9/11 Timeline-- Part 5: Flight 93, Collapse of the North Tower and the Seven World Trade Center Building

All times are Eastern.

**  10:07 am:  After passengers and crew members aboard the hijacked Flight 93 contact friends and family and learn about the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., they mount an attempt to retake the plane.  In response, the hijackers deliberately crash the plane into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania., killing all 40 passengers and crew aboard.

**  10:28 am:  The World Trade Center's North Tower collapses, 102 minutes after being struck by Flight 11.

**  11 am:  New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani calls for the evacuation of Lower Manhattan south of Canal Street, including more than one million residents,  workers and tourists, as efforts continue throughout the afternoon to search for survivors.

**  1 pm;  At Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, President Bush announces that U.S. forces are on high alert throughout the world.

**  2:51 pm:  The U.S. Navy dispatches missile destroyers to New York and Washington, D.C.

**  5:20 pm:  The 47-story Seven World Trade Center building collapses after burning for hours; the building had been evacuated in the morning, and there are no casualties., though the collapse forces rescue workers to flee for their lives.

A Sad Day in U.S. history.

A Timeline of 9/11-- Part 3: The Second Crash

**  8:47 am:  Within seconds after the first crash, NYPD and NYFD dispatch units to the World Trade Center, while Port Authority officers on the site begin immediate evacuation of the North Tower.

**  8:50:   White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card alerts  President George W. Bush that a plane has hit the World Trade Center; the president is visiting a m elementary school in Sarasota, Florida, at the time.

**  9:02:  After initially telling occupants of the WTC's South Tower to remain in the building, Port Authority officials broadcast orders to evacuate both towers via the public address system; an estimated  10,000 to 14,000 are already in the process of evacuating.

**  9:03 am:  Hijackers crash United Airlines175 into floors 75-85 of the WTC's South Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds in the tower.

**  9:08 am:  The FAA Bans all takeoffs of flights going to New York City or through airspace around the city.

At 7:50 am I was outside my room supervising the arrival of students.  By 7:55 they were in the room and working on the Daily Challenge questions on the board while I took attendance.  Completely oblivious about what was going on.

A Timeline of 9/11-- Part 2: Two More Flights Hijacked and the First Crash

**  8:20 am:  American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C.  The Boeing 757 is headed to Los Angeles with 64 people aboard.

**  8:24:  One of the hijackers (name given but I do not honor them with a name) aboard Flight 11 makes one of two accidental transmissions to ground control.  Evidently he was trying to communicate with the plane's cabin.

**  8:40:  Air  traffic controllers at the federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alert  North American Aerospace  Defense Command (NORAD)'s Northeast Defense Sector (NEADS) about the suspected hijacking of Flight 11.  In response, NEADS scrambles two fighter planes located at Cape Cod's Otis Air National Guard Base to locate and tail Flight 11;  they are not yet in the air  when Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower.

**  8:41:  United Airlines Flight  93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people aboard, takes off from Newark (NJ)  International Airport en route to San Francisco.  It had been scheduled to take off at 8:00 am, about the same time as the other hijacked flights.

**  8:46 am:  (Name given, but dishonored) and other hijackers crash Flight 11 into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the building.

By 7:46 am, I am at school preparing for my first class to start at 7:55 am.

A Timeline of 9/11-- Part 1: Flights 11 and 175

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.

A 100-Year-Old WW II Veteran Philip Kahn Dies of COVID-19, His Twin Brother Died in the 1919 Influenza Pandemic

From the April 23, 2020, CNN  by Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, CNN.

Philip Kahn, 100, died April 17 of the COVID-19 flu.    He lost a twin brother in the 1918 epidemic a century earlier.He was the oldest WW II veteran in Nassau County, New York, and had been fearful of another pandemic striking during his lifetime.

His grandson Warren Zysman said:  "It was something he brought up quite frequently.  I would have conversations with him, he would say to me, 'I told you history repeats itself, 100 years is not that long of a period of time.' "

Kahn and his twin bother , Samuel, were born on December 5, 1919.  His brother died weeks later

The 1918 influenza pandemic , also called the Spanish Flu, killed an estimated 50 million people globally and 675,000 in the United States.  As of April 22, there were over 46,000 deaths in the United States and an estimated 19,000 in New York alone.

Mr. Kahn was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Force  during the war and acted as an engineer and co-pilot and received two Bronze Battle Stars.

After the war, he worked as an electric foreman and helped build the World Trade Center.

Before becoming ill, he lived on his own in Long Island and walked two miles a day.  he was aware of the coronavirus as he watched the news every day and in the last few days before his death, he started having the symptoms.  He took a test for it, but the results were not given until after his death.

A Fitting 9-11 Memorial

I saw a piece of the World Trade Center ruins, a piece of twisted metal girder, at the Lincoln College College Museum in Lincoln, Illinois.  That really took me to the that unforgettable site.  I think it is too bad that similar pieces or artifacts weren't sent to each of the fifty states.

I am impressed with what they have done in New York City to memorialize the site of the WTC, but I would also have liked a part of that 6-7 story exterior that was still standing after the attack.  To me, that summed up the event as well as anything.

Ship Unearthed in New York City-- Part 3

Continuing with the story about the remains of a ship discovered at the site of the World Trade Center.

The pit where the ship was discovered is on a sixteen acre site where the new 1776 foot World Trade Center is going to be built. A marine historian believes that the ship may have sailed in the Caribbean, based on the 18th century organisms that had bored into the timber.

A 100 pound anchor was found a few yards from the hull. When the city was extending its shore line, derelict ships were often used to provide fill.

The ship had been weighted down and sunk into the bottom of the river as support for new city piers.

Another such ship was found in 1982 in Water Street.

The remains will be removed, but the wood is so delicate they are not sure how much of it will remain. It is deteriorating fast now that it is exposed to the air.

Archaeologists are measuring and photographing the ship's remains, but it is not clear how long the ship actually was.

Now, This is My Kind of Story. --Cooter

Ship Unearthed in New York City-- Part 2

Back on July 16th, I came a cross a short article in the USA Today about a ship from the 1700s that was found on the site of the World Trade Center, but not much else about it.

The fact that it was not discovered when the WTC was being built, survived the terrorist attack and is that old fascinates me.

I did some research and found coverage, believe it or not, from New Zealand, but nothing else from the US.

Here's what the July 16th Channel 3 News had to say about the ship.

It is a 32-foot piece of the former ship, not the whole thing as I was led to believe in the USA article and found twenty feet below street level. Workers at the site were unexpectedly thrilled by the find. From what they see, they believe it was a ship from the 1700s. They know that back around 1810, derelict ships and earth and rocks were buried in the area to extend New York's shoreline to accommodate the huge increase in trade as the city was really bustling.

It was first spotted Tuesday, July 13th, in the pit where the new World Trade Center is being built.

More to Come. --DaCoot

Ship Unearthed in New York City

From the July 16th USA Today "Ship Unearthed in NYC"

I came across an interesting photo and short blurb about the remains of an 18th century 32-foot long vessel that was discovered at the site of the former World Trade Center in New York City.

Construction workers unearthed it from the mud about thirty feet underground.

How it got there and how it wasn't discovered during the WTC construction is still a mystery. If it sank, that would mean that the site was once under water.

From the photo, it appears that a large portion of the hull is still in one piece. I don't know why they are working at the site but imagine it's probably for a memorial.

I hope to find out more information.

Boy, Am I Ever Interested in Stories Like This. --Cooter