Two decades on—9/11/2001

The day that changed our lives forever.

 Two decades after 9/11/2001 let us remember the 2977 innocent souls who lost their lives that terrible day. 

At 8.45am American Airlines AA was flown by terrorists into the Twin Towers World flew into the North Tower. At 9.45 am AA77 also hijacked by terrorists was flown into the Pentagon. The passengers on Flight UA73 overpowered the terrorists attempting to hijack their flight but the jet crashed into a field in Shanksville, New York. 

At 10.00am the Twin Towers World Trade Centre, South Tower collapsed and at 10.30am Twin Towers World Trade Centre, North Tower collapsed. 

The day that changed our lives forever — 9/11/2001 

Lest we forget

The Memorial

9/11 Memorial and Museum

In April 2003, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation launched an international competition to choose a design for a permanent memorial at the World Trade Center site. The competition looked for designs that honored the victims, spoke to the needs of families who had lost loved ones, and provided a space for healing and reflection.

The Design of the Memorial — Memorial Pools

The memorial Pools. 9/11 Memorial and Museum

In January 2004, the design submitted by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker, Reflecting Absence, was chosen as the winning entry. Their design features twin waterfall pools surrounded by bronze parapets that list the names of the victims of the 9/11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The pools are set within a plaza where more than 400 swamp white oak trees grow. 

The Memorial opened on September 11, 2011, 10 years after the 9/11 attacks.