At 8:45 a.m. on September 11, 2001, an American Airlines Boeing 767, Flight 11, collided into the World Trade Center’s north tower in New York City immediately killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in the 110-story skyscraper.
Only 18 minutes later, a second Boeing 767, United Airlines Flight 175, flew into the south tower. After the debris was cleared, among the victims was Vincentian Andre Cox of New Montrose.
Both towers afire, burning debris covered the surrounding buildings and the streets below while hundreds jumped from the towers to their deaths in an attempt to escape.
About 30 minutes later, a third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the west side of the Pentagon near Washington, D.C. and a fourth plane, United Flight 93, crash-landed into a field in Pennsylvania killing all 40 souls on board.
Meanwhile, both World Trade Center towers collapsed into a terrifying and deadly Inferno of rubble.
