When I turned on my television, I found that almost all of the television stations were reporting that a passenger plane, a huge Boeing 767 jetliner, had slammed into a building in New York City. It was commercial airline wide-body jetliner, specifically a Boeing 767, that hit the North Tower of the twin towers.
At first, I thought they were talking about a small jet plane. Then I found out it was a jetliner. A jet is any aircraft powered by a jet engine. A jetliner is specifically a large commercial passenger or cargo airplane. A jetliner is a specific type of jet built strictly to carry large groups of passengers or cargo commercially. Jet planes include military fighter planes and private business jets, those are usually small jet aircraft. Jetliners are very large wide-body aircraft designed to hold hundreds of people. Jetliners are huge in comparison to tiny one-seat military jets.
For Flight 11, it was only 47 minutes between leaving Boston and smashing into the North Tower in New York City. The timeline of American Airlines Flight 11 on the morning of September 11, 2001, details the events from its departure to the moment of impact:
5:45am – Muslim terrorists Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al-Omari clear security at Portland International Jetport in Maine to catch a connecting flight to Boston.
7:59am – Flight 11 takes off from Boston Logan International Airport, bound for Los Angeles.
8:14am – The Muslims begin their attack on the plane. The aircraft fails to respond to instructions from air traffic control.
8:19am – Flight attendant Betty Ann Ong alerts American Airlines ground personnel via an inflight phone. She reported that the cockpit is unreachable, that a passenger had been stabbed, and that Muslim terrorists were hijacking Flight 11.
8:24am – Muslim terrorist Mohamed Atta mistakenly transmits a message to air traffic control while trying to address the passengers, stating: "We have some planes. Just stay quiet, and you'll be okay."
8:32am – Flight attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney reaches a flight services manager at Boston Logan to provide critical details about the Muslim attackers, the hijacking, and the emergency on board.
8:32am – Flight attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney reaches a flight services manager at Boston Logan to provide critical details about the Muslim attackers, the hijacking, and the emergency on board.
8:37am – Boston Air Traffic Control alerts Northeast Air Defense Sector, (NEADS). And in five minutes, Air National Guard jets are in the air heading to intercept Flight 11.
8:46am – The Muslim terrorists were on a suicide mission and force Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The huge jetliner slammed into floors 93 through 99. Yes, instantly killing everyone on board.
All 92 people on board were killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center that morning. Of those on board, there were 81 passengers, including the 5 Muslim attackers who hijacked the jetliner to use it as a weapon of war, and 11 crew members. As I'm sure everyone can understand, when the airliner slammed into the building, it instantly killed hundreds of innocent people inside the North Tower.
United Airlines Flight 175 was the second jetliner used as a weapon of war on September 11, 2001.
Flight 175 Morning Timeline
7:15am – The five Muslim terrorists, led by Marwan al-Shehhi, clear security at Boston Logan International Airport.
8:14am – Flight 175 takes off from Boston, bound for Los Angeles, roughly 15 minutes after Flight 11.
8:14am – Flight 175 takes off from Boston, bound for Los Angeles, roughly 15 minutes after Flight 11.
8:42am – Flight 175 makes its final routine radio transmission after flight controllers report hearing a suspicious, heavily breathing voice on the frequency.
8:42am – 8:46am – The Muslims onboard start their attack. They breach the cockpit, stab the pilots, and force passengers to the back of the jetliner.
8:47am – The plane's transponder code changes twice, and the aircraft begins deviating from its assigned altitude and flight path.
8:52am – Passenger Brian David Sweeney calls his wife, Julie, leaving a final voicemail, and then calls his mother to report what's taking place. About that same time, passenger Peter Hanson calls his father and describes the chaos and stating that the Muslim attackers stabbed a flight attendant.
8:55am – It was at that time that a New York Air Traffic Control Center controller notes: "We may have a hijack or problems over there with another aircraft."
9:03am – Flight 175 is purposely piloted into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. It slams into floors 77 through 85. All 65 people on board, including 51 passengers, 9 crew members, the 5 Muslim suicide attackers, and hundreds of Americans in the South Tower are killed instantly.
The impact was broadcast live on television. It's true. The impact of the second jetliners slamming into the South Tower of the World Trade Center was broadcast live on television for everyone to see firsthand. And yes, it was then and there, at 9:03am on September 11, 2001, that Americans and the rest of the world realized that the United States was at war with Islam. The attack by Muslims that morning showed the world how ruthless and truly barbaric Islamic radical are. It was then that the civilized world would have to step forward and meet the evil of Islam head on.
Minutes later at 9:37 a.m. on that same day, September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77, Muslim terrorists intentionally piloted that Boeing 757 into the Pentagon. American Airlines Flight 77 was scheduled to fly from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. On board that Boeing 757 was 53 passengers, 6 crew members, and 5 Muslim terrorists.
The target of the Muslims was the western facade of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The impact caused structural damage and a massive fire broke out. The fire burned for hours. Besides the 59 passengers and crew, and the 5 Muslim suicide attackers, 125 military and civilian personnel inside the building were killed instantly.
The flight was supposed to fly from Newark International Airport in New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport in California. On board were 40 passengers and crew members, plus 4 Muslim terrorists. The Muslims wanted to target either the the United States Capitol or the White House in Washington, D.C.
Four of the Muslim terrorists took control of the plane about 40 minutes after takeoff. But, because the flight was delayed leaving the gate, passengers learned via phone calls about the other attacks in New York and Washington. Because of that, passengers and crew took action and rushed the cockpit to stop the Muslims from from reaching their target.
Four of the Muslim terrorists took control of the plane about 40 minutes after takeoff. But, because the flight was delayed leaving the gate, passengers learned via phone calls about the other attacks in New York and Washington. Because of that, passengers and crew took action and rushed the cockpit to stop the Muslims from from reaching their target.
It is believed that the struggle in the cockpit forced the plane down into an empty field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. While it killed everyone on board, those heroes prevented those Muslims from accomplishing their mission. Thankfully, their bravery stopped any further loss of life on the ground.
According to information later, about 200 people jumped or fell from the upper floors of the World Trade Center towers during the September 11 attacks.
An exact official count does not exist. The chaos, smoke, and destruction made precise tracking of what was taking place completely impossible. While early reports from news outlets that tried to play it down, outlets like The New York Times, tried to say there were about 50 people who jumped rather than be burned alive, subsequent forensic investigations place the figure at at least 200.
In all, a total of almost 3,000 victims and 19 Muslim suicide terrorists died on September 11, 2001. In New York City, at the World Trade Center, 2,753 people died at the Twin Towers and surrounding area. At the Pentagon, 184 people died, that includes passengers and crew on American Airlines Flight 77 and people inside the building. In a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 40 passengers and crew died after United Airlines Flight 93 went down. In total aboard all four jetliners, all 246 passengers and crew died.
As for our First Responders? In total, 441 first responders lost their lives, including 343 firefighters from the FDNY, 37 officers from the Port Authority Police Department, and 23 officers from the NYPD.
While those are statistic that no one expects anyone to remember from that day, there is at least thing that I hope people haven't forgotten; It's how Muslims here and overseas rejoiced and celebrated at our loss. Yes, that in itself is something that Americans should never forget.
By the way, while United Airlines Flight 93 went down and crashed in that field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the jetliners that slammed into the World Trade Center Towers or the Pentagon, did not "crash" in those places as if by accident.
The word "crash" carries a heavily negative, sudden, and destructive connotation in almost all contexts. While that's true, and the word "crash" does imply a violent, uncontrolled, and chaotic event rather than a gradual or planned transition, let's not mistake what happened that morning with planes that crash. What happened that morning was violent, but it was completely controlled. It was a planned attack against us.
Those Muslim attackers purposely and deliberately piloted those Boeing 767 jetliners full of people on board into the South Tower and the Pentagon, and tried to do the same with Flight 93, as weapons of mass destruction.
And yes, it upsets me to no end when people say those jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center Towers and the Pentagon as if by accident. It was as far from accidental as one can get, those Islamic attackers used those huge planes in the exact same way as someone used a weapon to purposely kill their enemy.
And as for Islam, after 25 years of everyone in the world seeing all of the death and destruction that the followers of Islam have committed, from the mutilation of women to their rape of children as child brides, to the stoning of women and the slaughter of gay people, to the beheadings of Christians to them burning people alive, to the support of terrorists attacks and killing of innocents around the world, to all of the casualties of wars that Muslims have started over the last 25 years, there should be no question in the minds of any rational person that Islam sees the rest of the world as their enemy.
For me, I will never forgive Islam for its attack on America on 9/11, for creating such homicidal maniacs, for those people on those planes, for the thousands who were killed in the towers, and especially for the hundreds of Americans forced to jumped to their death instead of being burned alive. The horror caused by that Muslim attack is something that I will never forgive.
An exact official count does not exist. The chaos, smoke, and destruction made precise tracking of what was taking place completely impossible. While early reports from news outlets that tried to play it down, outlets like The New York Times, tried to say there were about 50 people who jumped rather than be burned alive, subsequent forensic investigations place the figure at at least 200.
Americans decided that they rather jump to their death and escape the intense heat, thick smoke, and suffocating flames as high as 2,000°F after the planes struck the towers. And frankly, I don't see any reason to forgive Muslims for causing that.
As for our First Responders? In total, 441 first responders lost their lives, including 343 firefighters from the FDNY, 37 officers from the Port Authority Police Department, and 23 officers from the NYPD.
Tom Correa
