September 11, 2001
Do NowThink of anything that you know
about the events of September 11, 2001. Talk with your partners in your group to share stories that you would like to share with the class.
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Chronology of Events8:00 am American Airlines Flight 11Departs from Boston, going to Los
Angeles8:14 am United Airlines Flight 175Departs from Boston, going to Los
Angeles8:21 am American Flight 77Departs from Washington D.C., going to
Los Angeles8:41 am United Flight 93Departs from Newark, going to San
Francisco
US Map
Chronology of Events
All 4 planes were hijacked by terrorists
8:46 amAmerican Airlines Flight 11 hits
WorldTrade Center’s North Tower 9:03 amUnited Flight 175 hits World Trade
Center’sSouth Tower
Chronology of Events9:08 am FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for
flightsgoing to or through airspace around
NewYork City.9:21 amAll bridges and tunnels into Manhattan closed9:26 amFAA bans takeoffs of all civilian aircraft
President George W. Bush
Chronology of Events9:40 amAmerican Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon9:45 amFAA orders all aircraft to land as soon aspossible (approximately 4,500 planes) 9:59 amSouth Tower of WTC collapses10:07 amUnited Flight 93 crashes into Pennsylvania
field10:28 amNorth Tower of WTC collapses
Aftermath2,977 victims died during the
events of September 11246 people on the 4 planes2,606 people in the WTC125 at the Pentagon
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden FactsLeader of the terrorist group Al-
QaedaSuspected of bombing U.S.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998
WTC bombing in 1993USS Cole in Yemen in 2003Orchestrated events of
September 11
United States ResponseIncreased airport security nationwide
October 7, 2001Bombing of Afghanistan orderedOctober 26, 2001 USA Patriot Act passedNovember 25, 2002Department of Homeland Security developedMarch 20, 2003United States invades Iraq after Saddam
Hussien issuspected of having weapons of mass
destruction
United States ResponseDecember 13, 2003Saddam Hussein capturedMay 1, 2011Osama bin Laden killed by Navy
Seals
Saddam Hussein
Captured!
Freedom Tower
World Trade Center
9-11 Memorial
9-11 Memorial
9-11 Memorial
9-11 Memorial
Wrap UpDescribe any information that
you learned today or found interesting.