Every September 11 I stop my blogs to remember.
All times Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
On September 11, 2001, on a clear, sunny day, terrorists on board three hijacked passenger planes carried out coordinated suicide missions against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C.. Everyone aboard the planes were killed and nearly 3,000 people on the ground.
A fourth plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all aboard after the passengers tried to gain control of the plane themselves.
** 7:59 am: American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767, with 92 people aboard, takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport, en route to Los Angeles.
** 8:14 am: United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people aboard, takes off from Boston; it also is headed for Los Angeles.
** 8:19: Flight attendants aboard Flight 11 alert ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked; American Airlines notifies the FBI.
During this time I was at home finishing up my coffee and getting ready to drive from Spring Grove to my teaching job in Round Lake, Illinois. We are at an hour's difference in Central Time Zone.
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