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9:42: ABC News broadcasts its first pictures from Washington, D.C. of heavy smoke, from a perspective on the other side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is situated a block west of the White House. Peter Jennings confirms a fire at The Pentagon two minutes later. 9:42: The main CBS network reports an explosion at the Pentagon.
A citywide moment of silence was held at 8:46 a.m. to mark the moment hijacked Flight 11 struck the North Tower. A second moment of silence was held at 9:03 a.m. to mark when hijacked Flight 175 ...
In particular, the fires on floors 7 through 9 and 11 through 13 continued to burn out of control during the afternoon. [86] At approximately 2:00 pm, firefighters noticed a bulge in the southwest corner of 7 World Trade Center between the 10th and 13th floors, a sign that the building was unstable and might cave to one side or "collapse". [87]
Croatia: Many school children in Dubrovnik took time to observe a moment of silence. [24] Cuba: The government expressed their "pain and solidarity" with its longtime adversary and offered air and medical facilities to help. [31] Denmark: Prime Minister Paul Nyrup Rasmussen condemned the attack and expressing its solidarity with the Americans. [34]
The South Tower collapsed at 9:59 A.M., [65]: 80 [70]: 322 after burning for 56 minutes, [g] Flight 175's impact did not directly cause the collapse of the south tower, but rather the fires caused by the aircraft's jet fuel were the reason for the collapse, [71] the South Tower was the first of the two skyscrapers to collapse despite being the ...
Sam Pulia, left, Willow Springs, Ill., police chief, places flags on the bronze parapets at the 9/11 Memorial on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Wednesday in New ...
Among the tributes to the victims of the 9/11 attacks on their 19th anniversary was a moment of silence held at Denver International Airport.Video from the airport shows the tribute, which was ...
Moments of silence are observed at 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m., the moments when the two planes struck the two towers, and church bells ring at 9:59 a.m. and 10:29 a.m., the moment at which the South and North towers respectively collapsed. Foreign dignitaries gather in Battery Park for the lighting of the eternal flame at sunset.