Normal tasks within the complex begin their daily operations. roughly 80 people have gathered to attend the Risk Waters Group financial technology conference on the 106th floor of the North Tower. Seventy-two restaurant staff have arrived in advance of the morning’s breakfast service and conference preparation.
Five hijackers crash American Airlines Flight 11 into floors 93 through 99. The 76 passengers and 11 crew members on board and hundreds inside the building are killed instantly. The crash severs all three emergency stairwells and traps hundreds of people above the 91st floor.
Constance LabettiSouth Tower, 99th Floor
I could see the big airline coming straight towards us.
Five hijackers crash United Airlines Flight 175 into floors 77 through 85 of 2 World Trade Center (South Tower), killing the 51 passengers and nine crew members onboard the aircraft and an unknown number of people inside the building. The impact renders two of the three emergency stairwells impassable and severs a majority of the elevator cables in this area, trapping many above the impact zone and inside elevator cars.
Pat CarrollWCBS Newsradio 880
It's exploding right now.
Five hijackers crash United Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon. The 53 passengers and six crew members on board perish. The crash and ensuing fire kill 125 military and civilian personnel on the ground.
John YatesU.S. Army, Pentagon
Do me a favor. For the rest of the day, work beneath your desk.
