The identity of the attackers still had not been determined tonight. Truck Loaded With TNT According to a Pentagon spokesman, a Mercedes truck filled with some 2,500 pounds of TNT broke through a series of steel fences and sandbag barricades and detonated in the heart of the Marines' administrative headquarters building shortly after dawn. The explosion collapsed all four floors of the building, turning it into a burning mound of broken cement pillars and cinder blocks. Although a marine sentry was able to fire about five shots at the suicide driver and another marine threw himself in front of the speeding, explosive- filled truck, neither could block its entry into the headquarters building, where it exploded in a fireball that left a crater 30 feet deep and 40 feet wide. In a haunting scene late tonight, rescue workers using blow torches, pneumatic drills and cranes worked furiously under floodlights to pry out the dead and wounded still crushed beneath the smouldering debris.
Then the soldiers heard distant sounds of the allied ships then the commanding officer saw the soldier’s pillbox explode along with other pillboxes. All the teenage soldiers died that
The buildings went up in flames as people attempted to flee from the ash, steel, glass, and bodies falling from above. Both buildings, which took a total of eight years to construct, collapsed in less than 90 minutes. That same morning, at 9:37, a third plane crashed into the Pentagon, just outside of Washington. Then, at 10:03, the fourth and final plane crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States) The hijackers on this plane intended to slam into The White House, but heroic passengers managed
Molten lava spewed from within the cracks, and houses were melted away as if they were plastic in a fire. All at once, Zeus’ lightning bolt danced across the sky in a uproarious raptor. Covering my ears at the hair-raising sound, I ran to the corner of my room, hiding within the engulfing terror. Suddenly, I felt two hands swooping me up. I look up to find my mother, blackened with soot with panic painted across her face.
(Sauberman) The fire started spreading quickly, catching fire to drapery, decorations, and scenery flats. (Sauberman) When the fire began spreading into the audience, people became panicked. The actors on stage headed for the double doors at the back of the stage. (Alaspa 23) Once they opened the doors, cold air was able to get in, creating a giant fireball. (Alaspa 23) The fireball then flew over the audience on the main floor and turned the balcony into a death
Daylight turned to nighttime in the blink of an eye, only to return to the horrors of war. Looking ahead, I noticed the gun truck sustain the concussion from the blast, sending glass shards into
Next a meteor flies overhead and causes a total loss of power. The residents then start to panic and accuse neighbors of being aliens. Ultimately they become so irrational that they kill Pete Van Horn. This explains that the title is ironic because the people were waiting for the monsters to arrive when really the monsters were already
During these attacks the use of the shallow running torpedoes took the sailors by surprise for sure and the Battleships began to take damage the horror of the day just seemed to get more vivid. As crewmen scrambled for the anti-aircraft guns to try and defend their ships some as on the USS Arizona prepared for the worst day. Those top side jumped ship and the rest, 1,177
Around the same time hijackers crashed the third airliner into the Pentagon and the fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Somerset County.Hearing all these tragic events just makes me shiver. Many people died in this event and even more were leaft with horrible memories that will stay with them all there life. I was nine at the moment. I was watching the news and remembering seeing the two biuldings on fire and smoking all over the place. People were running all over the place scared, terrified, shocked.
A ball of fire hit the Hummer causing it to shatter into pieces knocking them all out. Jason was thrown through a shop window and remained unconscious while Katherine was thrown onto the sidewalk and was woken up when her head hit the ground. A greatly agonizing throb went through her head as she felt the gash from where her head collided with the rough sand and concrete underneath and the loud sounds of people screaming, car pieces falling from the sky, and the many vibrations of feet slapping the ground as they tried to escape the blast she looked up for a brief moment to see turmoil all around her she noticed a soldier with a single tear streaming down his face holding his fallen comrade. But she only felt pain for a few seconds until one of the doors from the Hummer landed on her, knocking her out again but also shielding her from the rest of the debris as it fell from the sky.She woke up to a bright light searing her eyes. She let out a scream of pain and reached out for whatever was around to shield her eyes.