9/11

The History of 9/11

By: Tucker Penny

Background

• Lived in New York at the time
• Dad was in NYPD

What Happened

• The North Tower got hit first by Flight 11
• The South Tower got hit about 15 minutes later by flight 175
• Both planes were hijacked by Al Qaeda members

Here's a video of the South

Tower getting hit by the airplane

http://timeline.national911memorial.org/#/Explore/2/Entry/563

What Happened Cont.

• The South Tower fell first, even though it got hit 2nd. It fell around 10:00 am after burning for almost an hour
• It fell to the ground in just 10 seconds.
• Just this one building caused approximately 600 innocent people to lose their lives.

• The North Tower eventually collapsed after about an hour and fell around 10:30.
• This building had a bigger death toll
• This cause around 1400 people to die.

Here is a video of the South Tower falling:

http://timeline.national911memorial.org/#/Explore/2/Entry/50

The Aftermath

• A total of 2,753 people lost their lives from these 2 terrorist attacks in Manhattan.
• There were other attacks that day at the Pentagon, and an open field in PA.
• A grand total of 2,977 people died from all the attacks

How My Family Was Affected

• My dad (in the NYPD) wasn't there that day, Thank God!!
• He had to help clean up the mess, though
• He had to pick up the body parts remaining. He is one of the bravest people I know
• I'm so thankful to have him with me today.

A beautiful day in a

beautiful city

A day of remorse,

chaos, and disaster

Turns into...