and collapsed later that afternoon.
Not one of the adjoining structures was left intact.
In the aftermath of this incredible misfortune,
the pieces of the puzzle
began to be put in place.
Shortly before 8∶00 a.m. on September 11, 2001,
three commercial airliners were hijacked
from Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts.
All were transcontinental flights
with passengers destined for California
and their full fuel tanks
provided the ammunition critical
to the mission of the hijackers.
Authorities speculate that
the pilots were assassinated
and their places taken by the terrorists
who had had flight training.
In all, there were 157 passengers
and crew on the two planes.
The third plane crashed in Pennsylvania
killing 45 passengers and crew.
A number of the hostages managed to
use their cellular telephones to
call their families to say goodbye.
Everything occurred
in such a short period of time that,
other than alerting a handful of people
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