Page 68 - 2002

Much like Dec. 7, 1941 (the attack on Pearl Harbor), Sept. 11, 2001 also became "a day
that will live in infamy."

At 8:48 a.m., a hijacked American Airlines commercial jetliner crashes into one of New
York City's World Trade Center towers. At 9:05, a second plane crashes into the second
tower.

As people try to evacuate, the impact and heat from the crash cause the first tower to
tumble to the ground in enormous clouds of smoke and debris. The second tower collapses
shortly thereafter, leaving nothing but ash, rubble and destruction for miles where one
of our nation's greatest landmarks once stood.

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A At 9:40 a.m., a A The hijackings are
third hijacked plane flies part of an intended mul­
into the Pentagon, and titude of terrorist attacks
within the hour, a fourth on America headed by
crashes near a wooded Islamic radical and
area in western Pennsyl­ wanted terrorist leader
vania. More than 4,200 Osama bin Laden and
lives are lost in total. his al Qaeda terrorist net­
work. Bin Laden had
been making open threat-
against America for sev­
eral years, demanding the
U.S. withdraw from the
Middle East.