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ON THE MORNING OF SEPT 11, 2001, NEW YORK CITY WAS ROCKED BY WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE WORST TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE WORLD. AMERICAN FLIGHT 11 WITH 88 PASSENGERS ABOARD WAS HIJACKED AND FLOWN INTO THE NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. AS BILLIONS WATCHED ON TV, UNITED FLIGHT 175 WITH 59 PASSENGERS WAS ALSO HIJACKED AND FLOWN INTO THE SOUTH TOWER OF THE WTC. AMERICAN WAS IN SHOCK. TWO OTHER PLANES WERE HIJACKED (AMERICAN 77 CRASHED INTO THE PENTAGON IN WASHINGTON DC AND UNITED 93 CRASHED INTO A FIELD OUTSIDE SHANKSVILLE,PA). The New York City Fire Department lost 341 firefighters and 2 paramedics, while 23 New York City Police Department, 37 Port Authority Police Department officers, and 8 private ambulance personnel were killed. The dead included 8 children: 5 on American 77 ranging in age from 3 to 11, 3 on United 175 ages 2, 3, and 4. The youngest victim was a 2 year-old child on Flight 175, the oldest an 82 year-old passenger on Flight 11. In the buildings, the youngest victim was 17 and the oldest was 79. 125 people died in the Pentagon crash and in total 246 passengers on the 4 flights. WE WILL NOT FORGET. GOD BLESS THE USA.
This final New York design celebrates the "Empire State" as a point of entry for millions of immigrants seeking the political freedom and democracy that American citizenship provides. President Grover Cleveland accepted the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, on behalf of the United States on October 28, 1886. Lady Liberty was designated a National Monument on October 15, 1924 and underwent extensive restoration for her remarkable centennial on July 4, 1986. Governor George E. Pataki asked the United States Mint to add the line tracing the Hudson River and the route of the Erie Canal because of the vital developmental role of the waterways.