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First Plane HIt North Tower of World Trade Center
At 8:45AM one plane out of four that were hijacked by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, Hit the North tower of the World Trade Center. Leaving a huge fiery hole near the 80th floor many people died and were trapped on higher floors. -
18 minutes later
18 minutes after the north tower was hit another plane took a sharp turn hitting the south tower. This plane hit near the 60th floor and caused a massive explosion. -
Pentatgon
As everyone was watching the devistating towers fall in New York another plane crashed into the west side of the Pentagon in downtown Washington D.C. -
The first collapse
Less that 15 minutes after the pentagon was hit the south tower of the world trade center collapsed into a cloud of dust. -
10:30
At 10:30 the north tower collapsed on top of the south tower's remains. -
Period: to
09/11/01
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clean up
Crews continued to clean and still had a majority of rubble to clear through. The rescue teams were still calling for more men to help clean and find any possible survivors or bodies. -
October
The operation that was to seek Osama's terrorist base started. -
Killed
Osama bin Laden was tracked and killed.