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The Flights

The attack was swift, well-executed, and deadly. In just two hours, terrorists hijacked and crashed four commercial airliners. The 19 terrorists killed 33 crew members, 213 passengers and 2,730 people on the ground in New York and Virginia. Thousands more were injured.

American Airlines Flight 11 Left Boston’s Logan Airport with a crew of 11 and 76 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

United Airlines Flight 175
Left Logan with a crew of nine and 51 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

American Airlines Flight 77
Left Washington Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia with a crew of six and 53 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the Pentagon.

United Airlines Flight 93
Left Newark, New Jersey, with a crew of seven and 33 passengers, not including four hijackers. The hijackers crashed the plane into the ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after the passengers revolted.