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