The Twin Towers On Tuesday, September 11,
2001,
extremist
Islamic Alqaeda,
hijacked four planes and crashed them into the Twin Towers killing over 2,000 innocent people.
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This article will discuss two of the hijacked planes. At 8:46 AM EST the hijacked American Airlines plane, Flight 77, carrying 92 people from Boston to Los Angeles, was flown into the north tower of the Twin Towers. At 9:02 AM EST the hijacked United Airlines plane, Flight 175, carrying 65 people from Boston to Los Angeles, was flown into the South Tower. The jet tanks of both planes were full and the crash into the Twin Towers caused an
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