United Airlines Flight 93

Among the four aircrafts, two belonged to American Airlines and another two belonged to United Airlines. The first hijacked aircraft to take-off, American Airlines Flight 11, was boarded by five hijackers: Mohammed Atta (a trained pilot and ringleader of the attacks), Abdulaziz al-Omari, Waleed al-Shehri, Wail al-Shehri, and Satam al-Suqami. At 7:59 a.m., Flight 11, holding 81 passengers (including the hijackers) and 11 crew members, takes off from Logan International Airport runway 4R, bound for

Presumably, the United States Capitol was codenamed "The Faculty of Law", the Pentagon was codenamed "The Faculty of Fine Arts", and the World Trade Center was codenamed "The Faculty of Town Planning". (Wiki- Hijackers) The most devastating terrorist attack in history started to take shape early in the morning of September 11, 2001 as Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari boarded a plane from Maine to Boston, Massachusetts at 6:00 a.m. At 7:35 a.m. those two boarded American Airlines, Flight 11, and the

from Yemen to the United States, and those packages contained 300 to 400 grams of explosives. The bombs were discovered during two stopovers at the airport in the United Kingdom and in Dubai. A week later, after the packages were found, Al Qaeda took responsibility for the attempt yet again (“Major Al Qaeda attacks,” n.d.). Al Qaeda has taken responsibility for numerous attacks and attempts, including an attack that made Osama bin Laden very well known to many people in the United States. That attack

commercial flight schools, members of al-Qaeda had prepared for the attacks by enrolling in flying lessons. The terrorists snuck box cutters and knives through airport security. Not too long after taking off, the terrorists took control of the four planes they boarded. They took over American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 77, and United Airlines Flight 93.

and Flight 93 crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Nobody thought that it was a morning that would cause the world to grieve. The planes that the terrorists hijacked that would crash into the Twin Towers, a field in Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon were full of fuel and all heading towards California. At 8:00 am, American Airlines Flight 11 left Boston, heading towards Los Angeles. United Airlines Flight 175 left Boston at 8:14 am, going to Los Angeles. At 8:20 am, American Airlines Flight 77 left

It hit around the eighth floor of the one hundred and ten story skyscraper. Hundreds of people were killed instantly and hundreds more were trapped above on higher floors. Eighteen minutes later, a Boeing 767, United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the south tower around the sixtieth floor. At 10:00 a.m., both of the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed. (opener/sentence) There was a massive explosion causing a huge cloud of smoke and burning debris to fall on

attacks on September 11, 2001…” (Chavez, Linda). The United States suffered three attacks in one day. There was four aircrafts full with passengers but only one didn’t make it’s destination which was to Washington D.C. instead it crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. One attack was the World Trade Center known as the Twin Towers that burned down, then the pentagon was also attacked. Therefore September 11, 2001 was a big tragic day to the United States because of the attacks they had to deal with

In the morning of September 11, 2001, Nineteen Al-Qaeda members divided into four groups, stealing four commercial airplanes, including United Airlines Flight 93, American Airlines Flight 11, American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines 175. Two of the planes crashed into the World Trade Center buildings. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. Nearly three-thousand victims were killed in the nine-eleven attacks. It was a series of catastrophic

Mohammed Atta travels Colgan Air Flight 5930 with Abdulaziz from Portland International Jetport in Maine, to Logan International Airport in Massachusetts. 6:52 am - Atta gets a call from Marwan al Shehhi to confirm the attack plans. 7:35 am - Atta and al-Omari board the American Airlines Flight 11. 7:40 am - The rest of the hijackers board Flight 11. 7:59 am - Flight 11 with 92 passengers aboard, takes off from Boston to Los Angeles, 14 minutes late. 8:14 am - Flight 11 is hijacked when hijackers Waleed

civilians. In the air, flight attendants on hijacked flights managed to retain their composure, hunt down crucial information,and make contact with airlines. Passengers fearfully rallied together and rebelled against the enemy, knowing very well that they may not even survive. The courageousness of civilian heroes on the hijacked planes may not have stopped the attacks from happening, but it did help expose the hijackers, and even saved thousands of lives on 9/11. The first flight that took off on 9/11