Relier Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 10 IN THE NEWS Lesson 2Version en ligne Reading comprehension par Martha Uribe 1 What happened about eighteen minutes after the North Tower crash? 2 At that time 8: 46 what did authorities know about the cause of the crash? 3 What did witnesses say happened at 8:46 a.m.? 4 According to the update, what happened at the World Trade Center towers? 5 What did people start to suspect? 6 At what time was the live update published? 7 What happened as a result of the crash? Another jet airplane was captured on live video flying straight into the South Tower. Nothing. Two planes reportedly crashed into the towers. They say they saw a large passenger jet slam into the North Tower, leaving a giant hole in the side of the building. Glass, bricks, and burning debris fell to the ground below and onto surrounding buildings. at 9:16 a.m. that the crashes were not accidents, but rather parts of an organized attack 1 What was the FBI investigating? 2 What happened in Washington, D.C., at 9:37 a.m.? 3 What was the AP reporting? 4 How many planes had already struck the World Trade Center towers by then? 5 What did President Bush say in his statement? 6 How did the Federal Aviation Administration react to the incoming news? a report of plane hijacking that one of the planes that hit the WTC was indeed hijacked It banned all takeoffs for flights heading through New York airspace and closed all airports in the New York City area. A plane crashed into the pentagon. He called it a terrorist attack. two 1 What did people do as the towers collapsed? 2 Where was President Bush during the attacks? 3 What statement did he make? 4 What happened to all incoming flights to the US? 5 Where was he going at 10:23 a.m.? 6 What happened at 10:05 a.m.? The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. one condemning the events as acts of terrorism in Florida They were all diverted to Canada and Mexico and flights within the US were ordered to land immediately at the nearest airports. They ran for cover from the smoke and debris. back to Washington D.C. 1 Where did the third and fourth planes crash? 2 What were both towers hit by? 3 What happened 30 minutes after the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center? 4 What did authorities believe about the fourth plane? 5 What had happened to the planes shortly before the attacks? 6 How many people were reported injured or presumed dead? More than 1,000 were reported injured and many were presumed dead. They were hijacked. The North Tower also collapsed. Boeing 767 airplanes The third plane crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed into a field just south of Pittsburgh. that it was also hijacked and was headed for Washington, D.C. 1 What did German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder write in a letter? 2 How many people were presumed dead? 3 What was happening at 11:35 p.m. at the World Trade Center? 4 What did leaders in other countries do? 5 What were emergency crews doing at the time the update was published? 6 What was the attack being called? 7 What did Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar say? 8 Who was trying to rescue the people trapped inside at the time of collapse? He wrote that he wanted to express his heartfelt condolences and his unqualified solidarity with the president and the American people. They made statements condemning the attacks. firefighters thousands searching for survivors of the attacks the worst terrorist attack in history He said that he and the Spanish people manifested their support and solidarity to all the citizens of the United States. A search for survivors was taking place under the broken pieces of the World Trade Center towers.