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At 8:48 local time, a propeller plane crashed into the northern tower of the ]. About 18 minutes later, another plane (something like a 737) crashed into the southern tower of the building. About 10:00, one of the towers collapsed and half an hour later, the other. The first reports claim at least 1000 people injured. |
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At least one of the planes was a ] from ]. It was hijacked on its way from ]. |
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Another crash (possibly a helicopter - ] reports it as a 767) has occured at the ] and a bomb hidden in a car detonated at the State Department. There are also vague reports of a similar type from ]. CNN is reporting a confirmed plane crash outside ]. Later reports claim that nothing happened at the State Department. |
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There were reports that the palestinian group ] (]) took responsibility for the crashes, but this was denied by a senior officer of the group soon after. Next in line to claim responsibility were the talibans of ]. Most speculation centers on ]. |
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All airplane traffic was grounded and the stock exchange on ] has been closed. The ], the ] headquarters, and the ] in ] are evacuated, along with parts of ] and ]. ]s are patroling the air above Washington with orders to shoot down any planes still in the air. About 11:15, they were said to have shot something down. |
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As a side effect, just about every news site on the Internet slowed down to unusability as everyone tried to find more information about the plane crashes. |
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What is the population of the building? This happened after 9AM New York time, so I assume everyone was at work. The building was probably full. |
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I went searching this morning for information about the building itself. So far, I haven't found much of use. Perhaps we can fill in background information on the building(s) in question? |
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11AM Eastern - Both towers have collapsed. Buildings held 50,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of people in neighboring buildings. |
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