Live TV Footage/Coverage of 9/11 (Second Plane hit, Collapse of Towers) World Trade Center

These are live-tv-recordings of the hit of the second plane and the collapsing of the two towers of the World trade center on 11 September 2001. As It Happened - The Initial Bulletins

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The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11th or 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.

2,973 victims and the 19 hijackers died as a result of the attacks. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 70 countries. In addition, the death of at least one person from lung disease was ruled by a medical examiner to be a result of exposure to dust from the World Trade Center's collapse.

The United States responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terrorism. It invaded Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists. The United States also enacted the USA PATRIOT Act. Many other countries also strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. Some American stock exchanges stayed closed for the rest of the week following the attack and posted enormous losses upon reopening, especially in the airline and insurance industries. The destruction of billions of dollars worth of office space caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan.

The damage to the Pentagon was cleared and repaired within a year, and the Pentagon Memorial was built on the site. The rebuilding process has started on the World Trade Center site. In 2006 a new office tower was completed on the site of 7 World Trade Center. 1 World Trade Center is currently under construction at the site and, at 1,776 ft (541 m) upon completion in 2013, it will become one of the tallest buildings in North America. Three more towers were originally expected to be built between 2007 and 2012 on the site. Ground was broken for the Flight 93 National Memorial on November 8, 2009, and the first phase of construction is expected to be ready for the 10th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2011.

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[Croak80]

Wow. Stop argueing over your insane little conspiracy theories and show some respect.

[residentbipolar]

I wish the man on the phone would shut the fuck up and let the reporter speak.

[ssy205]

@JBandKG What the fuck is your deal?

[ssy205]

@ssy205 When you are exploiting the world and bombing a great part of it, it's normal something's coming back, no? Nobody asked for your so called freedom and democracy.

Typical American, shut the fuck up, asshole, fucktard, dumbs...

Try to defend your system with a reasonable comment, but no like always, superficial...

[TylersOG]

@TngMutantNinjaTroll actually, the airport security wasn't as strict before the attacks and you think the guy on the tape admitted he did it for nothing? you're such a dumbass.

[TngMutantNinjaTroll]

@TylersOG So let me get this straight. A guy with limited resources and bunch of cave men ''terrorists'' using outdated equipment managed to outsmart many US agencies and NORAD by hijacking two planes and ramming them into buildings that were designed to withstand even greater impact and then collapse them? Seriously? If ''Osama''(btw the guy on that tape could be just about anyone) told you that he was the one who was responsible for killing Abraham Lincoln would you believe that too?

[TylersOG]

@TngMutantNinjaTroll Are you serious? You think YOU know who planned the attack?

Osama himself even said it was all him. Stfu and stop acting like you know everything.

[MKlaustrup]

187 people dont like 9/11

[TngMutantNinjaTroll]

@TylersOG Are you serious? Your very government destroyed those towers and blamed it on a fictional terrorists. Your very government killed US civilians just to have an excuse to invade a foreign country and kill even more for material gain. You wanna know who the real terrorists are? They are leading your country.

[TylersOG]

@TngMutantNinjaTroll ok is it the innocent civilians doing it? no, it's the government. I could understand A little if they went just for the pentagon and the white house but to go for the towers was not understandable.