately, a couple of those guys never made it out after they went back. We shifted to lockdown, because we got word from the FBI. I’m still running around trying to put command stuff together … then the prin cipal calls on the radio to come back to the office and says, ‘We have to call evacuation. Now.’”
“At the time, in Brooklyn, Flat bush was right next to Crown Heights and the riots years, so there were all these tensions and Hasidic men don’t touch wom en, so it was amazing to see,” he said. “They created a mitzvah (a good deed), and they broke ko sher law, because aiding or sav ing a life is the greatest calling.”
“The principal told me to go around and lock all the com puter rooms and offices that had private records or high-value items, because they were going to leave the building open if people needed it,” he said. “I did that … and was about to leave and unlock the doors when some firefighters were coming in asking to wash their faces; they were just covered.
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their faces and get some of the dust off. Everybody was won derful to each other; nobody worried about crime. There was very much a ‘we’re all in this together’ (sentiment), and that was the best part – the spirit of New York and humanity. People thought of this as a national is sue, but it was very much local and personal for us, and it took quite a while … to absorb that the whole nation was sharing these feelings, and what a cool thing.”For Simonds, one instance exemplifies what he called “the spirit of New York when chips are down.”
“If we could remember that, when we do work together, amazing things can be over come, that should be the legacy of 9/11,” he said. “We’re better when we’re together, regardless of … whether you’re Black, Ha sidic or a white kid from Bing hamton teaching public school.”
“There was another explosion, much bigger than the first one, and all the kids went running back to the window,” he said. “I remember thinking, ‘that’s not what explosions sound like in the movies.’ It was much more of a vacuum. Not long after that, I caught something I didn’t want my kids seeing – people flying out of the building – and got them away from the window and I closed the blinds. I’ll never unsee what I saw in that win dow; it’ll be with me for the rest of my Whatlife.”followed, Simonds said, was a series of difficult decisions as Stuyvesant officials “very suc cessfully and quickly” evacuated “3,000 kids in three minutes.”
“I was going into my second period class and had a couple kids up at the window; the bell had just rung, and they said, ‘there’s an explosion at the trade center,’” he said, noting that Stuyvesant is about four blocks from the site and his classroom, on the ninth floor, faced the towers. “I go up, and I can see the flames coming out of the north
looking very strange to me, be cause there was no pull-away; we’d seen this before and it was an accident, (with the aircraft) bobbing and weaving and just not making it, but this thing went right in.”
at that moment, kids could’ve gotten hurt; we had kids coming in and going out through one school entrance. In the time line, when the helicopter came through, almost just after that is when the north tower fell. We had gotten the kids out and they were another three or four blocks north of the school, if that. That was the most harrow ing piece, when that helicopter came so low, because we didn’t know what was going on and we didn’t want kids to get hurt. It was the Uncertainty,unknown.”Simonds said, permeated all.
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Throughwas.”that, Simonds said, New York showed its grit, and its“Thegrace.amazing thing was – and New Yorkers get a bad rap – but storeowners were passing out bagels, sandwiches, water, ice cream; if their electricity was off, they said, ‘come take anything you can use,’” he said. “There was a cheap goods place tossing hand towels at people to wipe
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wenty-one years lat er, Tim Simonds still has the plastic baggie he filled with the rem nants of other people’s lives af ter they blew into his New York City yard, seven miles from the World Trade Center.
and, at the time, the discussion was that the emergency com mand for all of New York City was in the World Trade Center, so they had to move.
Simonds, Unatego Middle School principal, was working as a ninth-grade English teach er at New York City’s Stuyvesant High School on Sept. 11, 2001. Now 53 years old, he said “that day plays like a movie.”
“Thetower.first feeling was not of particular alarm, because not that long before that, another plane had clipped a building,” Simonds continued. “You’d hear about that periodically – small Pipers, single-pilot airplanes – so, we didn’t know it had hit, we just knew there was an ex plosion. We turned on CBS … then saw on the news that it was a very large plane that went into the tower. I remember it
“I started walking up toward the Manhattan Bridge,” Si monds continued. “I’d heard the south tower came down. Things were loud and chaotic, and it didn’t register. I was in the dust cloud, and when I looked back, it was gone. Rumors were flying – about the Pentagon, anoth er plane headed for the White House, the Sears Tower. We didn’t know what the scale of this thing
The impact of the second plane, Simonds said, was some thing “you could feel more than you could hear.”
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“There was a helicopter that flew very low – I mean 25, 30 feet above our heads – and the kids got scared and started turning around, trying to get back into the school. But a staff member saw a logo and knew it was a National Guard helicopter. It was scary, because at that moment, kids could’ve gotten hurt; we had kids coming in and going out through one school entrance.”
The efforts of passengers and crew onboard Flight 93 were nothing short of heroic. Though everyone aboard the flight perished in the crash, the attack on the U.S. Capitol was thwarted, saving untold number of lives. All passen gers and crew on board Flight 93 were awarded a Congressional Gold Medal on September 11, 2014.
The Pentagon Memorial sits on two acres of land just outside where Flight 77 struck the building. The memorial includes 184 benches that are dedicated to each of the victims. The benches are organized in a timeline of their ages, stretching from the youngest victim, 3-year- Dana Falkenberg, to the oldest, 71-year-old John Yam nicky. Each bench is engraved with a victim’s name and arches over a shallow reflect ing pool of water, lit from below. The benches for the passengers who were aboard the plane at the time of the crash are positioned so visitors will face the sky when reading the victim’s name. The benches dedicated to the victims who were inside the building are positioned so their names and the Pentagon are in the same view.
The Pentagon Memorial is free and open seven days a week year-round, though visitors are urged to contact the Memorial in advance due to potential restrictions or closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information about the Memorial is available at https://washington.org/find-dc-listings/national-911-pentagonmemorial.
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At 10:03 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the last of four planes that were hijacked earlier that morning crashed into a field near the town of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The people be hind the 9/11 attacks later claimed the hijackers who com mandeered the plane intended to crash it into the U.S. Cap itol Building in Washington, D.C., but passengers and crew stormed the cockpit, prompt ing the hijackers to crash the plane into the field, which is less than 20 minutes’ flying time to Washington, D.C.
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The Flight 93 National Memorial is located in Stonycreek Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, roughly two miles north of Shanksville. The memorial was opened to family members of the victims on September 10, 2015, and is now open to the public seven days a week, 365 days a year from sunrise to sunset, though vis itors are urged to contact the Memorial in advance due to potential restrictions or closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A curved wall known as the Age Wall also is a significant part of the memorial. The wall increases in height from 3 inches to 71 inches to represent the ages of the victims.Eighty-five paperbark maple trees were clustered throughout the memorial, and these trees feature foliage that changes to orange and red each fall. The trees will eventually grow to 30 feet, providing a canopy of shade over the memorial.
The Flight 93 National Memorial includes the Tower of Voices, a 93-foot-tall mu sical instrument that holds 40 wind chimes, one to represent each of the 40 passen gers and crew members who perished in the crash. The tower is located on an oval concrete plaza that includes two curved concrete benches facing the opening of the tower. The tower is surrounded by concentric rings of white pines and deciduous plantings. A live webcam of the Tower of Voices can be viewed at https://www.flight 93friends.org/plan-your-visit/webcams.VisitorstotheFlight93NationalMemorial
also can visit the Memorial Plaza. The Memorial Plaza features the Wall of Names, which is made up of 40 white polished marble stones inscribed with the names of the passengers and crew who were aboard Flight 93 on 9/11. The Memorial Plaza extends one-quarter mile alongside the area where Flight 93 crashed. Visitors can walk along the Memorial Plaza and view the impact site, including a grove of eastern hemlock trees that were damaged by the crash. A gap in the tree line is still visible and serves as a lasting “scar” of the crash.
The Pentagon Memorial
At 9:37 a.m. on September 11, 2001, five hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. All 53 passengers and six crew members perished in the crash, and an additional 125 military and civilian personnel on the ground were killed in the fire caused by the crash.
The Flight 93 National Memorial
In September 2005, the Flight 93 Advisory Commission, which included family members of the victims as well as design and art professionals and community and national leaders, chose a design proposal submitted by Paul Murdoch Architects and Nelson Byrd Woltz Architects from among 1,100 entries.
The hijacking of Flight 77 was part of the broader attack on 9/11, which remains the deadliest terrorist attack in world history. The Pentagon Memorial was created to honor the 184 people whose lives were lost at the Pentagon on 9/11, as well as their families and all those who sacrifice to protect and preserve the freedom of Americans.Thedesign of the Pentagon Memorial was developed by architects Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman. Their design was chosen from 1,100 submissions.
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• Chicago Tribune: “Our nation saw evil”: Hijacked jets destroy World Trade Center, hit Pentagon; Thousands feared dead in nation’s worst terrorist attack
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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were perpetrated on American soil and in American airspace, but the tragedy that unfolded on 9/11 affected countries across the globe. The attacks on 9/11 claimed the lives of citizens of 78 countries. People around the world mourned those who perished in the attacks, and various world leaders made comments that reflected the global impact of the senseless acts of violence that were perpetrated on 9/11. The comments from then-German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reflect how shaken the world was in the aftermath of the attacks. “They were not only attacks on the people in the United States, our friends in America,” Schroeder said, “but also against the entire civilized world, against our own freedom, against our own values, values which we share with the American people.” ~ MCS
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• The Daily Telegraph (London): War on America
• Los Angeles Times: Terrorists Attack New York, Pentagon
• The Dallas Morning News: War at home: Shaken nation awaits tally from Pentagon, Trade Center attacks; Bush vows to track down terrorists and “bring them to justice”
• The Washington Post: Terrorists Hijack 4 Airliners, Destroy World Trade Center, Hit Pentagon; Hundreds Dead
• New York Post: Act of War: World Trade Center destroyed; many dead
• The New York Times: U.S. Attacked: Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers And Hit Pentagon In Day Of Terror
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• Houston Chronicle: Terror Hits Home
Headlines from around the globe the day after 9/11
• The Boston Globe: New day of infamy: Thousands feared dead after planes hit towers, Pentagon
• USA Today: “Act of war”: Terrorists strike; death toll “horrendous”
• The Age (Melbourne, Australia): War on America
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• The Sydney Morning Herald: Terror war on US: World Trade Center Razed; 10,000 feared dead in suicide attacks
• The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia): World Terror: Hijacked Jets Hit Trade Centre; 10,000 Dead
he terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 shook the world. People across the globe, including men, women and children from all walks of life, reacted to the attacks with sadness, horror, shock, and anger. Newspaper front pages throughout the United States and the world reflected those emotions on September 12.
• New York Daily News: It’s War
• Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia): America Attacked
Theresponders.anniversary of 9/11 will no doubt evoke responses that span the emotional spectrum. Sadness may dominate such responses, but it’s also is a great time to reflect on the efforts of first responders. First respond ers played a vital role on 9/11, and many lost their lives and/or suffered long-term health consequences resulting from their selfless efforts to save innocent victims of the attacks.
In the two decades since the 9/11 attacks, first responders have con tinued to make countless sacrifices to ensure their communities are safe and peaceful places to call home. The anniversary of 9/11 is a great time to recognize the efforts of first responders and honor them for all they do.
• Commit to supporting first responders year-round. The 21st anni versary of 9/11 will call attention to the efforts of first responders on that day 21 years ago as well as the countless times since then that these brave men and women have served their communities. But first responders deserve vocal, year-round support. Make a concerted effort to thank policemen, firefighters, EMTs, nurses, and doctors in your community whenever you interact with them, and urge others to follow suit.
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• Donate to local fire departments. According to the U.S. Fire Admin istration, 54 percent of active firefighting personnel are volunteers. Many of those volunteer firefighters work for underfunded departments that are in need of financial support. Donating to such departments is a great way to show first responders how much their efforts are appreciated. Do nations may be used to purchase new equipment, upgrade existing facil ities, provide vital training, and/or improve response times, the latter of which can increase the likelihood that firefighters make it through calls safe and sound.
First responders play a vital role in communities across the globe. The 21st anniversary of 9/11 can serve as a catalyst for communities to ex press their support for first responders.
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• Back legislation to support wounded first responders. Many first responders suffer significant mental and physical injuries while on the job. Various nonprofit organizations help wounded first responders who may need to make modifications to their homes or purchase costly equip ment to get through their daily lives. But nonprofit organizations cannot go it alone in support of wounded first responders. Citizens can do their part by promoting and voting for local, state and national legislation that makes it easy for wounded first responders to get the help they need, when they need it. In addition to urging local politicians to support such legislation, private citizens can utilize social media to promote proposals and other efforts to support wounded first responders. Many 9/11 first responders are still fighting for government-backed support to treat in juries suffered 21 years ago, and a vocal citizenry can be a strong asset in their fight and the fight of countless others in need of help.
This fall marks the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The at tacks on September 11, 2001 remain the deadliest terror attacks in world history, claiming more than 2,900 lives and causing countless injuries and long-term health problems for tens of thousands of civilians and first
• Serve on a citizen advisory board to help implement effective crime reduction strategies, advises the Inter national Association of Chiefs of Police.
Police can use community support and gratitude to help them feel appreciated as they work one of the toughest jobs around.
Unfortunately, hateful and violent crimes against po lice continue to make the news. In recent years, a Cali fornia University student painted cops as pigs for an art project, while an Atlanta gym and a Brooklyn dough nut shop refused to serve police. As recently as January of 2020, anti-cop protesters vandalized New York City subways and elsewhere to bring attention to supposed over-policing.Communities
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terrorism and 9/11. Ask children, “What would you like to know?” or “How does that make you feel?”
• Stand outside a local police department or court house and say “Thank you” or “I appreciate your work” to any law enforcement agents you come across.
Twenty-one years ago, parents across the United States faced the delicate situation of discussing 9/11 with their children. Many adults watched their televisions with a sense of disbelief and horror on Septem ber 11, 2001, and parents were forced to explain the inexplicable events of that day to their youngsters.
Local and national law enforcement officers across various disciplines put their lives on the line to keep others safe. Police make many sacrifices, often putting their physical and mental well-being on the line to pro tect and serve.
assisting with search and rescue, writing parking cita tions, and providing additional patrol and visibility to neighborhoods.
• Listen. The museum notes that some children will want to discuss 9/11 and terrorism and some won’t. Discussions should not be forced if kids do not want to talk about 9/11 and parents can let kids know they’re ready to listen whenever kids want to talk. Kids who want to speak can be encouraged to share their thoughts and ask questions. Parents are urged to actively listen to kids’ concerns, noting their body language and validating their emotions.
• Remain calm and avoid appearing anxious. Adults should be aware of their tone when discussing 9/11 and terrorism with children. Make a concerted effort to remain calm and not appear anxious. An swer questions honestly, but also in a way that is developmentally appropriate. Ask children if they have any concerns and provide appropriate, realistic reassurance. Let kids express their feelings and focus on how to cope with those feelings rather than suggesting their feelings are unfounded. If necessary, share what’s been done since 9/11 to keep the country safe and prevent future attacks.
can turn the tides and help the world focus on all the ways individuals can support and thank law enforcement. Here are some ways to give back.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memori al Fund says there are more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States. Since the first recorded police death in 1786, more than 21,000 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty. A Statistics Canada study released in 2010 found that, with the exception of taxi drivers, police are the most likely Canadians to die on the job.
• Become a citizen volunteer to help supplement and support officers in many ways, such as clerical tasks,
• Don’t avoid discussions. Children who don’t want to discuss 9/11 and terrorism should not be forced to do so. But parents also should not avoid discussing 9/11 and terrorism in general solely because of the difficult subject matter. The museum urg es parents to invite conversations if chil dren express an interest in learning about
• Learn about 9/11 so you can answer questions truthfully. The images of 9/11 are indelible, but even adults who lived through the tragedy may not know the answers to questions kids may ask. In an ticipation of such questions, parents can visit 911.memorial.org to learn more about 9/11 so they’re better prepared to answer kids’ questions. Resolve to find answers to questions together if need be.
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How to support local police
How to discuss 9/11 with children
• Wear blue in solidarity with police.
• Campaign for local commemoration of Tuesday Blue’s Day, which encourages people to wear blue on Tuesdays in support of police officers.
As the world prepares to commemorate another anniversary of 9/11, many peo ple who were children or adolescents on the morning of September 11 now have children of their own. Parents may need help explaining the significance of 9/11 to youngsters who were not alive when the at tacks occurred. The 9/11 Memorial & Mu seum recognizes how difficult such con versations may be for parents and offers the following tips that can serve as broad guidelines to facilitate discussions about 9/11 and terrorism.
• Emphasize hope. Acts of terrorism are often so horrific that they can contribute to a deep sense of despair. But parents can ex plain to children that events like 9/11 also tend to bring out the best in people who are inspired to help and support family, friends and strangers alike. Emphasize the ways this happened on 9/11 and express to kids that their own acts of compassion may help to prevent future acts of violence and intolerance.
• Assemble gift baskets (with school children, if de sired) and deliver them to your local police depart ment. Items to include are gift cards to nearby coffee
shops, gyms, restaurants, and more.
The anniversary of 9/11 may inspire children to ask questions about the attacks and other acts of terrorism. Parents can employ various strategies to ensure such conversations are constructive and supportive.
• Local businesses can be supportive of law enforce ment by offering a daily discount with proof of ID or setting aside a day of the week for a police discount.
