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In New York City, approximately 430,000 jobs were lost and there were $2.8 billion in lost wages over the three months following the 9/11 attacks. The economic effects were mainly focused on the city's export economy sectors. [ 17] The GDP for New York City was estimated to have declined by $30.3 billion over the last three months of 2001 and ...
9:28: Flight 93 is hijacked above northern Ohio, turning to the southeast. 9:37:46: Flight 77 crashes into the western side of The Pentagon. All 58 passengers and crew are killed aboard the aircraft including an additional 125 (including emergency workers) on the ground. The crash starts a violent fire.
Planning of the September 11 attacks. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners, intentionally crashing two into the World Trade Center in New York City. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
TV Shows unaltered after the attacks. Reruns of Wheel of Fortune showed the Twin Towers on Game Show Network, especially the nighttime scene, during the opening. Reruns of Taxi, Caroline in the City, Cheers, and many other TV shows pre-9/11, even Friends (season 1-7) were also unaffected.
During the September 11 attacks of 2001, a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, killed 2,977 people, injured over 6,000, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. Multiple others have died due to 9/11-related cancer and respiratory diseases in the months and years ...
Often described as the worst terrorist attack in history, the trauma of 9/11 is still felt keenly by many more than 20 years on. Images showing the horrifying events unfolding – as first one and ...
Updated October 16, 2020 at 12:48 PM. Chilling 9/11 photo shows moments after plane struck Twin Towers. September 11, 2001 is a day that still strikes sadness and fear into the hearts of Americans ...
Airport. United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C.