The New York Times Front Page Flashcards - September 12, 2001

Vocabulary flashcards based on the front page articles of The New York Times published on September 12, 2001.

The New York Times September 12, 2001 Front Page

The newspaper front page reporting on the September 11 terrorist attacks under the banner headline 'U.S. ATTACKED'.

American Airlines Flight 11

A Boeing 767 flying out of Boston for Los Angeles that was hijacked and crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:48 a.m.

United Airlines Flight 175

A hijacked jetliner also en route from Boston to Los Angeles that plowed into the south tower of the World Trade Center 18 minutes after the first plane.

American Airlines Flight 77

A Boeing 757 departing Washington's Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles that was hijacked and hit the western part of the Pentagon at 9:40 a.m.

United Airlines Flight 93

A Boeing 757 traveling from Newark to San Francisco that crashed near Pittsburgh, indicating its hijackers failed in their intended mission.

John Ashcroft

The Attorney General who informed reporters that suspects on at least two of the hijacked planes were armed with knives.

Barbara Olson

A television commentator aboard Flight 77 who called her husband by cell phone to report that the hijackers were armed with knives and a box cutter.

Theodore Olson

The Solicitor General who was reached by his wife, Barbara Olson, via cell phone during the hijacking of Flight 77.

George E. Pataki

The Governor of New York who referred to the September 11 terrorist attacks as 'an incredible outrage'.

Charles E. Schumer

A Democratic Senator of New York who characterized the terrorist attacks as 'a dastardly attack'.

John Maunsell

A security director for an Internet firm in the World Trade Center who witnessed the destruction in Lower Manhattan.

Jim Farmer

A film composer who was working at a restaurant on West Broadway when he heard the jet before the initial impact.