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survivors from the World Trade Center North Tower above the point of impact.
WE REMEMBER SPECIAL EDITION • WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 2011
New Yorkers see ‘phoenix’ rise from the ashes of 9/11
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million tons of debris removed from the World Trade Center.
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years old is the age of the youngest passenger on the hijacked jets.
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bystanders were killed by falling debris from the World Trade Center.
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survivors from World Trade Center South Tower above the point of impact.
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hijackers carried out the attacks.
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miles was how far the World Trade Towers could be seen burning.
THE MORNING OF
ON THE COVER: ‘Tribute in Light’ illuminates the sky over Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2006, in New York, marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. ABOVE: Firefighters walk through the rubble in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. PHOTOS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
American Airlines Flight 11 Boston to Los Angeles Boeing 767 87 passengers
American Airlines
Flight 77 Washington to Los Angeles Boeing 757 59 passengers
United Airlines
Flight 93 Newark to San Francisco Boeing 757 40 passengers * times in CDT
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BOSTON Departs 6:59 a.m.
WORLD TRADE CENTER NORTH TOWER Impact 7:45 a.m.
United Airlines
Flight 175 Boston to Los Angeles Boeing 767 60 passengers
mourned — then mourned again when soldiers died in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. And mourned yet again when the housing market went bust and when the Great Recession began. “Maybe in New York, they can see a phoenix rising out of the ashes,” said Tony Brunello, a political science professor at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. “But to people around here, it’s a world of fear, with no evidence of the recovery.” New Yorkers weren’t spared the hardship of the recession and wars. But their morale might be higher a decade after 9/11 because they see evidence of progress and accomplishment at ground zero, Brunello and Baick said, while folks in places like Florida, Arizona and Nevada felt an ever-worsening string of events over the past decade, with no end in sight. “The rest of the country is still trying to grasp the meaning of these things, trying to make sense of them,” said Baick. “The rest of the country, which was not as affected by 9/11, is still coming to grips with this.” TAS
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BOSTON Departs 7:15 a.m.
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● SARASOTA, FL. President Bush notified of attack 7:50 a.m.
WORLD TRADE CENTER SOUTH TOWER Impact 8:03 a.m.
MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI ORDERS EVACUATION SOUTH OF CANAL STREET 10 a.m.
NORTH TOWER Collapses 9:28 a.m.
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BUSH CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS 8:15 a.m.
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8:30 a.m.
SOUTH TOWER Collapses 9:05 a.m.
BUSH LEAVES SARASOTA, WHITE HOUSE IS EVACUATED 9:15 a.m.
WASHINGTON Departs 7:10 a.m.
NEWARK Departs 7:05 a.m.
In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, lower Manhattan was covered in grey ash from the demolished twin towers while stunned people posted flyers of missing loved ones throughout the city. Massive blood drives were organized around the country, and folks lined up to donate. Yet few people had been pulled out alive from the World Trade Center debris, so no blood was needed. A decade later, New Yorkers are no longer stunned, said John Baick, a professor of history at Western New England University in Springfield, Mass. “New York got over 9/11 much faster than anyone expected,” said Baick, who is also a New York City historian. “New Yorkers are better at compartmentalizing. Nowhere else in the world is there this kind of diversity, tension and strangeness. New Yorkers adapt and adjust remarkably quickly.” While the city of New York picked itself up, the rest of the country also
PENTAGON EAST WALL Impact 8:45 a.m.
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● F.A.A. GROUNDS ALL DOMESTIC FLIGHTS, MANHATTAN BRIDGES AND TUNNELS CLOSED 8:20-8:40 a.m.
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ALL INCOMING FLIGHTS U.N. DIVERTED TO CANADA HEADQUARTERS 9:30 a.m. EVACUATED 10 a.m.
EAST WALL Portion collapses 9:10 a.m.
PENNSYLVANIA Crashes 9:20 a.m
● NEW YORK CITY PRIMARY ELECTIONS CANCELED 9:30 a.m.