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Residents Talk About Changes Since Terrorist Attacks On 9/11
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Tuesday, September 11, 2018, will mark the 17th year of the terrorist attacks on the United States. Since the at- tacks, the United States has undergone numerous changes.
The attacks not only changed the way many things are being done, it also robbed Americans of a sense of secu- rity we formerly enjoyed. The question of the week posed to Sentinel readers was, “What do you feel is the biggest change in our way of living since those attacks?”
Danny Green said, “Tighter airport security, cracking down on ISIS, and better security in America. We have also seen more awareness. We shouldn't let our guard down because it can happen again.”
Attorney Roderick Ford said, “Unfortunately,
the terrorist attacks in the U. S. A. globalized the Middle East conflict and intensified anti-immigration sentiment and white nationalist hate groups.”
Dr. Samuel Wright
said, “Travel has changed in many ways! Additional doc- uments are needed for travel outside the country.
“For example, I am sure the purchase of passports has increased exponentially. In addition, many rules and reg- ulations concerning travel have changed. For example, the way we pack our luggage is different now. Indeed, se- curity has been heightened on every front. Many more pre- cautions are being taken to the extent that some folk are just simply afraid to travel!”
Attorney Clinton Paris
said, “As with the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the ter- rorist attacks on the United States of America on Septem- ber 11, 2001, changed Amer- ica into a more guarded
country and has tested our founding ideals of freedom and liberty.
“Throughout, the United States history, many events such as the abolition of slav- ery movement, Civil War, Suffrage Movement for Women’s Rights, Labor Movement fair working con- ditions, the Civil Rights movement, more recently the Me Too Movement, have all tested the country’s resolve and each in its own way redi- rected the course of history.
“As a result of 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks, we now daily face the reality of a randomly dangerous world in which we must be vigilant of both dangers as well as threats to liberty and freedom. The attack of 9/11 will remain etched in history. However we control its place in our future.”
Timeline 9/11/2001
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, Islamic Terrorists who came to be known as Al Qaeda terrorists, hijacked three passenger airplanes and carried out coordinated sui- cide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Everyone aboard the air- planes and nearly 3,000 peo- ple on the ground died. A fourth plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field, killing all on board, after passengers and crew attempted to take control from the hijackers.
Below is a timeline of the events of 9/11 as they un- folded.
• 7:59 a.m. – 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 a.m. – United Air- lines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people aboard, takes off from Boston; it is also headed to Los Angeles.
• 8:19 a.m. – Flight at- tendants aboard Flight 11 alert ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked; American Airlines notifies the F.B.I.
• 8:20 a.m. – American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International Airport outside of Washing- ton, D.C. The Boeing 757 is headed to Los Angeles with 64 people aboard.
• 8:24 a.m. – Hijacker Mohammed Atta makes the first of two accidental transmissions from Flight 11 to ground control (apparently in an attempt to communi- cate with the plane’s cabin).
• 8:40 a.m. – The Fed- eral Aviation Administration (FAA) alerts North American Aerospace Defense Com- mand (NORAD)’s Northeast Air 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 a.m. – United Air- lines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people aboard, takes off from Newark Interna- tional Airport en route to San Francisco. It had been sched- uled to depart at 8:00 am, around the time of the other hijacked flights.
• 8:46 a.m. – Mo- hammed Atta and the other hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 crash the plane into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing every- one on board and hundreds inside the building.
• 8:47 a.m. – Within sec- onds, NYPD and FDNY forces dispatch units to the World Trade Center, while Port Au- thority Police Department of- ficers on site begin immediate evacuation of the North Tower.
• 8:50 a.m. – White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card alerts President George W. Bush that a plane has hit the World Trade Center; the president is visit- ing an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida at the time.
• 9:02 a.m. – After ini- tially instructing tenants of the WTC’s South Tower to re- main in the building, Port Au- thority officials broadcast orders to evacuate both tow- ers via the public address sys- tem; an estimated 10,000 to 14,000 people are already in the process of evacuating.
• 9:03 a.m. – Hijackers crash United Airlines Flight 175 into floors 75-85 of the WTC’s South Tower, killing everyone on board and hun- dreds inside the building
• 9:08 a.m. – The FAA bans all takeoffs of flights going to New York City or through the airspace around the city.
• 9:21 a.m. – The Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area.
• 9:24 a.m. – The FAA notified NEADS of the sus- pected hijacking of Flight 77 after some passengers and crew aboard are able to alert family members on the ground.
• 9:31 a.m. – Speaking
from Florida, President Bush calls the events in New York City an “apparent ter- rorist attack on our country.”
• 9:37 a.m. – Hijackers aboard Flight 77 crash the plane into the western façade of the Pentagon in Washing- ton, D.C., killing 59 aboard the plane and 125 military and civilian personnel inside the building.
• 9:45 a.m. – Amid esca- lating rumors of other at- tacks, the White House and U. S. Capitol building are evacuated (along with nu- merous other high-profile buildings, landmarks and public spaces).
• 9:59 a.m. – The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
• 10:07 a.m. – After pas- sengers and crew members aboard the hijacked Flight 93 contact friends and family and learn about the attacks in New York and Washington, they mount an attempt to re- take the plane. In response, hijackers deliberately crash the plane into a field in Som- erset County, Pennsylvania, killing all 40 passengers and crew aboard.
• 10:28 a.m. – The World Trade Center’s North Tower collapses, 102 minutes after being struck by Flight 11.
• 11 a.m. – Mayor Rudolph Giuliani calls for the evacuation of Lower Man- hattan south of Canal Street, including more than 1 million residents, workers and tourists, as efforts continue throughout the afternoon to search for survivors at the WTC site.
• 1 p.m. – From a U. S. Air Force base in Louisiana, President Bush announces that U. S. military forces are on high alert worldwide.
• 2:51 p.m. – The U. S. Navy dispatches missile de- stroyers to New York and Washington, D.C.
• 5:20 p.m. – The 47- story Seven World Trade Center collapses after burn- ing for hours; the building had been evacuated in the morning, and there are no ca- sualties, though the collapse forces rescue workers to flee for their lives.
• 6:58 p.m. – President Bush returns to the White House after stops at military bases in Louisiana and Ne- braska.
• 8:30 p.m. – President Bush addresses the nation, calling the attacks “evil, des- picable acts of terror” and de- claring that America, its friends and allies would “stand together to win the war against terrorism.”
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