Who flew the planes into the Twin Towers?
On that morning, four commercial airliners traveling from the northeastern United States to California were hijacked mid-flight by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists….
| September 11 attacks | |
|---|---|
| Injured | 25,000 |
| Perpetrators | Osama bin Laden Ayman al-Zawahiri Al-Qaeda (see also: responsibility and hijackers) |
| No. of participants | 19 |
When did 911 happen?
September 11, 2001, 5:46 AM PDT
September 11 attacks/Start dates
How many people were in the twin towers?
Estimates of the number of people in the Twin Towers when attacked on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, range between 14,000 and 19,000. The National Institute of Standards and Technology estimated that approximately 17,400 civilians were in the World Trade Center complex at the time of the attacks.
Where was Flight 93 headed before it was hijacked?
United Airlines Flight 93
| Suicide hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Call sign | UNITED 93 |
| Registration | N591UA |
| Flight origin | Newark Int’l Airport (now Newark Liberty Int’l Airport) |
| Destination | San Francisco Int’l Airport |
Were there any 9/11 plane survivors?
American Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks….American Airlines Flight 11.
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Passengers | 81 (including 5 hijackers) |
| Crew | 11 |
| Fatalities | 92 (including 5 hijackers) |
| Survivors | 0 |
Did anyone survive in the Twin Towers?
In total, twenty survivors were pulled out of the rubble. The final survivor, Port Authority secretary Genelle Guzman-McMillan, was rescued 27 hours after the collapse of the North Tower.
Did anyone survive from Windows on the World?
After about 9:40 a.m., no further distress calls from the restaurant were made. The last people to leave the restaurant before Flight 11 collided with the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. were Michael Nestor, Liz Thompson, Geoffrey Wharton, and Richard Tierney. They departed at 8:44 a.m. and survived the attack.