Wednesday, May 9, 2012

A Quick Hello

May 9, 2012

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Please post a quick comment letting me know that you are able to use this blog.

Thanks! 
Miss Landis

Don't forget to read pages 1-34!!

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  2. Yeah, so this happened.

    Hello, ladies.

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  4. Ross Florin
    Period 4
    blog 1

    1. 5:45-The Hijackers, Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari, pass through security in Portland, Maine.
    2. 7:59-Flight 11 takes off with 5 Hijackers.
    3. 8:14-The Hijackers take over the plane and they route the plane towards Manhattan.
    4. also 8:14-5 more Hijackers board flight 175 and the flight takes off.
    5. 8:19- The passengers and flight attendants know they are getting hijacked and they tell ground control that flight 11 has been hijacked.
    6. 8:20- Flight 77 takes off with 5 more hijackers.
    7. 8:37- The military is contacted by air control and the military orders a jet plane to tail flight 11.
    8. 8:42- Flight 93 (the last plane) takes off with 4 hijackers.
    9. 8:46- Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center's north tower (They crash between the 93-99th floor). At this time emergency services like the FDNY and PAPD come to scene.
    10. 8:50- George W. Bush is alerted about what has happened to the World Trade Center. He was currently in Florida visiting elementary schools.
    11. 8:59- Flight 175 begins getting hijacked and passengers begin contacting their families and friends.
    12. 9:02- The south tower is evacuated.
    13. 9:03- Flight 175 crashes into the south tower (The second crash was between the 77-89th floor).
    14. 9:36- The Vice-President, Dick Cheney, is evacuated from the White House.
    15. 9:37- Flight 77 crashes into the western facade of the Pentagon. This crash killed 181 people in all and it severely injured about 106 people.
    16. 9:45- High-profile buildings around the US are evacuated. Some buildings were the White House and Capitol.
    17. 9:57- Members of Flight 93 learn about the hijackings and they begin a counterattack on the hijackers of their flight.
    18. 9:59- The South Tower collapses to the ground killing about 600 workers.
    19. 10:03- Flight 93 crashes in a field in Pennsylvania. This killed everyone on board.
    20. 10:15- The "E-Ring" of the Pentagon collapses.
    21. 10:28- The North Tower collapses to the ground and it kills about 1400 civilians.
    22. 1:00 pm- Many volunteers and professionals arrive at the World Trade Center Area and search for survivors.
    23. 8:30 pm- George W. Bush addresses the United States of America about what has happened and how we will get through it together.

    Citation:
    "9/11 Memorial Timeline." 9/11 Memorial Timeline. Archetype. Web. 13 May 2012. .

    "911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis." 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis. Loveearth. Web. 13 May 2012. .

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  5. Tom DeBlis
    1. American Airlines Flight 11, left Boston at 7:59 a.m (headed for North Tower of World Trade Center)
    2. United Airlines Flight 175, left Boston at 8:14 a.m (headed for South Tower of World Trade Center)
    3. American Airlines Flight 77, left Washington D.C. at 8:20 a.m (headed for Pentagon)
    4. United Airlines Flight 93, left Newark at 8:42 a.m (headed for White House or Capitol)
    5. American Airlines Flight 11, crashed into North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m.
    6. United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m.
    7. American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.
    8. The FAA grounds all flights over or bound for the continental United States at 9:42 am
    9. South Tower of World Trade Center collapses at 9:59 a.m.
    10. United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into the ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03 a.m
    11. North Tower of World Trade Center collapses at 10:28
    12. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani calls for the evacuation of Lower Manhattan south of Canal Street, including more than 1 million residents, workers and tourists at 11:00 am.
    13. From a U.S. Air Force base in Louisiana, President Bush announces that U.S. military forces are on high alert worldwide at 1:00 pm
    14. The U.S. Navy dispatches missile destroyers to New York and Washington, D.C. at 2:51 pm
    15. President Bush addresses the nation, calling the attacks "evil, despicable acts of terror" and declaring that America, its friends and allies would "stand together to win the war against terrorism” at 8:30 pm

    "9/11 timeline of events." History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2012. .

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