Memorial to the September 11, 2001 Attack on America

Memorial to the September 11, 2001 Attack on America. . On September 11, 2001, there were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States of America. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners., The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and thousands of those working in the buildings. Within two hours, both towers collapsed. Several additional nearby buildings were destroyed or damaged when the towers fell. The third airline(r) crashed into the Pentagon and the fourth airliner crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and crew attempted to take control of the plane. There were no survivors from any of the hijacked airliners, including all 19 terrorists., There were a total of 2,977 men, women and children killed in the attacks on that day. Of those victims, 246 were on the four planes, 2,606 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. Of those, a total of 411 emergency personnel who responded to the scene of the World Trade Center died as they attempted to rescue people and fight the fires. The New York City Fire Department lost 342 firefighters and 2 paramedics. the New York City Police Department lost 23 officers. The Port Authority Police lost 37 officers, and 8 additional EMTs and paramedics from private EMS units were killed., The construction of this memorial represents the four locations of those horrific attacks: , . Base: the Pentagon , . Bronze plaque: the state of Pennsylvania with a star marking the field near Shanksville, where Flight 93 crashed. , . Two columns: the twin towers of the World Trade Center. , . I-beam connecting the columns: this piece of steel is an actual artifact salvaged from the remains of the twin towers. It was donated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to the Harrison County Fire Protection District on June 15, 2011, This memorial is dedicated to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.