September 11th 2001, the day America was under siege.Thrust into defense against the deadliest disaster ever faced.The four coordinated attacks by nineteen individuals, driven by religious extremism, claimed the lives of thousands that day, exposing flaws in the defence of the mightiest nation on the globe.The chaos in the skies sent radio communications into meltdown.
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00:00:00Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot
00:00:29touch the foundation of America.
00:00:32These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
00:00:38American 11, climbing, you have a level 3-5-0.
00:00:44American 11, Boston.
00:00:47Earth 7, Mike Lima, how do you hear?
00:00:53Mike Lima, do you copy?
00:00:56Clear.
00:00:57American 11, Boston.
00:00:59This is Boston, I turned American 20 left and I was gonna climb, he will not respond
00:01:02to me now.
00:01:04Is that American 11 trying to call?
00:01:08What?
00:01:09We have some planes, just stay quiet and you'll be okay.
00:01:14We're turning to the airport.
00:01:17And who's trying to call me here?
00:01:20American 11, are you trying to call?
00:01:22Nobody move.
00:01:23Everything will be okay.
00:01:26If he tries to make any move,
00:01:28he'll injure himself and the airplane.
00:01:30Just stay quiet.
00:01:32Yeah, they're in the back of the airplane.
00:01:33They're not...
00:01:35Oh, the hijackers are in the cockpit.
00:01:37Oh, no.
00:01:39Is he inbound to JFK?
00:01:41We don't know.
00:01:42You don't know where he is at all?
00:01:44He's being hijacked.
00:01:45The pilot's having a hard time talking to the...
00:01:47I mean, we don't know.
00:01:49We don't know where he's going.
00:01:51Today, we've had a national tragedy.
00:01:54Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Centre
00:02:00in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.
00:02:04This can't be somebody who has the authority
00:02:07to get military air now.
00:02:12Placing PANTA 4546 on battle stations.
00:02:17I repeat, battle stations.
00:02:19Placing PANTA 4546 on battle stations.
00:02:24There is a report of black smoke
00:02:26in the last position I gave you.
00:02:28From the airplane or from the ground?
00:02:30They're speculating it's from the aircraft.
00:02:49PANTA 4546 on battle stations.
00:02:52There is a report of black smoke
00:02:54in the last position I gave you.
00:02:56From the airplane or from the ground?
00:02:58They're speculating it's from the aircraft.
00:03:00From the aircraft.
00:03:01PANTA 4546 on battle stations.
00:03:03There is a report of black smoke
00:03:05in the last position I gave you.
00:03:07From the airplane or from the ground?
00:03:09They're speculating it's from the aircraft.
00:03:11PANTA 4546 on battle stations.
00:03:13There is a report of black smoke
00:03:15in the last position I gave you.
00:03:17♪♪♪
00:03:27Tuesday, September 11th, 2001.
00:03:326 a.m., New York City.
00:03:37The Big Apple wakes to a beautiful, calm, sunny day.
00:03:47♪♪♪
00:03:52Birds sing as citizens go about their daily lives,
00:03:56unaware of the impending chaos.
00:03:59♪♪♪
00:04:12Boston.
00:04:14♪♪♪
00:04:17First on scene, the Al-Gandhi brothers
00:04:20arrive at Logan International Airport by taxi
00:04:23and proceed to Terminal C.
00:04:29Traveling from Portland, Maine,
00:04:31Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz Al-Omari
00:04:35arrive at Logan International Airport in Boston.
00:04:40Three more hijackers arrive by rental car
00:04:44and proceed to the terminal.
00:04:46At Terminal C, a different part of the airport,
00:04:50hijacker pilot Marwan Al-Shayyi checks in.
00:04:54Atta receives a call from Marwan Al-Shayyi
00:04:58from a payphone within Logan Airport.
00:05:01Al-Shayyi confirms the coordinated plans of attack
00:05:05are set in motion.
00:05:07♪♪♪
00:05:11Upon check-in and security, some of the hijackers,
00:05:15including the ringleader Atta,
00:05:17was singled out by the computer-assisted
00:05:19passenger pre-screening system.
00:05:22At the time, the system only selected candidates
00:05:25for enhanced baggage scrutiny.
00:05:28Those who had no checked bags remained unimpeded.
00:05:33Prior to the attacks on 9-11,
00:05:36airport policy allowed utility knives
00:05:38of up to four inches on board.
00:05:41Despite setting off alarms
00:05:43and being searched more thoroughly,
00:05:45hijackers successfully made it through security,
00:05:49armed with box cutters and knives.
00:05:54Gate C-19.
00:05:58Within the next five minutes,
00:06:00Al-Shayyi and his terrorist cell
00:06:02boards American Airlines Flight 175,
00:06:06taking their seats in the first and business class areas.
00:06:15Gate B-32.
00:06:19Atta boards American Airlines Flight 11,
00:06:22headed for Los Angeles.
00:06:267.40 a.m.
00:06:29All five men of the jihadi cell are on board Flight 11,
00:06:33scheduled to depart in the next five minutes.
00:06:38Behind schedule, the plane begins its journey,
00:06:42pushing back from Gate B-32.
00:06:49Flight 11, a Boeing 767,
00:06:52holding 92 souls on board,
00:06:54takes off down the runway.
00:07:03Meanwhile, at Gate C-19,
00:07:06the fully-fueled Flight 175
00:07:08that's scheduled to depart in one minute is delayed
00:07:11and doesn't receive clearance to take off for 15 minutes.
00:07:16Good morning, American 11.
00:07:18Boston Center, good morning.
00:07:19American 11 with you.
00:07:20Passing through 190, 230.
00:07:23Flight 11.
00:07:25American 11, turn 20 degrees right.
00:07:2720 right, American 11.
00:07:29American 11, climbing to table level 350.
00:07:32Boston Air Traffic Control Center
00:07:34instructs the pilots to climb to 35,000 feet,
00:07:38but receives no reply.
00:07:40American 11, Boston.
00:07:42A second attempt to contact the pilots fails.
00:07:46Several attempts later,
00:07:48the response remains silent.
00:07:51This is Boston. I turned American 20 left
00:07:53and I was going to climb.
00:07:54He will not respond to me now.
00:07:55Looks like he's turning right.
00:07:57Yeah, I turned him 20 right.
00:07:58Oh, okay.
00:07:59And he's only going to, I think, 29.
00:08:04American 11, Boston.
00:08:10Two hijackers rise from row two,
00:08:13each stabbing a flight attendant in the process.
00:08:16Panic and confusion ensues throughout the aircraft.
00:08:20A painful mist permeates
00:08:22as hijackers begin spraying mace throughout the cabin.
00:08:26To this day, there is no definitive answer
00:08:29to how the hijackers gained access to the cockpits.
00:08:33Whether through threat or force,
00:08:35terrorists gain control of the aircraft.
00:08:44Flight 175, carrying 65 souls on board,
00:08:48lifts off from the Boston runway
00:08:50nearly 15 minutes behind the scheduled departure time.
00:08:55Via an airphone, one flight attendant, Betty Ong,
00:09:00notifies an American Airlines reservation center
00:09:03of the suspected hijacking.
00:09:09The cockpit's not answering.
00:09:11Somebody's stabbed in business class,
00:09:13and I think there's mace that we can't breathe.
00:09:16I don't know.
00:09:17I think we're getting hijacked.
00:09:19We just left Boston.
00:09:20We're up in the air.
00:09:22We're supposed to go to L.A.,
00:09:23and the cockpit's not answering their phone.
00:09:25Okay, but what seat are you sitting in?
00:09:27What's the number of your seat?
00:09:29Okay, I'm in my jump seat right now.
00:09:31Okay.
00:09:32At 3R.
00:09:33Okay, you're the flight attendant.
00:09:37I'm sorry.
00:09:38Did you say you're the flight attendant?
00:09:41Hello?
00:09:42Yes, hello.
00:09:43What is your name?
00:09:44Hi.
00:09:45You're going to have to speak up.
00:09:46I can't hear you.
00:09:47Sure.
00:09:48What is your name?
00:09:49Okay, my name is Betty Ong.
00:09:51I'm number 3 on flight 11.
00:09:53Okay.
00:09:54Can you describe the person that you said someone is what
00:09:57in business class?
00:09:58I'm sitting in the back.
00:09:59Somebody's coming back from business.
00:10:01If you can hold on for one second,
00:10:02they're coming back.
00:10:05Our number 1 got stabbed.
00:10:09Our person is stabbed.
00:10:11Nobody knows who stabbed who,
00:10:13and we can't even get up to business class right now
00:10:15because nobody can breathe.
00:10:17And we can't get up to the cockpit.
00:10:19The door won't open.
00:10:21Hello?
00:10:23Yeah, I'm taking down all the information.
00:10:25We're also, you know, of course, recording this.
00:10:32This is operations.
00:10:33What flight number are we talking about?
00:10:35Flight 12.
00:10:36Flight 12.
00:10:37Okay, I'm getting it.
00:10:38We're on flight 11 right now.
00:10:39This is flight 11.
00:10:40It's flight 11.
00:10:41I'm sorry, NITI.
00:10:42Have you guys called anyone else?
00:10:44No.
00:10:46Somebody's calling medical, and we can't get a stop.
00:10:49NITI.
00:10:52American Airlines, emergency line.
00:10:54Please state your emergency.
00:10:56Hey, this is NITI, American Airlines.
00:10:58Please state your emergency.
00:10:59Hey, this is NITI, American Airlines calling.
00:11:02I am monitoring a call in which flight 11,
00:11:05the flight attendant is advising our reps that the pilot,
00:11:08everyone's been stabbed.
00:11:11Flight 11?
00:11:12Yeah.
00:11:13They can't get into the cockpit is what I'm hearing.
00:11:18Okay, I'm still on with security.
00:11:19Okay, Betty?
00:11:21You're doing a great job.
00:11:22Just stay calm, okay?
00:11:24It seems like the passengers in the coach
00:11:26might not be aware of what's going on right now.
00:11:29These two passengers were from first class.
00:11:31Okay, hold on.
00:11:32Hey, Betty, do you know any information as far as the gentlemen
00:11:35that are in the cockpit with the pilots?
00:11:37Were they from first class?
00:11:41They were sitting in 2A and B.
00:11:48They are in the cockpit with the pilots.
00:11:52Who's helping them?
00:11:53Is there a doctor on board?
00:11:54Is there a doctor on board, Betty, that can help you guys?
00:11:58You don't have any doctors on board, okay.
00:12:03The transponder signal for flight 11 is turned off.
00:12:07Despite their limited knowledge,
00:12:09Boston controllers continue to track the plane's movements on primary radar.
00:12:15What's going on on your end, Peg?
00:12:17We contacted air traffic control.
00:12:19They are going to handle this as a confirmed hijacking.
00:12:22They're moving all the traffic out of this aircraft's way.
00:12:24Okay.
00:12:25He turned his transponder off so we don't have a definitive altitude for him.
00:12:31We're just going by.
00:12:33They seem to think that they have him on the primary radar.
00:12:35They seem to think that he is descending.
00:12:37Okay.
00:12:41Yeah.
00:12:42Okay, Lydia?
00:12:43Yes, Jay, I'm here.
00:12:44Okay.
00:12:45I have the dispatcher currently taking a current fuel on board.
00:12:48And we're going to run some profiles.
00:12:50Okay.
00:12:51To see exactly what his endurance is.
00:12:54Okay.
00:12:58Believed to have been a mistake,
00:13:00Atta, the pilot and leader of the attack using American Airlines flight 11,
00:13:05broadcasts a message over the airwaves,
00:13:08believed to have only been intended for the cabins.
00:13:12Air traffic control listens in.
00:13:19Is that American 11 trying to call?
00:13:24We have some claims.
00:13:28Just stay quiet and you'll be okay.
00:13:30We're turning to the airport.
00:13:35And who's trying to call me here?
00:13:44American 11, are you trying to call?
00:13:46Nobody move.
00:13:47Everything will be okay.
00:13:49If he tries to make any move,
00:13:51he'll endanger himself and the airplane.
00:13:54Just stay quiet.
00:13:56Yeah, we got him on primary.
00:13:58A38?
00:13:59Yes.
00:14:00Have you guys heard anything from American?
00:14:01No.
00:14:02Okay, we think there might be somebody in the cockpit right now taking it over.
00:14:05Okay.
00:14:06Yeah, it was just a broadcast over here.
00:14:08Yeah, we're already doing it.
00:14:09Okay, head on.
00:14:13Word of the news within flight 11 spread from control center to control center.
00:14:19Unaware of the impending gravity of the situation,
00:14:22the North American Aerospace Defense Command,
00:14:25the military body responsible for the protection of all American airspace,
00:14:30remains uninformed of the developing crisis.
00:14:34A38?
00:14:35Yeah, American 11.
00:14:37We suspect there's someone in the cockpit that's taking over.
00:14:40We have just put him in direct Watertown, Jamestown.
00:14:43Last we knew, he was on present heading, cleared to flight level 290.
00:14:46No one is talking to him.
00:14:48Eric has been called.
00:14:49We've broadcasted on guard.
00:14:51We've tried through company.
00:14:52Okay.
00:14:53Thanks.
00:14:54And 290 is not verified.
00:14:55Okay, thanks.
00:14:56You're welcome.
00:14:57Yeah, we've taken the American back because he appears to have turned.
00:14:59Yep.
00:15:00Thanks.
00:15:01Go ahead.
00:15:02Yeah, I need you to look west of Albany.
00:15:04American 11, I put him on your scope.
00:15:06He is, nor though has been since he talked to Boston High.
00:15:11We assume he's at flight level 290.
00:15:14We're not sure.
00:15:15We think there's someone in the cockpit with him.
00:15:18We've broadcasted over guard.
00:15:20We've gone Eric.
00:15:21We have gone company.
00:15:23Nobody is talking to him.
00:15:25We don't know where he's going.
00:15:26We don't know what altitude he's at.
00:15:28Okay.
00:15:29Okay.
00:15:30Thanks.
00:15:31Flight 11 changes course drastically,
00:15:33making a 100-degree turn southwards,
00:15:36tracing the Hudson River towards the Big Apple.
00:15:41Cleveland.
00:15:42Hi, Cleveland.
00:15:43New York, Boston.
00:15:44I've got a little situation with American 11, American 11.
00:15:47He is a 767 departed Boston going to LAX.
00:15:53We don't know where the aircraft is going.
00:15:57Supposedly going to LAX.
00:15:59It was going westbound.
00:16:00We lost his frequency.
00:16:02Then we lost his transponder,
00:16:04and now the aircraft is just west of Albany heading due south.
00:16:08Oh, my goodness.
00:16:09Okay.
00:16:11I'll advise the area.
00:16:148.30 a.m.
00:16:16Neighboring air traffic control centers are alerted to the hijacked plane.
00:16:21And he appears to have turned south-southwestbound.
00:16:26Also, there was some mention of some sort of a threat being made.
00:16:33Being made?
00:16:34A threat to the cockpit or some threat in the cockpit.
00:16:39Boston is uncertain exactly what was said.
00:16:41I guess they're going to try to pull the tapes as quick as they can.
00:16:48Okay, we just lost connection.
00:16:51Lost the connection?
00:16:52Yeah.
00:16:54Something's wrong with the airplane?
00:17:00They're not in the cockpit.
00:17:03Okay, they're in the back of the plane.
00:17:05They're in the back of the airplane?
00:17:06Yeah, they're in the back of the airplane.
00:17:07They're not.
00:17:09Oh, the hijackers are in the cockpit.
00:17:11Oh, no.
00:17:17Okay, they're in the cockpit.
00:17:20Hey, Greg.
00:17:23Greg.
00:17:25They're saying they're in the cockpit.
00:17:32Meanwhile, on Flight 175, the pilots, oblivious to their own danger, reach cruising altitude of 31,000 feet.
00:17:42The final message transmits from the cockpit of Flight 11.
00:17:47Nobody move, please.
00:17:49We are going back to the airport.
00:17:51Don't try to make any stupid moves.
00:17:54Word of the hijacking is sent to Otis Air National Guard Base
00:17:58and was subsequently advised to notify the northeast sector of NORAD.
00:18:03Two F-15 fighter pilots begin suiting up, waiting for orders.
00:18:09Pilots in Flight 175 confirm they can see the hijacked aircraft, 10 miles to its south.
00:18:16Okay, United 175, do you have him at your 12 o'clock now, 10 miles?
00:18:21Affirmative, we have him. He looks about 29,000, 28,000.
00:18:28Okay, thank you.
00:18:31Thirty seconds later, at 29,000 feet, Flight 11 takes a severe nosedive at a descent of 32,000 feet per minute.
00:18:41Where's he landing?
00:18:42Right now, we don't have any idea, but he was to the northwest of Albany and now he's down by Sparta.
00:18:50We believe he's on a descent. That's where he's landing.
00:18:55A Boston controller contacts the northeast air defense sector and requests military intervention.
00:19:02Hunter's weapon, Sergeant Powell.
00:19:04Hi, Boston Center, TMU. We have a problem here.
00:19:07We have a hijacked aircraft headed towards New York,
00:19:10and we need someone to scramble some F-16s or something up there to help us out.
00:19:16Is this real world or exercise?
00:19:18No, this is not real world.
00:19:21Is there any military assistance requested?
00:19:23Yes, we're actually trying to get the F-15s.
00:19:26Is he inbound to JFK?
00:19:28Yes, he is.
00:19:29Okay, thank you.
00:19:30Roger.
00:19:31Roger.
00:19:32Roger.
00:19:33Roger.
00:19:34Roger.
00:19:35Roger.
00:19:36Roger.
00:19:37Roger.
00:19:38Roger.
00:19:39Roger.
00:19:40Roger.
00:19:41Roger.
00:19:42Roger.
00:19:43Roger.
00:19:44Roger.
00:19:45Roger.
00:19:46Roger.
00:19:47Roger.
00:19:48Roger.
00:19:49Is he inbound to JFK?
00:19:51We don't know.
00:19:52You don't know where he is at all?
00:19:54He's being hijacked.
00:19:55The pilot's having a hard time talking to the—I mean, we don't know.
00:19:59We don't know where he's going.
00:20:01So I'm just giving you a heads up.
00:20:02We're not talking to him.
00:20:03No one's talked to him for the last 20 minutes.
00:20:05What's his call sign?
00:20:0611.
00:20:0711.
00:20:08I'll call you when he gets closer to your boundary, okay?
00:20:10Okay.
00:20:11Have a good day.
00:20:1322 minutes on from Betty's initial call for help, fighter pilots proceed to battle stations.
00:20:22Placing PANTA 4546 on battle stations.
00:20:26I repeat, battle stations.
00:20:28New York Control Center calls for more information on Flight 11 from other aircraft.
00:20:34Flight 175 responds, raising the events of the initial suspicious radio transmissions sent out by Flight 11.
00:20:42Yeah, 175, go ahead.
00:20:43Yeah, we figured we'd wait to go to your center.
00:20:46We heard a suspicious transmission on our departure out of Boston.
00:20:51It was someone—it sounded like someone keyed the mic and said, everyone stay in your seats.
00:21:00Oh, okay.
00:21:01I'll pass it along over here.
00:21:02Hey, Kingston on 93 line.
00:21:03Go ahead.
00:21:04United 175 just came on my frequency, and he said that they heard a suspicious transmission when they were leaving Boston.
00:21:10Oh, yeah?
00:21:11Everybody stay in their seat.
00:21:12That's what they heard, is a suspicious transmission.
00:21:15The correspondence marks the last moment contact was ever made with the cockpit of Flight 175.
00:21:22United 175, recycle your transponder and squawk code at 1470.
00:21:33United 175, New York.
00:21:37United 175, do you read New York?
00:21:42Delta 1489, do you read New York?
00:21:45Delta 1489, go ahead.
00:21:47Okay, just wanted to make sure you read New York.
00:21:49United.
00:21:50United 175, do you read New York?
00:21:53Moments later, unbeknownst to the air traffic controllers who had just had contact, chaos ensued.
00:22:01Hijackers force passengers and crew to the rear of the aircraft, while two enter the cockpit and murder the pilots.
00:22:15Hello?
00:22:16Do you see the United 175 anywhere?
00:22:20And do me a favor, you see that target there, the 3321 code at 335 climbing?
00:22:25Don't know who he is, but you got the US Air 583.
00:22:28US Air 583, if you need to descend him down, you can.
00:22:30Nobody, we have a hijack, we have some problems over here right now.
00:22:33Oh, you do?
00:22:34Yes.
00:22:35Okay.
00:22:36That may be real traffic, nobody knows.
00:22:37I can't get a hold of the United 175 at all right now, and I don't know where he went to.
00:22:41All right.
00:22:42Okay, I'll see if I have one.
00:22:44All right.
00:22:45Okay.
00:22:46United 175, New York.
00:22:58United 175, New York.
00:23:29United 175, New York.
00:23:42Anybody copy?
00:23:43I'm sorry, say that again, please.
00:23:45I said we, we, well, looks like we lost the primary target about 20 west of Kennedy.
00:23:51Say again, if you lost track of the aircraft, over.
00:23:56We lost it as last track on our frequency.
00:23:58We have confirmed that it was a hijack.
00:24:00That's what it takes.
00:24:02Yeah, New York confirms we've lost the track as well, and we were,
00:24:06we got a report of an ELT in the area that track was in.
00:24:13Kennedy Tower reports.
00:24:14These areas?
00:24:15Kennedy Tower reports that there was a fire at the World Trade Center.
00:24:22And that's, uh, that's the area where we lost the airplane.
00:24:26Squad 1-8-10.
00:24:28It's the 1st Battalion, 300, that it looks like it was intentional in war,
00:24:32to form all units, going into the box.
00:24:35It could be a terrorist attack.
00:24:37Intentional all units be advised.
00:24:41As you want out, World Trade Center, 10-60.
00:24:45Send every available ambulance, everything you've got, to the World Trade Center now.
00:24:511,000,000 reports from up here.
00:24:52A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center.
00:24:54For your information.
00:24:56We have a number of floors on fire.
00:24:58It looked like the plane was aiming towards the building.
00:25:03Roll every available ambulance you've got to this position.
00:25:0710-4, Kennedy Tower.
00:25:09Flight 11 makes contact with the north face of the North Tower
00:25:13at upwards of 460 miles per hour.
00:25:17The plane tears a hole into the side of the World Trade Center Tower
00:25:21between floors 93 and 99.
00:25:25No souls on board survive.
00:25:28The aircraft reaches the core of the building,
00:25:31severing the three staircases in the process,
00:25:34blocking every route to safety for those at and above the impact point.
00:25:40The impassable stairwells seal off the exit
00:25:44for 1,344 people.
00:25:4890,000 liters of jet fuel ignites,
00:25:51enough to take the jetliner to Los Angeles.
00:25:55The inferno, coupled with all the combustible material from the offices,
00:26:00begins to spread.
00:26:02The damaged elevator shafts send the burning jet fuel through the building,
00:26:07as far down as the lobby.
00:26:10Four seconds after impact,
00:26:12the two fighter jets intended to intercept the already crashed jetliner
00:26:17receive the order to scramble,
00:26:19unaware they are too late.
00:26:23Within the next hour and 40 minutes,
00:26:26between 100 and 200 people are driven to jump from the billowing towers.
00:26:35Hi, sir.
00:26:36Okay, what we're doing, we're trying to locate this guy.
00:26:39We can't find him via IFF.
00:26:41What we're going to do, we're going to hit up every track within a 25-mile radius
00:26:45of the Z point that we put on the scope.
00:26:4729,000 heading 190.
00:26:50We're just going to do, we're going to try to find this guy.
00:26:52They can't find him.
00:26:55There's been supposedly threats in the cockpit,
00:26:58so we're just, we're doing the thing.
00:27:00Right.
00:27:01We'll work with them, make sure weapons work with them now.
00:27:04Flight 175's transponder, which had been turned off completely on Flight 11,
00:27:09changes code twice in a minute.
00:27:13The erratic change is the first piece of evidence
00:27:15that something has gone wrong on Flight 175.
00:27:20It remains unnoticed.
00:27:26News stations cut into advertisements to deliver the shocking developments.
00:27:31Images of the crash begin to beam around the world.
00:27:35Jim, just a few moments ago,
00:27:37something, believed to be a plane,
00:27:39crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center.
00:27:42I just saw flames inside.
00:27:44You can see the smoke coming out of the tower.
00:27:48We have no idea what it was.
00:27:50It was a tremendous boom just a few moments ago.
00:27:53You can hear around me emergency vehicles.
00:27:57The controller realizes Flight 175 has deviated off its assigned course,
00:28:02changing altitude.
00:28:04Pushing the jetliner on a collision course with other aircraft.
00:28:09Attempts by the controller at New York's FAA center
00:28:12to contact the pilot are unsuccessful.
00:28:16Flight 175, do you read New York?
00:28:18Traffic, 1 o'clock, 10 miles, turning into your phase, descending at 34.
00:28:2224, 33, can you climb to flight level 330?
00:28:26The traffic looks like it's descended back down to 31 now.
00:28:30We can go up.
00:28:31Climb and maintain flight level 330, Delta 24, 33.
00:28:35Climbing at 33, Delta 24, 33.
00:28:40Unaware that Flight 11 has crashed, but still looking for the aircraft,
00:28:44two airborne military F-15s close in on New York.
00:28:49So, if we can find it, we'll intercept it.
00:28:52Did you just say something hit the World Trade Center or something in the reports?
00:28:58No, keep on going with it.
00:29:00Yeah.
00:29:01Talking with ID, and we had a phone call that came down to us
00:29:04saying that they had a possible hijack out of Boston.
00:29:07Okay.
00:29:08And I just flipped around, and we were just, we always want to put news.
00:29:12And a 737 hit the World Trade Center.
00:29:15And I was just curious at the same time if that was the aircraft.
00:29:19Could be it.
00:29:20Send it to New York City, still continue to go.
00:29:22This is what I got.
00:29:23You hear about that input?
00:29:24Possible news, a 737 just hit the World Trade Center.
00:29:27This is real world.
00:29:29There are indications that it may have been a Boeing 767 out of Boston.
00:29:35We're contacting American Airlines, no comment from them.
00:29:38United Airlines Office learns of the hijacking of Flight 175.
00:29:43Phone calls to loved ones and a call from a flight attendant
00:29:47exposes the gravity of the situation.
00:29:50Both pilots are dead.
00:29:52One flight attendant is stabbed.
00:29:55And the plane is under the hijacker's control.
00:30:09There are tons of people in the streets.
00:30:11There are papers, things fluttering out.
00:30:14I can't see any evidence of what it was that could have crashed.
00:30:17We're all confused at this massive gaping hole with tons of black smoke.
00:30:24We have a satellite picture right now.
00:30:27That is it.
00:30:36Oblivious to the impending danger,
00:30:39a PA announcement throughout the South Tower tells workers to return to their desks.
00:30:46Florida.
00:30:54Get ready.
00:30:55Yes, Pam.
00:30:56Get ready to read these words the fast way.
00:30:59President Bush arrives at his office.
00:31:02He's a man of few words, but he's a man of few words.
00:31:06He's a man of few words.
00:31:08He's a man of few words.
00:31:10Get ready to read these words the fast way.
00:31:13President Bush arrives at an elementary school in a visit to promote his educational agenda
00:31:19and prepares to read to the class the pet goat.
00:31:23Remember what you say when there's an E at the end of the word.
00:31:26Get ready.
00:31:27Can.
00:31:28Yes, can.
00:31:29Get ready.
00:31:30Can.
00:31:31Yes, can.
00:31:32Get ready.
00:31:33May.
00:31:34Yes, may.
00:31:35Give yourselves a pat on the back.
00:31:36Okay, get ready to read the words on this page without making a mistake.
00:31:39Everybody tell me what this part of the word says.
00:31:42Rob.
00:31:43Yes, rob.
00:31:44Now tell me what the whole word says.
00:31:47Get ready.
00:31:48Robber.
00:31:49Yes, robber.
00:31:50Everybody tell me what this part of the word says.
00:31:52Run.
00:31:53Yes, run.
00:31:54Now tell me what the whole word says.
00:31:57Flight 175 soars over New Jersey at 28,000 feet.
00:32:03For the next five minutes, the plane is put into a near-nosedive,
00:32:07descending more than 24,000 feet.
00:32:11Flight 175 makes its final maneuver,
00:32:14lining up towards lower Manhattan.
00:32:24Aviation authorities in Virginia and New York descend into disarray
00:32:29as the gravity of the situation falls into view.
00:32:32Check with your noms.
00:32:33Do you know if anyone down there has done any coordination to scramble Flight 155 planes?
00:32:37Just two big airplanes in the air?
00:32:38No, we have several situations going on here.
00:32:40It's escalating big, big time.
00:32:42And we need to get the military involved with this.
00:32:44Wow, what's going on?
00:32:45Just get me somebody who has the authority to get military in the air now.
00:32:48All right.
00:32:49I'll go tell them.
00:32:50Hey, Joe, you see 3-3-2-1 code just southwest of Newark by about 15, 18, 20 miles.
00:32:5515,000 descending.
00:32:57We're looking, hold on, southwest of Newark by about 15, 20.
00:33:00I don't see any.
00:33:01Hey, we're tracking him.
00:33:02Made a hard left turn.
00:33:03He's descending pretty rapidly, especially what just happened in the air.
00:33:07I've got somebody who keeps coasting,
00:33:08but it looks like he's going into one of the small airports down there.
00:33:11Hold on a second.
00:33:12No, this guy's a big boy.
00:33:13This guy's a big boy because he's leaving some big contrails.
00:33:16I'm trying to bring him up here.
00:33:18There he is right there.
00:33:20Hold on.
00:33:21I'm just at a 9,500, 9,000 now.
00:33:24Do you know who he is?
00:33:26We don't know who he is.
00:33:27We're just picking him up now.
00:33:28All right, heads up, man.
00:33:29It looks like another one.
00:33:30All right.
00:33:33Orders to evacuate both towers is initiated.
00:33:37Can you look out your window right now?
00:33:38Yeah.
00:33:39Can you see a guy about 4,000 feet, about 5 east of the airport right now?
00:33:42Looks like he's—
00:33:43Yeah, I see him.
00:33:44Do you see a guy?
00:33:45Is he descending through the building also?
00:33:46He's descending really quick too, yeah.
00:33:48Well, that's—
00:33:492,500 feet now.
00:33:50He just dropped 800 feet in like one week.
00:33:53That's another situation.
00:33:55What kind of wind is that?
00:33:56Can you guys tell?
00:33:57I don't know.
00:33:58I'll read it out in a minute.
00:34:01Less than a minute later, Flight 175 transforms into a ball of flame
00:34:07as it makes contact with the south face of the south tower.
00:34:11Another one just hit the building.
00:34:13Wow.
00:34:14Another one just hit it hard.
00:34:16Another one just hit the worst face.
00:34:18The whole building just came apart.
00:34:20Holy smokes.
00:34:21All right.
00:34:22I guess you guys can be ready.
00:34:33Traveling at roughly 590 miles per hour,
00:34:36the plane crashes between floors 77 and 85.
00:34:41No souls on board survive the impact.
00:34:44An unknown number, believed to be in the hundreds,
00:34:47decease inside the building.
00:34:50Debris from the jetliner, including one of the engines,
00:34:54fell as far as six blocks away.
00:34:57Plane coming down.
00:34:58Oh, shit.
00:35:03Boom.
00:35:04Oh, man.
00:35:05What the fuck's going on?
00:35:07Wow.
00:35:08Oh, shit.
00:35:09Wow.
00:35:10Do you see this, this aircraft?
00:35:12I've got it all.
00:35:14Yo, what the fuck?
00:35:15Yo, that's terrorist shit, bro.
00:35:17That is it.
00:35:18This is terrorist.
00:35:19That's terrorist.
00:35:20This is terrorist.
00:35:21Shit.
00:35:22You saw that plane went into?
00:35:24Oh, my God.
00:35:25Well, it's good to be up here.
00:35:28Somebody hijacked the plane.
00:35:30Firefighters, you should all report to your companies.
00:35:33Again, if you are a New York City firefighter,
00:35:35drop what you're doing, report to your company.
00:35:37A major disaster is occurring in New York City this morning.
00:35:41I think an airplane just plowed into the city.
00:35:44They did.
00:35:45The World Trade Center hit the top of the building.
00:35:47No, another one.
00:35:48We just saw another one do it.
00:35:49Another one?
00:35:50Yeah.
00:35:51Holy cow.
00:35:52That's two.
00:35:53One just hit over here big.
00:35:54Yeah, one just a moment ago.
00:35:55No shit.
00:35:57Viewers tuning in for updates on the North Tower,
00:36:00watch in horror as live pictures of the second crash
00:36:04are broadcast around the globe.
00:36:07What had once seemed plausible as a freak accident
00:36:11suddenly became an act of aggression.
00:36:15Major news networks begin to speculate
00:36:17if America was in the midst of a terror attack.
00:36:24As you look at the picture from our chopper now arriving at the scene,
00:36:29Jim Friedland in Hoboken said it appeared to bank sharply
00:36:34and smash directly, perhaps purposefully, into...
00:36:39Oh, my goodness.
00:36:40Oh, God.
00:36:41There's another one.
00:36:43Oh, my goodness.
00:36:44There's another one.
00:36:45This seems to be on purpose.
00:36:47Oh, my goodness.
00:36:48Is that a plane?
00:36:49Now it's obvious.
00:36:50Tommy, are you still there?
00:36:52Yes, I am, Jerry.
00:36:53Tommy, I want to reconfirm with downstairs
00:36:58as far as the tape, but Tommy Jones seemed to think
00:37:03that the guy said that we have planes.
00:37:05Now, I don't know if it was because it was the accident
00:37:07or if there's more than one,
00:37:10but I'm going to reconfirm that for you,
00:37:13and I'll get back to you real quick, okay?
00:37:16Appreciate it.
00:37:17Yes, what?
00:37:21Planes, as I'm sure of.
00:37:32Seconds after the second plane crashes,
00:37:35NORAD is made aware of the hijacking.
00:37:38There's another aircraft?
00:37:40The second one just hit the Trade Center.
00:37:43Okay.
00:37:44Yeah, we got to alert the military real quick on this.
00:37:51Tommy, we're going to stop everything.
00:37:53We're going to shut Boston down.
00:37:55I suggest the same elsewhere.
00:37:58You're going to do what, Terry?
00:38:00We're shutting the airplanes down.
00:38:01We're not letting anyone go right now.
00:38:03Okay, that's a good move.
00:38:05We're waiting to hear from security.
00:38:09Tommy, Terry, it's confirmed on that checklist
00:38:11that we have planes.
00:38:23Okay, get ready.
00:38:24Must.
00:38:25Yes, we must.
00:38:29President Bush is interrupted
00:38:31and makes the decision to continue the class,
00:38:34having learned of the attack on America.
00:38:39At the count of three, everyone should be on page 153.
00:38:43Get ready.
00:38:47Go on.
00:38:51Try it again.
00:38:52Get ready from the beginning of that sentence.
00:38:54Get ready.
00:38:59Go on.
00:39:04Good job.
00:39:05Go on.
00:39:09These are great readers.
00:39:10Yes, they are.
00:39:11Very impressive.
00:39:13Thank you all so very much for showing me your reading skills.
00:39:17I bet they practice too, don't you?
00:39:19Oh, yes.
00:39:20Thank you, professor.
00:39:21You can step out the door we came in, please.
00:39:23Mr. President, are you aware of the reports
00:39:24of the plane crash in New York?
00:39:26Have you thought about that?
00:39:28Thank you all.
00:39:29You can step out the door we came in.
00:39:31Here we go.
00:39:33The FAA begins to halt all incoming and outgoing aircraft
00:39:37in the vicinity of New York's center airspace.
00:40:02Listen, both of these aircraft departed Boston, both for 7-6.
00:40:05They're both heading to L.A., and I'm looking out on the TSD,
00:40:08and I think that all the parties out of Boston
00:40:10should have heightened cockpit security.
00:40:12Is there any way you can bring up every center in the country
00:40:15and relay that message so that they can tell the aircraft
00:40:18that are out there flying right now
00:40:21to increase the cockpit security vigilance on this day?
00:40:25I'll get the message out.
00:40:26Thank you very much.
00:40:28New York continues its immediate lockdown,
00:40:31closing down all bridges and tunnels into Manhattan.
00:40:58American Airlines, Flight 77
00:41:14Attention at NORAD focuses on two more possible hijackings in progress.
00:41:20American Airlines, Flight 77, and United Airlines, Flight 93.
00:41:25American 77, Indy.
00:41:29American 77, Indy.
00:41:37American 77, American, Indy.
00:41:48American 77, American, Indy Radio check. How do you read?
00:41:53This is Henderson. Still haven't gotten American 77.
00:41:56Last he was at 35 going to Falmouth,
00:41:58so I don't know where he is out there anywhere yet.
00:42:00So I'm still trying to get a hold of him. We contact the company.
00:42:05All civilian aircraft in the United States are banned from takeoff.
00:42:09FAA orders a national ground stop.
00:42:159.28 a.m. Flight 93 makes a mayday call.
00:42:23Whoa!
00:42:27The cries made by Leroy Homer brought the scope of the attack into view.
00:42:32More targets remained.
00:42:43Florida.
00:42:45Unaware of the continuing threat,
00:42:47the president makes his first statement on the attacks.
00:43:01Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America.
00:43:08Unfortunately, we'll be going back to Washington after my remarks.
00:43:12Today, we've had a national tragedy.
00:43:16Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center
00:43:21in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.
00:43:26I have spoken to the vice president, to the governor of New York,
00:43:31and to conduct a full-scale investigation
00:43:35to hunt down and to find those folks who committed this act.
00:43:42Terrorism against our nation will not stand.
00:43:46And now, if you join me in a moment of silence,
00:43:52may God bless the victims, their families, and America.
00:43:56Thank you very much.
00:44:13Flight controllers in Cleveland overhear recordings relayed from Flight 93.
00:44:18This is the governor here.
00:44:20They got the mission done.
00:44:22The remaining city, we have a volleyball team.
00:44:26So it's...
00:44:29Calling Cleveland Center, you're unreadable. Say again slowly.
00:44:33You got United 93?
00:44:35United 93.
00:44:37What's that?
00:44:38I just said it looked like he descended there.
00:44:39I don't think so. United 93, verify 3-5-0.
00:44:42United 93, Cleveland.
00:44:43Go ahead, Craig.
00:44:44Do you have United 93 south of Charlotte?
00:44:46Do you have United 93 south of Charlotte?
00:44:48We hear some funny noises. We're trying to get him.
00:44:50Do you have him?
00:44:51No.
00:44:52Thank you. United 93, Cleveland.
00:44:54United 1523, did you hear your company...
00:44:56Did you hear some interference on the frequency a couple of minutes ago?
00:45:00Screaming?
00:45:01Yes, I did, 797, and we couldn't tell what it was either.
00:45:05Okay.
00:45:06United 93, Cleveland, if you hear the center, I done.
00:45:10American 1060, ditto on the other transmission.
00:45:15American 1060, you heard that also?
00:45:17Heard her twice.
00:45:18Roger. We heard that also, thanks. I just wanted to confirm there wasn't some interference.
00:45:29Shortly after the first plane struck the tower,
00:45:32signals emerged that an emergency on Flight 77 was underway.
00:45:38Flight 77 deviates off its assigned course and switches off its transponder.
00:45:45The plane goes dark.
00:45:47Not even the primary radar systems pick up the aircraft.
00:45:51Dissimilar to the other hijackings, no reports of threats or deaths are made.
00:45:57Hijacked over an area of poor radar coverage,
00:46:01attempts to contact the plane are unsuccessful.
00:46:06Who are you trying to get a hold of?
00:46:07American 77.
00:46:08Okay.
00:46:09We were talking to him and all of a sudden it just...
00:46:12Okay.
00:46:13We don't really know where his target is and we can't get a hold of him.
00:46:19You guys tried him and no response?
00:46:22No response.
00:46:25Yeah, we have no radar contact and no communications with him.
00:46:29So if you guys could try him again.
00:46:30We're doing it.
00:46:31All right, thanks a lot.
00:46:32We're doing it, thank you.
00:46:33The limited contact left some controllers to believe the plane had already crashed.
00:46:39Unnoticed by controllers, Flight 77 changes course,
00:46:44flying undetected toward the nation's capital.
00:46:48The plane coming down.
00:46:49Oh, shit!
00:46:54Boom!
00:47:00Did you get a hold of American 77 by chance?
00:47:02No, sir, but we have an unconfirmed report.
00:47:04The second airplane hit the World Trade Center.
00:47:07Say again?
00:47:09You know, we lost American 11.
00:47:11We were hijacked.
00:47:12No.
00:47:13American was lost in a Los Angeles flight.
00:47:18It was...
00:47:19All right.
00:47:20I can't really...
00:47:21I can't hear what you're saying there.
00:47:23You said American 11?
00:47:24Yes, we were hijacked.
00:47:27It was a Boston, L.A. flight.
00:47:29And 77 is a Dulles, L.A. flight.
00:47:32And we have an unconfirmed report.
00:47:35A second airplane just flew into the World Trade Center.
00:47:4277, we were talking to him, according to Indianapolis Center,
00:47:47about 45 minutes ago.
00:47:49Uh-huh.
00:47:50And in Indy Center.
00:47:51Uh-huh.
00:47:52And I don't know how he got back to the Trade Center.
00:47:55I have no idea if that happened.
00:47:58Okay, it may not have.
00:47:59We have another call sign.
00:48:00Of course, we don't know for sure any of these call signs right now.
00:48:03But if we find that it's your aircraft, we'll certainly give you a call.
00:48:06Okay.
00:48:07All right.
00:48:08So you have two airplanes in the Trade Center?
00:48:11Yes.
00:48:12And you don't know who either one of them are for sure?
00:48:14Yeah, that's true.
00:48:15Okay.
00:48:16If I did, I would share it with you.
00:48:18Okay, thanks.
00:48:19All right.
00:48:20Bye, Bill.
00:48:22Hello, Command Center?
00:48:23Yes, sir.
00:48:24This is John Thomas, Ops Manager.
00:48:25I think we need to let everybody know this right away, if they don't already.
00:48:29American 77 was just west of Charleston, West Virginia,
00:48:33at Flight Level 350, it's a heavy Boeing 752,
00:48:37and disappeared off our radar scope about 1256Z,
00:48:41a long with lost frequency.
00:48:44We were treating it as the law started to do some procedures
00:48:47to notify search and rescue and whatnot
00:48:49when American Airlines told us they'd had some aircraft or an aircraft hijacked.
00:48:54We now believe that aircraft may have been hijacked,
00:48:56although we have nothing to verify that.
00:48:59With the World Trade Center, we could have another loose aircraft out there somewhere.
00:49:03Of course, we wouldn't necessarily be able to pick up a primary there anyway.
00:49:10Okay.
00:49:11But again, remember, nothing has been confirmed as far as which aircraft
00:49:14have hit the World Trade Center,
00:49:15but the other one we have is information headed towards Washington.
00:49:19Okay.
00:49:20I'll tell you this.
00:49:21We were looking.
00:49:22We also lost American 77.
00:49:24Okay.
00:49:25American 77 lost.
00:49:26Where was he proposed to head, sir?
00:49:28Excuse me?
00:49:29Where was he proposed to head, sir?
00:49:31Okay.
00:49:32He was going to L.A. also.
00:49:33He was also going to L.A.
00:49:35Now...
00:49:36From where, sir?
00:49:37I think he was from Boston also.
00:49:39Now, let me tell you this story here.
00:49:43Indianapolis Center was working this guy.
00:49:46What guy?
00:49:47American 77.
00:49:48Okay.
00:49:50However, they lost radar with him.
00:49:53They lost contact with him.
00:49:54They lost everything, and they don't have any idea where he is or what happened.
00:49:59Radar picks up an unidentified target, tracking it eastward at immense speed.
00:50:07Unaware of the intended target,
00:50:09the Secret Service orders the immediate evacuation of the vice president from the White House.
00:50:15Flight 77 makes its final maneuver,
00:50:19turning 330 degrees in a spiral turn.
00:50:30Descending at 530 miles per hour,
00:50:33the plane hits several lampposts before colliding with the Pentagon.
00:50:37The impact shoots a fireball that rises 200 feet above the building.
00:50:45In addition to the 64 lives on board,
00:50:48125 lives are lost inside the building.
00:50:54Rescue efforts for survivors begins immediately.
00:50:59Standing as a metaphor for the disasters,
00:51:03Washington, this is Gopher 06.
00:51:05Gopher 06, go ahead.
00:51:06Yes, sir, that aircraft is down.
00:51:08He's in our 12 o'clock position.
00:51:10Looks like it's just to the northwest of the airfield at this time, sir.
00:51:15Gopher 06, thank you.
00:51:16Descend and maintain 2,000.
00:51:18Okay, we're down to 2,000.
00:51:20And this is Gopher 06.
00:51:22It looks like that aircraft crashed into the Pentagon, sir.
00:51:25Yes, sir.
00:51:26Okay, we're down to 2,000.
00:51:28And this is Gopher 06.
00:51:30It looks like that aircraft crashed into the Pentagon, sir.
00:51:33Gopher 06, thank you.
00:51:37News bulletins report of a fire at the Pentagon,
00:51:41in the dark of its actual cause.
00:51:45We must say now that we are a nation under siege.
00:51:48Right now we are a nation under siege.
00:51:50There is a terrorist attack, as you can see,
00:51:52at the heart of the financial capital of the world,
00:51:54and now one at the heart of the military command center
00:51:57of the United States of America, the Pentagon.
00:51:59Apparently there has been an explosion.
00:52:01We have no further details.
00:52:03We don't know the extent of that,
00:52:04but we do have word that there's been an explosion at the Pentagon.
00:52:07With three targets hit, focus hones in on Flight 93,
00:52:12the last known hijacked plane airborne.
00:52:16In the space of two minutes,
00:52:19the White House, Capitol Building,
00:52:21and the entire United States airspace is shut down.
00:52:25The first-ever unplanned suspension of all flights
00:52:29over American airspace.
00:52:31Operation Yellow Ribbon, aided by Canada, commences.
00:52:36The orders divert all civilian aircraft away from enemy airspace
00:52:41The orders divert all civilian aircraft away from any potential target
00:52:46as fast as possible,
00:52:48grounding planes over the border in Canadian territory.
00:52:55In a further display of agency failings,
00:52:58the FAA headquarters decides not to request military assistance for Flight 93.
00:53:10National security agents overhear a conversation
00:53:13initiated by a known associate of Osama bin Laden,
00:53:17the number one suspect,
00:53:19stating that one more target was still to be hit.
00:53:23That target, unbeknownst to them,
00:53:26was the Capitol or the White House.
00:53:30Having heard the fate of the other aircraft,
00:53:33passengers on board plan a counterattack.
00:53:37In an act of immense bravery,
00:53:40passengers on Flight 93 begin a revolt
00:53:44and attempt to enter the cockpit.
00:53:50Meanwhile, as the struggle on Flight 93 was underway,
00:53:5657 minutes of burning jet fuel had weakened the steel framework
00:54:00of the 1,362-foot tower.
00:54:05Columns within the structure, unable to hold the weight,
00:54:09buckle and bend,
00:54:16sending 110 floors into freefall.
00:54:35They really did it.
00:54:50The tower submerges into a thick haze,
00:54:54sucking all saturation from New York City life.
00:54:59I saw the plane exactly going into the building.
00:55:03I was standing right there.
00:55:05On 100 Church Street.
00:55:13We've got to keep going.
00:55:15We've got to keep going.
00:55:17They tried to save your life. That's what they're doing.
00:55:20I'm a Marine. I don't need no shit.
00:55:22You can't help nobody right now.
00:55:24Free fall, please.
00:55:55Excuse me.
00:56:04Pilots observe Flight 93 wave its wings.
00:56:08The hijackers attempt to end the counterattack.
00:56:11United 93?
00:56:13Was waving his wings as he went past the VFR aircraft.
00:56:17They don't quite know what that means.
00:56:20Flying over Somerset County, Pennsylvania,
00:56:24hijackers send the plane into a 583-mile-per-hour nosedive,
00:56:34taking the lives of all 40 souls on board.
00:56:38There is a report of black smoke in the last position I gave you.
00:56:42From the airplane or from the ground?
00:56:44They're speculating it's from the aircraft.
00:56:46Due to the brave reactions of patriots,
00:56:49the flight never reaches its intended target.
00:56:52It hit the ground.
00:56:54That's what they're speculating. It's speculation only.
00:57:03Using speed and trajectory projections,
00:57:06the command center predicts the aircraft should be over Washington.
00:57:10Unable to observe the plane,
00:57:13pilots conclude the plane is down.
00:57:19The regent commander has declared that we can shoot down aircraft
00:57:22that did not respond to our direction. Copy that?
00:57:24Copy that, sir.
00:57:27I also want to give you a heads-up, Washington.
00:57:30Go ahead.
00:57:31United 93, have you got information on that yet?
00:57:33Yeah, he's down.
00:57:34He's down?
00:57:35Yes.
00:57:36When did he land? Because we have confirmation.
00:57:38He did not land.
00:57:39Oh, he's down?
00:57:40Yeah, somewhere up northeast of Camp David.
00:57:43Northeast of Camp David.
00:57:44That's the last report. They don't know exactly where.
00:57:52Man, it only took him an hour, right? About 10-15, right?
00:57:55It took an hour to level the sun, I think.
00:57:57I think it happened at 8-15.
00:57:58Yeah, I'll tell you that. 10-20?
00:58:01What happened?
00:58:08Shocked onlookers gaze at the inevitable.
00:58:12On fire since first impact, over one hour and 40 minutes ago,
00:58:17the North Tower begins to crumble and collapse.
00:58:21Screaming
00:58:29The tallest building in the world at the time,
00:58:32the North Tower stood at 1,368 feet.
00:58:37The Twin Towers, an imposing icon on the New York skyline,
00:58:42is reduced to rubble.
00:58:52A few hours later
00:58:55Get out of the street! Go!
00:58:57Get out of the street!
00:59:01Over a third of the 1,000 emergency rescuers
00:59:05that put their lives on the line,
00:59:07running into the unknown, perished.
00:59:11The catastrophe claimed the lives of 2,753 victims.
00:59:17Many more lives will be taken in the aftermath.
00:59:21Long-term health complications and cancer diagnosis
00:59:25claimed the lives of thousands of first responders.
00:59:29Those in and around the World Trade Center
00:59:32breathe in the toxic fumes and dust produced
00:59:36when 24,000 gallons of jet fuel ignited,
00:59:39with hundreds of thousands of gallons of heating oils
00:59:42and diesel within the building.
00:59:47A few hours later
00:59:53Barksdale Air Force Base
01:00:08Make no mistake.
01:00:11The United States will hunt down
01:00:15and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.
01:00:20Force Protection Condition Delta is activated,
01:00:24placing all worldwide U.S. military personnel on high alert.
01:00:40Federal intelligence experts begin to suspect
01:00:44who the perpetrators of the heinous attacks were.
01:00:49All trails point to one man,
01:00:53Osama Bin Laden.
01:01:15Rescue efforts continue at Ground Zero.
01:01:20Recovery teams rescue 20 people from the pile.
01:01:25The final survivor won't be pulled from the rubble
01:01:29until midday September 12th.
01:01:38The White House
01:01:41The President addresses the nation.
01:01:44Good evening.
01:01:46Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life,
01:01:50our very freedom came under attack
01:01:53in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.
01:01:57The victims were in airplanes, were in their offices.
01:02:02Secretaries, businessmen and women,
01:02:05military and federal workers, moms and dads.
01:02:09Moms and dads, friends and neighbors.
01:02:13Thousands of lives were suddenly ended
01:02:16by evil, despicable acts of terror.
01:02:20These acts of mass murder were intended
01:02:23to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat.
01:02:26But they have failed.
01:02:28Our country is strong.
01:02:31A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.
01:02:35Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations
01:02:38of our biggest buildings,
01:02:40but they cannot touch the foundation of America.
01:02:43These acts shatter steel,
01:02:46but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
01:02:50This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life
01:02:54unite in our resolve for justice and peace.
01:02:57America has stood down enemies before,
01:03:00and we will do so this time.
01:03:03None of us will ever forget this day,
01:03:06yet we go forward to defend freedom
01:03:09and all that is good and just in our world.
01:03:15Good night, and God bless America.
01:03:24President Bush updates his journal.
01:03:28The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today.
01:03:37We think it's Osama bin Laden.
01:03:57The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century
01:04:00took place today.
01:04:03We think it's Osama bin Laden.