Stanley Praimnath, a World Trade Center survivor, will be speaking at a local event tonight to honor first responders and remembrance on the anniversary of 9/11.
In one of the most comprehensive sites you can find, National911memorial.org has constructed a minute-by-minute account of the happenings of the Sept. 11 attacks. By using your mouse, you can scroll up and down the timeline and click on individual moments to find out more. See more after the jump.
Peg Ogonowski’s late husband, John, was the captain of American Flight 11 — better known as the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
“It was that moment of before and after,” said Peg, a former flight attendant. “There was my whole life before and then everything changed. It was a real line in my life that there will always be before 9/11 and after 9/11.”
The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space.
With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks fast approaching, City of Lake Charles officials announced Thursday that a commemoration ceremony is planned to honor those who fell in the attacks.