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FACTS
| · The victims of 9/11 came from over 90 countries around the world
· 2819 people died in the 9/11 attacks.
· As a result of 9/11 the world's airlines lost billions of dollars and shed thousands of jobs.
· The insured value of the World Trade Centre was $7.5bn.
· The total insurance industry losses have been estimated to be $50bn.
· US international tourist travel fell by 60%.
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 |  | Report by Emma aged 14 from Woodway Park School, Coventry
This is my 10 minute talk on 9/11 for my school. 9/11 is a day that should never be forgotten.
ÌýRemembering September 11
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| Ìý |  | Memorial to September 11 victims
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It was 8.46am, time for morning coffee and weekend stories, when the first plane hit the World Trade Centre.
On that seemingly ordinary day in autumn, American Airlines flight 11, carrying 81 passengers and 11 crewmembers, began its run as the first terrorist attack on America.
It slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Centre, casting a deathly shadow of disbelief and outrage. Fifteen minutes later it was followed by the United Airlines flight 175, crashing into the south tower with 56 passengers and nine crewmembers on board.
By 10.30am, the famous twin towers had ended their existence in a shower of debris and a thick cloud of dust, taking with them thousands of innocent civilians, as well as brave rescue teams manned by hundreds of fire-fighters and police officers.
ÌýA devastating emergency
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| Ìý |  | A woman crying in New York
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The American people were faced with one of the most devastating emergencies their country had ever seen. In New York, more than 10,000 rescue personnel rushed to the scene.
Thousands more volunteers, many whom drove through the night from all over the US, arrived to help search for survivors. Lower Manhattan was evacuated. The US Stock Markets closed. Disney closed its parks for fear of being targeted in further attacks, and for the first time in US history, the Federal Aviation Administration shut down air traffic nation-wide.
Ìý| Ìý |  | Vice President Dick Cheney
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The tragedy stretched far beyond the bustle of busy New York. Other than Americans, nearly 2,000 people from more than 60 countries became victims of the World Trade Centre atrocity.
It was an attack that touched the very core of fear across the world. President George W. Bush described in his address to the nation "acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat...terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve."
Ìý| Ìý |  | The Pentagon
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In another nation-wide speech the President said "This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and he will do so this time. None of us will forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world."
September 11 2001, was to be a day of shock, horror, grief and heroism - a day, that like Pearl Harbour, 60 years before it, Americans will forever remember.
ÌýOne of the rescue teams that attended the scene was Engine 54. When they were first reported of the trouble Tuesday morning, Engine 54 sent 15 men to the scene. None of them came back.
The 45 fire fighters left behind spent an exhausting week consoling their colleagues' loved ones, and digging through the wreckage, hopeful and fearful of finding those missing. Twelve-year veteran Tom Hogan said: "I don't have words. We have no information for the families of our guys. I just consider them missing. Hopefully there'll be a few miracles today."
When their 24-hour shifts finished they returned to the site on their own terms. "It's not a 9-to-5 thing," said Parenty. "I'll be going home, there's time for that. But this is kind of important now."
Mike Drennan was showing a fire fighter in training around the house on Tuesday, as it was his first day when he was called to the scene. He is now on the missing persons list.
ÌýThere are thousands of stories about the loss of family and friends all of which are important to remember.
Please follow the links on the left for more of these stories from September 11.
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