At 8: 45 a.m. EDT on September 11, 2001 a hijacked American Airlines passenger jet crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York, setting it afire. A few minutes later a second hijacked airliner crashed into the south tower and exploded.
九月十一日，美東時間上午八點四十五分左右，紐約世貿中心雙子星大廈連續被兩架遭挾持的美國飛機撞上，發生爆炸。