September 11 attacks Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about September 11 attacks.
Top Quotes
“They're coming.”
“Are you guys ready? Let's roll.”
“What do I tell the pilots to do?”
“We may have a hijack. We have some problems over here right now.”
“Downtown Manhattan that day looked like exactly what it was, a war zone.”
“The air was exceptionally thick with the smell of pungent smoke from smoldering rubble.”
“Nobody move please, we are going back to the airport, don't try to make any stupid moves.”
“Wikinews: Category:9/11”
“I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans.”
“Wikipedia: September 11 attacks”
“Wikisource Portal: September 11th”
“I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say, today we are all Americans. In grief, as in defiance.”
“Wikicommons: September 11 attacks”
“[T]he twenty-first century truly began on September 11, 2001, ten years later, when planes slammed into the World Trade Center.”
“Holy shit, man. That's the other building. That's terrorists! That's terrorists, bro! That's fucking terrorists!”
“I’ll never forget the acrid smell, the fearful and numbed look on people’s faces, the sounds and the sour taste in my mouth."”
“Hello? We're looking in... We're overlooking the Financial Center. Three of us. Two broken windows. OH GOD! OH! —”
“NASYPANY: My recommendation, if we have to take anybody out, large aircraft, we use AIM-9s in the face.… If need be.”
“"Attacks remembered: In quotes" at BBC News (11 September 2002)”
“That morning terrorists gave their lives to cause those attacks. So here we stand, six years later, prepared to give ours to prevent further ones.”