Remembering 9/11

September 11, 2001. 8:46 am. One plane. American Airlines. Flight 11.

New York City. The Big Apple, the pulsing envy of the world. The World Trade Center.

One unprecedented, unforeseen catastrophe.

Seventy-six passengers, eleven crew members, and five hijackers died instantly.

Yes, five hijackers. Where they had failed in 1993, al-Qaeda finally succeeded in attacking, wounding, then destroying the World Trade Center.

Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. Another plane, Flight 175 of United Airlines, would crash into the South Tower at 9:03 am.