9/11 (1)
Date of the attacks.
What is September 11, 2001?
This tower fell first.
What is the South Tower?
WTC.
What is the World Trade Center?
Location of the WTC.
What is NYC (Manhattan)?
These were used as the weapons to carry out the attacks.
What is airplanes?
Which tower was hit first?
The North Tower
Number of hijackers on the plane survived and escaped prosecution.
What is zero?
Where is the Pentagon located?
Washington DC
Possible target for Flight 93.
What is the White House or US Capital?
Who was the President during 9/11?
George W Bush
Number of people killed in the attacks.
What is 3000?
Flight that fought back and saved innumerous lives.
What is Flight 93?
What did the heroes do on the fourth plane?
try to take control of the plane and kill/attack the hijackers
Location of crash site for Flight 93.
What is in an open field near Somerset, Pennsylvania?
The attack on the WTC on 9/11 resulted in the largest loss of _____by a foreign attack on American soil
life
Number of buildings completely destroyed at the WTC.
What is 7?
How many people were killed
nearly 3000 were killed in the attacks
Number of people were killed at the Pentagon.
What is 125?
Who were the first responders
Firefighters, police officers, emergency medical workers and others
Going through a terrible trauma and reliving it over and over again.
What is post-traumatic stress?
At airports, list the changes after 9/11
stronger passenger and baggage screening, secured cockpit doors and tighter security procedures
What is the pentagon and where is it located
US Department of defense in Virginia
This person stated: "Terrorists attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings , but they cannot touch the foundation of American".
Who is President George W Bush?
Number of bodies still yet to be identified.
What is 1100?
Amount of fuel on the planes that hit the WTC.
What is 20,000 gallons.
Define terrorism
the use of violence and fear to pursue political or ideas
DEfine hijacking
taking control of a vehicle, especially an aircraft by force
Define evacuation
moving people away from danger to safety
Define memorial
a place object or ceremony that honors people or events
Define remembrance
act of honoring and keeping alive the memory of people or events
What is one main lesson the study guide gives about 9/11
A: Courage, sacrifice, service, unity, and responsible citizenship
What happened to Flight 93?
Passengers and crew resisted the hijackers, and the plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania
What did the passengers and crew of Flight 93 attempt to do?
Regain control of the plane and prevent it from reaching its intended target
What was the World Trade Center
A complex of buildings in New York City
What happened to the World Trade Center's Twin Towers?
They were struck and later collapsed