THEY WERE FORCED TO RIDE HIJACKED AIRLINERS TO FIREY DEATHS. FIREMEN, EMERGENCY TECHNICIANS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND CO-WORKERS TRIED TO RESCUE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. MANY WERE KILLED AS BUILDINGS CRASHED ONTO STREETS AND AGAINST NEARBY BUILDINGS.
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AT 9:03AM, ANOTHER HIJACKED AIRLINER LOADED WITH JET FUEL STRUCK THE NORTH
TWIN TOWER. BOTH PLANES WERE FLYING AT LEAST 300 MPH. BOTH FLIGHTS CARRIED
COMMERCIAL PASSENGERS, FLIGHT CREWS, AND FIVE HI-JACKERS PER PLANE.
AND THEN...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AT 8:46AM, A BOEING 767 TURBO JET PLOWED INTO THE SOUTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. IT HAD BEEN HI-JACKED FROM A NEARBY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
NINETY COUNTRIES LOST PEOPLE IN THE ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, THE PENTAGON, AND FLIGHT 93 THAT CRASHED INTO A FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA. NO CHOICE OF THEIR DESTINY, 2,998
PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
IF WORLD WAR III IS FOUGHT WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WORLD WAR IV WILL BE FOUGHT WITH STICKS AND STONES-ALBERT EINSTEIN
AFGHANISTAN, PHILIPPINES, NORTH KOREA, IRAN, SYRIA, LEBANON, VENEZUELA, RUSSIA
LIGHTNING STORM OVER NEW YORK CITY ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
IN MEMORY & HONOR OF ALL TROOPS IN ALL BRANCHES OF ARMED SERVICES FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE FOUGHT IN THIS GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR FROM NATION TO NATION. YOUR VALOR AND DEDICATION WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. GOD BLESS THE PEACE KEEPING NATIONS OF
THIS WORLD FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA.
8:46am AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11, BOEING 767, HIT THE NORTH TOWER
9:03am UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 175, BOEING 767, HIT THE SOUTH TOWER
9:37am AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 77, BOEING 757, HIT THE PENTAGON
9:39am THE SOUTH TWIN TOWER BOWED SLIGHTLY, THEN CASCADED DOWN
10:03am UNITED FLIGHT 93, BOEING 757, NOSE-DIVED, CRASHING INTO A FIELD, SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
10:29am THE NORTH TOWER FELL WITH A DOMINO-EFFECT INTO RUINS BESIDE THE SOUTH TOWER.
2, 998 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING 246 AIRLINE PASSENGERS ON FOUR PLANES. ALL NINETEEN HIJACKERS DIED. STILL MISSING ARE 24 PEOPLE.
OCTOBER 7, 2001, COALTION FORCES WENT TO AFGHANISTAN TO CAPTURE OSAMA BIN LADEN AND HIS ALQUEDA KILLING FORCES.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 2008, SEVEN YEARS LATER, 870 COALITION
TROOPS HAVE BEEN KILLED. MORE THAN 6,000 AFGHAN
SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED; 585 U.S. TROOPS HAVE
DIED AS OF 9-3-08. 14,000 CIVILIANS HAVE DIED.
OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS NOT BEEN CAPTURED. HE CONTINUES
TO BE THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED FUGITIVE.
American & CoalitionMilitary Casualties in Iraq
Since War Began (3/19/03): 8,890
Total wounded: more than 100,000 military men & women
