Terrorists used airliners to crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon Buildings causing the death of thousands of persons and extensive destruction of property.

At 8:45 a.m. (EDT), American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts, hijacked by terrorists, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. It tore a hole in the building and set it on fire. At 9:03 a.m., a second hijacked airliner, United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston, crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center. Both towers were now on fire.

At 9:43 a.m., a third aircraft,  American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D.C.

The south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed at 10.05 a.m. A portion of the Pentagon collapsed at 10:10 a.m.

At 10:10 a.m. a fourth hijacked plane, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.

At 10:28 a.m., the north tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.
Hundreds of persons from the Caribbean perished in the attack.

 Photo of the twin towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11