Today is a day for thought, remembrance and prayer.  No words that I could say would add to the significance of that fateful day 12 years ago.  So, we remember with pictures, a timeline, and the names of those lost that day. 

New York Remembers Victims Of 9/11 Terror Attacks
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Mourners Gather At Ground Zero For Memorial
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(all times Central)

7 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 11, Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport for Los Angeles.

7:14 a.m. -- United Air Lines Flight 175, Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, takes off from Boston's Logan airport for Los Angeles.

7:21 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 77, Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, takes off from Washington Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles.

7:41 a.m. -- United Air Lines Flight 93, Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, takes off from Newark International Airport for San Francisco.

7:46 a.m. -- American Flight 11 crashes into north tower of World Trade Center.

8:03 a.m. -- United Flight 175 crashes into south tower of World Trade Center.

8:31 a.m. -- In Sarasota, Fla., President Bush calls crashes an "apparent terrorist attack on our country."

8:40 a.m.  -- American Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon.

8:45 a.m. -- FAA orders all aircraft to land at nearest airport as soon as practical. More than 4,500 aircraft in air at the time. This is the first time in U.S. history that nationwide air traffic is suspended.

8:59 a.m. -- South tower of World Trade Center collapses.

9:07 a.m. (approx.) -- United Flight 93 crashes in a field in Shanksville, Pa., southeast of Pittsburgh.

9:28 a.m. -- North tower of World Trade Center collapses.

 

As we pause today to remember our brave men and women in uniform, firefighters and police officers, EMTs and paramedics, and our armed forces all across the world and at home who gave their lives, let's not forget the regular people who rose above the chaos to help each other as well. Let's not forget the people who are still defending our freedom and protecting our homes, locally in East Texas, across our nation, and around the world.

We remember everyone who did not come home. Below, the names of 2,977 people were killed in the World Trade Center in New York; the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; and on United Airlines flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania:

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