The city of New York is this morning preparing for the anniversary of its darkest day. This weekend marks 20 years since the September 11 attacks. STORY: GenoveseMichael 9News
At 8:46am , American Airlines Flight 11 strikes the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Seventeen minutes later, at 9:03am, United Airlines Flight 175 slams into the south tower of the World Trade Center.At the World Trade Center, 2,753 people were killed when Flight 11 and Flight 175 crashed into the north and south towers, or as a result of the crashes.
Four days later clouds of smoke continue to rise from the rubble and into the New York sky.People run from the collapse of World Trade Center Tower. A man named Charlie Ross is seen fourth from the left. Julie McDermott, centre, walks with other victims as they make their way amid debris near the World Trade Center in New York.Meanwhile, at 10:03am, United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.At 10.28am, the north tower of WTC collapses to the ground.
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