World Trade Center

American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower at about 8:46 a.m.; United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower at about 9:03 a.m. Both towers later collapsed. The attacks in New York killed 2,753 people.

Related Reports

• September 11, 2001
• North Tower
• South Tower
• World Trade Center 7
• Rescue and evacuation

Sources and Records

1. 9/11 FAQs
2. 9/11 Commission — Chapter 1 and flight-path diagrams — The four flights; flight-path diagrams
3. National Archives — September 11 photographs
4. 9/11 Commission, chapter 1: The four flights and emergency response
5. FAQs: NIST WTC 7 Investigation
6. 9/11 Commission — Heroism and Horror — Chapter 9, sections 9.1–9.2

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