Facts About Patriot Day

Patriot day is the day Terrorists crashed 2 planes into The World Trade Centers in New York City, a plane in Pennsylvania and, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 2,977 people died and over 10,000 people were injured from the collapse of the buildings.

• 9/11 was the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil.
• The rescue and recovery clean-up of the 1.8 million tons of wreckage from the World Trade Center site took 9 months.
• Passengers aboard United Flight 93, heard about the previous airplane attacks and attempted to retake control of the plane from hijackers. As a result, the hijackers deliberately crashed the plane in a Pennsylvania field instead of at their unknown target.