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...American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 hijacked en route from Boston to Los Angeles with 92 passengers aboard, slams into the north tower...
...United Airlines Flight 175, also a Boeing 767 hijacked en route from Boston to Los Angeles with 65 passengers aboard, banks hard and slices through the south tower...
...Reports of funds interdicted en route to Bin Laden in recent years suggest that he continues to enjoy the support of some wealthy Arab businessmen, who either directly support his beliefs or else are inclined to hedge their bets on the outcome of his battle with...
...news of multiple hijacked planes trickled out, the FAA shut down the nation's airports and airspace. At approximately 10:00 a.m. EST, United flight 93, en route from Newark to San Francisco crashed near Pittsburgh. The airplane, a Boeing 757, was apparently hijacked, and experts speculate that Camp David might have been its ultimate target. Wednesday afternoon, the Washington Post reported that passengers on United flight 93 may have tried to overtake the hijackers, crashing the plane into the countryside, rather than allowing it to hit its intended mark...
...attack during a story reading session at a local school. Before boarding Air Force One, Bush said, "Today we had a national tragedy." Two airplanes, he continued, crashed into the World Trade Center "in an apparent terrorist attack on our country." Air Force One was initially reported to be en route to Washington, but at 12:30 p.m. EST, wire services indicated the President had landed at an airforce base in Louisiana. At 4 p.m. EST, the President was on his way back to the White House. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had been in Peru on a state...