9-11-2001
New York City, Washington D.C. (JFK+50) September 11, 2001 was the day that the United States of America was attacked by Islamic terrorists. Tom Brokaw called it "the most serious attack on the United States in more than a hundred years."
Hijacked American airliners were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City resulting in the deaths of more than 2000 people and another was flown into the Pentagon. A third hijacked plane, probably also headed for Washington, D.C., crashed in Pennsylvania.
President George W. Bush, visiting an elementary school in Florida, was informed of the attacks and soon was back aboard Air Force One. The President speaking later from the White House said...
"Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundations of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve."
The NEWSEUM in our Nation's Capital commemorates this sad event with a "9-11 Gallery." One of the exhibit's highlights is a wall of front page newspaper stories from around the world covering the day America was attacked. The exhibit also includes letters and passports belonging to the hijackers, engine parts from planes that crashed into the Twin Towers and personal belongings of some of the passengers.
SOURCES
"Inside Today's FBI: After 9/11," The Newseum, September 9, 2016, www.newseum.org/
"9/11 Gallery Sponsored by Comcast," The Newseum, www.newseum.org/
9/11 Gallery
Inside Today's FBI: After 9/11 Exhibit
New York City, Washington D.C. (JFK+50) September 11, 2001 was the day that the United States of America was attacked by Islamic terrorists. Tom Brokaw called it "the most serious attack on the United States in more than a hundred years."
Hijacked American airliners were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City resulting in the deaths of more than 2000 people and another was flown into the Pentagon. A third hijacked plane, probably also headed for Washington, D.C., crashed in Pennsylvania.
President George W. Bush, visiting an elementary school in Florida, was informed of the attacks and soon was back aboard Air Force One. The President speaking later from the White House said...
"Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundations of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve."
The NEWSEUM in our Nation's Capital commemorates this sad event with a "9-11 Gallery." One of the exhibit's highlights is a wall of front page newspaper stories from around the world covering the day America was attacked. The exhibit also includes letters and passports belonging to the hijackers, engine parts from planes that crashed into the Twin Towers and personal belongings of some of the passengers.
SOURCES
"Inside Today's FBI: After 9/11," The Newseum, September 9, 2016, www.newseum.org/
"9/11 Gallery Sponsored by Comcast," The Newseum, www.newseum.org/
9/11 Gallery
Newseum
Washington, D.C.
Photo by John White (2016)
Inside Today's FBI: After 9/11 Exhibit
Newseum
Washington, D.C.
Photo by John White (2016)
