"I can hear you! I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you. Three days later, Bush stood among the rubble as well as New York's firefighters and first responders, assuring them that the nearly 3,000 deaths caused by the attacks would not be in vain: He addressed the nation on live television that night, stating that the government "will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them." The seeds for the War on Terror had been planted. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida. Bush learned of the attacks while attending a reading at Emma E.
The Aftermath Of The Terrorist Attacks And The 9/11 Pictures That Remain Tower 7, said to be plagued by such intense fires that it gave out and buckled, collapsed at 5.21 p.m.Īs the 9/11 pictures above clearly show, it was the deadliest day in American history. The damage had already been staggering, but things were about to get even scarier. The San Francisco-bound flight had been hijacked by four Al Qaeda terrorists after departing Newark, New Jersey. United Airlines Flight 93, meanwhile, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania a few minutes later. Just 22 minutes later, the unimaginable happened back in New York City: In around 10 seconds, the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed into its footprint - reducing 110 stories to rubble forever.Ī live report by Eyewitness News ABC7NY as the Twin Towers begin to collapse. to Los Angeles crashed into the Pentagon at 9.37 AM, tearing a massive hole into the side of the building. ThompsonĪmerican Airlines Flight 77 traveling from Washington, D.C. It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy." Hunter S. It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now ― with somebody ― and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.
The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. By whom, or why, would remain a question for some time. By this point, it was clear that New York City was under attack. Then, at 9.03 AM, United Airlines Flight 175 - also traveling from Boston to Los Angeles - crashed into the South Tower. A CBS News segment showing the south tower being hit on live television.Īs the North Tower's crash site smoldered and smoke wafted across the sky, the world's media kept its cameras trained firmly on the buildings.