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American tragedy, a terrorist attack of unprecedented magnitude in which two aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center in the heart of New York City. The planes, both hijacked craft, stuck the upper floors of the two 110-story buildings at 8:46 AM and 9:02:20 AM. According to seismic readings, the first of the twin buildings (the South Tower) collapsed at 9:59 AM and the North Tower shortly thereafter at 10:28 AM. Both planes that crashed into the World Trade Center had been hijacked after takeoff from Boston, a U.S. official said, citing a transmission from the plane. ''The plane was coming in low and ... it looked like it hit at a slight angle,'' said Sean Murtagh, a CNN vice president, the network reported.

Heavy black smoke billowed into the sky above the gaping holes in the side of the towers, one of New York City's most famous landmarks, and debris rained down upon the street, one of the city's busiest work areas. When the second plane hit, a fireball of flame and smoke erupted, leaving a huge hole in the glass and steel tower. People ran down the stairs in panic and fled the building. Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper came drifting over Brooklyn, about three miles away. There are 50,000 people who work in the Trade Center and another 20,000 visit there daily, along with tens of thousands in the periphery. These people are all civilians, not connected with U.S. military, making this a particularly heinous act of terrorism. No estimates of casualties are available as yet.

At 9:45 AM, an aircraft crashed on a helicopter landing pad near the Pentagon. A section of the building collapsed in the ensuing fire and destruction. The West Wing of the White House was evacuated with the immediate threat.

All planes were grounded across the country by the Federal Aviation Administration. All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan were closed down. Several subway lines were immediately shut down Tuesday. Trading on Wall Street was suspended. The attack was compared to Pearl Harbor, a surprise attack of war on 12/07/1941.

Terrorists made a former attack on the World Trade Center February 26, 1993, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. In 1945, an Army Air Corps B-25, a twin-engine bomber, crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in dense fog.

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