Governor Kelly directs flags be flown half-staff for Patriot Day
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) _ In recognition of Patriot Day, Sept. 11, 2020, Governor Laura Kelly has ordered flags throughout the State of Kansas to be flown at half-staff for the entire day on September 11.
This year marks the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, Washington D.C., and Shanksville, Pa.
On Sept. 11, 2001 at 8:46 a.m. An American Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
At 9:04 a.m. a second plane crashed into the south tower in New York City.
The powerful 9/11 Budweiser commercial that only aired once
Minutes later at 9:45 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D.C.
Seventeen minutes later a hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field after the passengers on board attempted to penetrate the cockpit of the plane which had been seized by terrorists.
At the World Trade Center 2,753 lost their lives, including 343 New York City firefighters, 37 Port Authority officers and 23 New York City Police Officers.
One hundred and eighty-four people were killed at the Pentagon, and 40 crew and passengers were killed when Flight 93 crashed.
