September 11 Memorial - Robertsdale, AL
N 30° 33.407 W 087° 42.624
16R E 431868 N 3380698
This memorial is located in a little park in Robertsdale, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WM2DX6
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2007
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The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11) consisted of a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Islamic terrorists on that date upon the United States of America.
On that morning nineteen terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Each team of hijackers included a trained pilot. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners (United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11) into the World Trade Center in New York City, one plane into each tower (1 WTC and 2 WTC), resulting in the collapse of both buildings soon afterward and extensive damage to nearby buildings. The hijackers crashed a third airliner (American Airlines Flight 77) into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. Passengers and members of the flight crew on the fourth aircraft (United Airlines Flight 93) attempted to retake control of their plane from the hijackers; that plane crashed into a field near the town of Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania. In addition to the 19 hijackers, 2,974 people died as an immediate result of the attacks, and the death of at least one person from lung disease was ruled by a medical examiner to be a result of exposure to WTC dust. Another 24 people are missing and presumed dead. The victims were predominantly civilians.
(The above text was copied from wikipedia.com.)
Disaster Date: 09/11/2001
Date of dedication: 09/11/2002
Memorial Sponsors: Kyle Boyington-Eagle Scout Project & Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
Disaster Type: Sociological
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
Relevant Website: Not listed
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