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On September 11, 2001, sunrise came at 6:33 A.M. The forecast called for clear skies and a beautiful day.

At 8:45 A.M., American Airlines Flight 11, bound from Boston to Los Angeles, struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

At 9:05 A.M., United Airlines Flight 175, also bound from Boston to Los Angeles, struck the South Tower.

At 9:50 A.M., forty-five minutes after it had been hit, the South Tower fell.

At 10:30 A.M., an hour and forty-five minutes after it had been hit, the North Tower fell.

At 10:29 A.M., on May 30, 2002, cleanup efforts at Ground Zero were completed.

There was widespread agreement throughout the city that nothing would ever be the same again.