Hijacked Planes Have Crashed into Twin Towers

New York Times
Sep 12, 2001
2 min read

Yesterday American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked and crashed into the North Tower. Approximately 20 minutes later American Airlines flight 175 crashed into the south tower. Both towers collapsed and left a massive storm of ash, glass, smoke, leaping victims and dead people. There was a plane crash in Pennsylvania probable heading for the white house. This has already been ranked as the worst terror attack in American History.

Both planes were heading for California, and around 08:20 local time the flight control in California lost their signal to American Airlines Flight 11, which was the first sign that something was terribly wrong. One of the passengers, Mary Olson, managed to reach her husband Troy Olson by using her cell phone, and told him that the hijackers were armed with knives and guns and had full control over the airplane. And this was the last time he heard his wife’s voice. Only 20 minutes later the plane crashed into the north tower with a speed of approximately 500 mph. The fuel ignited immediately and it became a massive fire.

The rescue teams were on their way to save the people in the north tower, but they did not reach the tower before a second plane crashed into the south tower. This happened roughly 20 minutes after the first crash. American Airlines Flight 175 did hit the south tower with a speed of almost 120 mph more than the first plane. It became massive destruction and according to eyewitnesses, many people jumped out of the towers desperately trying to save themselves while the towers were collapsing. When the towers collapsed there was a massive grey cloud blocking the sunshine over New York.

Hans Peterson, who worked in one of the Towers, had lunch in a restaurant nearby when the plane crashed into his office. He was totally chocked, terrified and concerned about his colleagues. “This must be a terror attack” he said over and over again.

But why and who have done this terrible action? So far, nobody has claimed responsibility for the attacks. But it must obviously be someone who is familiar with modern jetlines and with the military capacity to make it happen. According to the government some clues are pointing towards Osama Bin Laden and his organization Al-Quida. Because they have overheard that people associated with Osama Bin Laden said that they had hit two targets. It seems that this has been planned and coordinated for a long time. Mayor Rudolph Wgiuliani said “Right now we have to focus on saving as many lives as possible, because the number of lives lost will be horrendous”

President George Bush said this at a press conference: “Citizens of United States Of America, keep calm and resolute, even in the continuing threat. I promise you that we will triumph over terrorism, stop it, and eliminate it. We will rise once again, and find out who did this terrible action.”