The incident claimed the lives of 2,977 people and destroyed the entire World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City including the Twin Towers. It had rained overnight on the 10th/11th so we went to the top of our hotel on 56th street to check the view. My wife, Kate, and daughters Alex and Zoe and myself arrived in New York from LA on Sunday September 9 and promptly got stuck in a traffic jam near Flushing Meadows, where Lleyton Hewitt had just won the US Open. I was aware that it was happening, but was detached to the fact that it was happening to me. I remember leaving the space a bit before midnight and taking the tape out of my camera (I never did that before). I was on Capitol Hill the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, working as a foreign policy adviser for New Yorks senior Senator, Charles Schumer. 9:02 am After initially instructing tenants of the WTCs 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 people are already in the process of evacuating. September 11: Photos of the Worst Attack on American Soil, How United Flight 93 Passengers Fought Back on 9/11, 9/11 Lost and Found: The Items Left Behind. 9:24 am The FAA notified NEADS of the suspected hijacking of Flight 77 after some passengers and crew aboard are able to alert family members on the ground. Logistical support was provided by other . On Monday September 10, I came New York City for a quick visit before I headed back home to Dallas on the Tuesday. On September 10, 2001 this speech was given by the Secretary of Defense informing the American people that the Pentagon lost 2.3 TRILLION dollars. Bin Laden believed that the United States was a paper tiger, a belief shaped not just by Americas departure from Lebanon following the marine barracks bombing but also by the withdrawal of American forces from Somalia in 1993, following the deaths of 18 U.S. servicemen in Mogadishu, and the American pullout from Vietnam in the 1970s. 9:59 am The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses. (This includes the Reuters Weekend Briefing.) Mohammed came up with the tactical innovation of using hijacked planes to attack the United States, and al-Qaeda provided the personnel, money, and logistical support to execute the operation. Finally it stopped ringing and the answering machine clicked in; I could hear my sister saying with great urgency, "if you are there, go and look at the TV, quick". We went down to a cafe on Broadway for breakfast with the idea of going straight down to the WTC after breakfast. My wife must have dawdled a bit because she saw a plane overhead and thought to herself, "gee, that's very low". September 10, 2001 was just another enjoyable day of an eventful trip that my girlfriend and I made to New York that year. I tried and tried, and it wasn't until the following day, to my relief, that I was finally able to reach her. 9:21 am The Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area. September 10, 2001 is the 253 rd day of the year 2001 in the Gregorian calendar. Worries about the consequences of a debt-free America evaporated soon thereafter. The film is called September 10, 2001, Uno nunca muere la vispera, a Spanish saying that translates something like, one cannot die on the eve, one never dies before it's time. There was speculation that it could have been connected with the attacks in New York. This was my first visit to New York and I loved it. They traveled in small groups, and some of them received commercial flight training. It's always there in the background of my deepest thoughts. "It all happened . What happened on Sept. 11, 2001 | Reuters Every weekday. The pub was full of people who had been evacuated from downtown, many of whom were unable to get home. On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists associated with al-Qaeda, an Islamist extremist group, hijacked four commercial airplanes scheduled to fly from the East Coast to California. I hope that their generation can buck the trend and put it right. But being a recent graduate, I didn't have much money so we ended up leaving NY on an 11pm flight. A survey conduct by the American Red Cross in 2011 showed that a majority of Americans, including nearly six in 10 teenagers, approved of using torture. While we were waiting for a table some shots of the WTC appeared on the TV in the cafe and the commentators said a plane had flown into the WTC. Throughout his stay in the United States, Atta kept Binalshibh updated on the plots progress via e-mail. Watch popular content from the following creators: Matt(@mattymatt80), Kylie(@thegiraffesmiles4me), Rachel(@kpopmom83), Noster/Noah(@noahm480), L0NLY_L0ST_GIRL(@n3rv0us_wr3ck), Mr.RangerDemon66096(@mr_demon6096), Court(@aydansmama62119), Ethan Cesari(@ethancesari), presley!!! Perhaps if the United States sustained such a commitment in Afghanistan along with its NATO partners and willing NGOs it would have offered an opportunity to build something better, and ultimately chip away at the Talibans ability to retake power. November 3, 2014: One World Trade Center officially opens on the site of the Twin Towers. September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history. It was not an ideal evening to be there since the rain and cloud cover continued, but I had met another traveller from Eastern Europe and since her time in NYC was short, she had hoped to go up that day - so I decided to go with her. After tax cuts, two unfunded wars, and a near-collapse of the economy, US treasury department figures show the nation's debt grew from less than $6tn in 2001 to nearly $16tn today. It's the Pentagon bureaucracy," he said. Unlike me and my wife and another couple who were staying in the apartment, they, sensibly, had not been sampling cocktails in a nearby bar until the early hours. READ MORE: How United Flight 93 Passengers Fought Back on 9/11. When people ask where you were on September 11th and I tell them I was there in Manhattan they are intrigued and want to know my story. On September 5 Binalshibh left Germany for Pakistan. Most of my friends didn't know when I was coming home. 8:30 pm President Bush addresses the nation, calling the attacks evil, despicable acts of terror and declaring that America, its friends and allies would stand together to win the war against terrorism., READ MORE:5 Ways September 11 Changed America, October 8, 2001: President George W. Bush announces the creation of The Office of Homeland Security to develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks., December 18, 2001, Congress approves naming September 11 Patriot Day.. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed became active in the Muslim Brotherhood, which he joined at age 16, and then he went to the United States to attend college, receiving a degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 1986. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Making sports headlines on September 10th: Barry Bonds had just blasted his 63rd home run on his way to breaking the single-season record. One of her fellow resident artists was killed in the attacks the next day. Okay, my friend said, we'll leave it at that. More from Reuters. At 9:37, an airliner hit the Pentagon. Now, after more than a decade of non-stop war, in which only a small percentage of Americans have ever had any skin in the game, the public seems to pay little attention to the thousands of Americans who have died, the tens of thousands who have been injured, or the hundreds of billions of dollars spent overseas. A friend of mine on the day after, when she learned I was safe, wrote it in the subject line of an email. The only reason I know that is because it was the day before an enormous tragedy that is permanently etched into my mind, and that happened on a Tuesday. The September 11 plot demonstrated that al-Qaeda was an organization of global reach. TikTok video from Spirit of Dani (@delloliod): "What happened on September 10th will never make sense to me #september11 #911 #crimetok #worldtradecenter #mohamedatta". I found it not only true but extremely poetic and that is why I used it as the title. This was not any ordinary traffic jam, however. We watched together in stunned silence the live TV images of men and women jumping from the top floors of the World Trade Center as the flames engulfed them, choosing one form of certain death over another. The report claims all 19 hijackers were members of al Qaeda. Side by side, front pages on Sept. 11, 2001, left, and, on Sept. 12, 2001, show a world changed. One of the reasons I wanted a studio up there was to be able to film the clouds; the whole summer I had waited to film some clouds until September 10 at 2:55pm a storm approached and I set my video camera to film the thunderstorm for seven hours, from different angles. November 25, 2002: President George Bush signs the Homeland Security Act creating the United States Department of Homeland Security. That afternoon we boarded the Ellis Island ferry from Battery Park situated in the shadow of the Twin Towers. What do you recall about that day, and the circumstances in which you took the video? I think it's the immediate days after 9/11 that resonate with me most and it's the people left behind I think of. (@best_birthday_ever_), M <3(@yelenas.favorite.vest), leo . It had been many months since I had seen it in this light. Rightly or wrongly, on 10 September 2001, most Americans believed their phone calls and emails were private and did not suspect that the government might be listening in and keeping tabs. Rick King, who was assistant fire chief of Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001, stands near a cross made from steel from the World Trade Center, outside the fire station in Shanksville on July. The militant put the Hamburg cell in touch with an al-Qaeda operative living in Germany who explained that it was difficult to get to Chechnya at that time because many travelers were being detained in Georgia. It renews and expands the Victim Compensation Fund. Like many, I reassessed my priorities and resolved not to procrastinate any longer on the important things in life. But just like them and most people in the world I saw it unfold on TV and to this day the actual event still seems unreal. 2001 Highlights About September 10, 2001 Day of the Week: Monday How Long Ago? A poll conducted by the Christian Science Monitor in November 2001 showed that two-thirds of Americans were opposed to torture. In Germany, the US favorability rating fell from 78% in 2000 to a low of 31% in 2008. On September 10, 2001 Rumsfeld called a dramatic press conference at the Pentagon to make a startling announcement. If you would like to share your photos from September 10, 2001, join our Flickr group or upload your photo here. To help facilitate the domestic response, Congress quickly passed the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, which significantly expanded the search and surveillance powers of federal law-enforcement and intelligence agencies. Following his call, news filtered in that a plane had crashed into the Pentagon. Peter Howard snapped this image of the World Trade Centre from a bus tour on the morning of September 10; he says he still can't watch footage of the next day's attacks. Among the targets was . Australian David Officer took this photo from the Empire State Building on September 10, 2001, and was planning to visit the World Trade Centre with his family the next day. "Snakes" came out on top with "flying" only figuring in 18% of responses. Watching the towers collapse was horrific as we knew the casualty numbers would be astronomical. Once there he sent a messenger to Afghanistan to inform bin Laden about both the day of the attack and its scope. The 11th anniversary of 9/11 with the 'war on terror' and all its attendant costs is a fit moment for an audit of American values, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, The 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero in New York. I will always remember sitting at my desk in my office at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, eyes fixed on the television in the credenza sitting on the other side of the room. Food and drinks donated to the Red Cross were piled up on the sidewalk around their building, I remember chocolate chip cookies donated by kids. 9:45 am Amid escalating rumors of other attacks, the White House and U.S. Capitol building are evacuated (along with numerous other high-profile buildings, landmarks and public spaces). From the time of the tragedy on, I felt like I had a special connection to NYC. At 8:46 a.m., the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center.