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