9/11 Research Papers

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My topic is about the 9\11 attacks. The 9\11 attacks occurred on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001 at 8:45a.m. An american airlines boeing 767 full of 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The shock left a gaping burning hole close to the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper. In an instance killing hundreds of the people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the clearing of the tower and its twin got underway, t.v cameras newscasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Suddenly, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, another boeing 767 united airlines flight 175 came out of the sky sharply into the World Trade Center slicing into the south tower close to the 60th floor. The destruction caused a big explosion that showered flaming debris over enclosing buildings and onto the streets below. It quickly came clear that America was under attack. The attackers as one hijacked four large giant passenger aircraft with the with the plan of crashing them into major landmarks in the United …show more content…
The jet fuel from the boeing 757 causing a destructive inferno that led to the structural breakdown of a portion of the large concrete building. All in all 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon with 64 people aboard the airliner. In less than 15 minutes after World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke. The steel of the skyscraper built to withstand winds of 200 miles per hour and a big conventional fire, could not resist with the tremendous heat generated by the burning jet fuel. The north building at 10:30 a.m of the twin towers collapses. When that happened only six people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of the collapse