None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. A hijacked passenger jet, American Flight 11, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire. A second hijacked airliner, United Flight 175, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center and explodes. Both buildings are burning. A third hijacked aircraft, American Airlines Flight 77, crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke.
Evacuation begins immediately.
A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building. United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. A portion of the Pentagon collapses. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.