9/11 Fact Sheet

Name:_________

Answer the following questions based off of the reading:

1. What were the twin towers?

2. What was the World Trade Center?

3. What happened on 9/11?

4. What happened after the terrorist attacks?

9/11 Fact Sheet

Name:_________

What was the World Trade What were the Twin Towers?
Center?
The Twin Towers were the
The World Trade Center centerpieces of the World Trade
was a group of seven buildingsCenter.
in
Each tower consisted of 110
lower Manhattan within New York
floors and were the tallest buildings
City. Many people worked at and
in New York. Over 35,000 people
visited the World Trade Center worked in the towers and over 430
companies had their offices there.
What happened on 9/11?
What
happened
after the
9/11 is short
for the
date
when three planes were attacks?
hijacked, by men from the
After the buildings fell on 9/11,
terrorist group
Al Qaeda,
and all over the world to
people
came from
crashed intohelp.
the two
Twin Towers
Volunteers
helped by taking care
and the Pentagon
in
Washington
of the injured, cleaning up the crash
D.C.
site, bringing food and cards for the
workers and much more. It took 8

Aroundmonths
17,000forpeople
the last piece of steel to be
were in the buildings
that
were
removed from the
crash site.
hit by the planes. Most people
Today,
the World Trade Center
were able to evacuate
safely,
complex
is being
rebuilt, with hopes of
but nearly 3,000
people
were
a train station and a new, taller tower.
killed. The firemen, police
A 9/11 memorial and museum is now
officers and located
other volunteers
within Ground Zero, along with
two fountain pools that sit where the
twin towers once stood. Together, they
remind us what happened that day and
help us remember all the people who
lost their lives. They also let us
remember the importance of helping
each other and making our community
and world a better place.