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September 11 attacks Thematic map of the northeastern United States showing the flight paths of the four hijacked planes during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Color-coded arrows trace the routes of American Airlines flights 11 and 77, and United Airlines flights 175 and 93, with destinations in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Major cities and state boundaries are labeled for context. The Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. with a section collapsed and engulfed in flames and thick smoke following the September 11, 2001 attack.
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  • Patricia Bauer
    Pat Bauer graduated from Ripon College in 1977 with a double major in Spanish and Theatre. She spent most of the next 42 years working as a copy editor and editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: The Washington Post - On Flight 77: 'Our Plane Is Being Hijacked'. Oct 31, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 04, 2026
Added top questions and a section on other planes hijacked on September 11. Sep 10, 2025
Article reformatted. Aug 14, 2025
Typo corrected. Aug 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Aviation Safety Network - Unlawful Interference Boeing 757-223 N644AA. Dec 21, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS NewsHour - Flight 77 crashed just below Robert Hogue�s Pentagon office. Here�s his story. Mar 28, 2024
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - On Flight 77: 'Our Plane Is Being Hijacked'. Dec 05, 2023
Media added. Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - Timeline for American Airlines Flight 77. Apr 28, 2023
Add new Web site: The National Secuirty Archive - American Airlines Flight 77. Sep 06, 2017
New article added. Apr 10, 2017
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