Two planes hit World Trade Center
September 11, 2001 Posted: 9:21 PM HKT (1321 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) --
What appeared to be two passenger planes crashed into the World Trade Center
towers in Manhattan on Tuesday, leaving both towers in flames.
About 18 minutes after the first plane hit the northern tower,
a second plane slammed into the southern tower, erupting into a huge fireball. The harrowing images were caught in live video.
An FBI official told CNN that the bureau had launched an investigation
into the crashes.
Live pictures showed a gaping hole on the side of the northern building,
several stories down from the top. Black smoke was billowing from at
least two sides.
The second crash hit the second tower several stories lower than the
first in a huge burst of flame.
Sean Murtagh, a CNN vice president, was in an office near the World
Trade Center towers at the time of the first crash. He witnessed the crash.
"It was a jet, looked like a two-engine jet," Murtagh said.
"It looked like maybe a 737."
Murtagh said he saw the plane "teetering back and forth, wingtip to
wingtip" before the plane smashed into the side of the building.
Jeanne Yurman witnessed the explosion that followed the crash.
"At first it was like leaflets," she said, describing the debris that
fell to the ground. "There was tons of debris and it continues to fall out."
Yurman said she did not see the plane.
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