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对美国的攻击：2001年9月11日
然而，攻击却还没有退出。8点21分，一架从华盛顿特区附近的杜勒斯国际机场 (Dulles
International Airport) 起飞的美国航空公司编号77号的飞机，准备飞往洛杉矶。9点41分，这架飞机撞倒维吉尼亚州阿灵顿的五角大厦 (Pentagon) ，而华盛顿特区与白宫就在波多马克河 (Potomac
River) 对岸不远处。
联合航空公司编号93号的飞机于8点41分从纽泽西州的纽瓦克 (Newark) 起飞，本来的目的地是加州旧金山。但是当五角大厦遭到攻击的消息被披露后，美国人知道还有更多飞机可能遭到劫持。这架联合航空的93号班机突然在俄亥俄州克里夫兰 (Cleveland) 上空转向，并且向东朝着华盛顿特区飞去。机上的乘客从手机里得知发生在纽约与五角大厦的悲剧，他们相信这架飞机也遭到劫持，并且要飞到华顿特区攻击白宫。于是，有几位乘客决定制伏想要接管飞机的劫机者。10点07分，经过乘客英勇的抗争后，这架飞机在宾州匹兹堡 (Pittsburgh) 南方80英里处坠毁。
The attack was not over. At 8:21 a.m. American Flight 77 departed Dulles International Airport, just outside Washington, D.C., for Los Angeles. At 9:41 a.m., this plane crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, which is just across the Potomac River from Washington and the White House.
United Flight 93 had left Newark, N.J., for San Francisco, California, at 8:41 a.m. As news of the Pentagon attack became known, it was clear that one more flight was in trouble. Flight 93 suddenly made a sharp U-turn over Cleveland, Ohio, and started flying east toward Washington. Passengers had learned via cell phone about what happened in New York and at the Pentagon. Believing that their plane was destined for Washington with the White House as its target, several passengers decided to overpower the hijackers who were trying to take over the plane. At 10:07 a.m., the plane crashed in a field 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after a valiant struggle.
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