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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.