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(547) 9/11 in 2001 [読解]

  I bought this newspaper, the daily Yomiuri in the early morning at a convenience store after a night shift. It was twenty years ago!
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THE DAILY YOMIURI

WEDNSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2001
2 planes crash into World Trade Center

1 tower collapses; plane plows into1) Pentagon; "White House evacuated2)

Compiled from news services
  NEW YORKーPlanes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart Tuesday in a horrific3) scene of explosions and fires that razed4) one of the 110-story towers and left gaping5) holes in the other.
1) plow into: ・・・と衝突する、to move forcefully into or through something
2) evacuate: 避難させる、to remove especially from a dangerous area
3) horrific: ぞっとする
4) raze: ・・・を倒壊させる、to destroy to the ground
5) gap: すき間ができる、to fall or stand open

  There was no immediate word on injuries or fatalities6) in the twin disasters, which happened shortly before 9 a.m. and then right around 9 a.m.
6) fatality: 死亡者

  Palestinian DFLP7) claimed responsibilities for8) the attack, according to Abu Dhabi TV.
  President George W. Bush
said Tuesday that the crashes were "an apparent terrorist attack on9) our country."
7) DFLP: Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, パレスチナ解放民主戦線
8) claim responsibility for: 犯行声明を出す、to assert to be rightfully one's own
9) attack on: (武力による)攻撃、襲撃

  A somber10) Bush told an audience in Sarasota, Florida, gathered to hear an address on education that "this is a difficult moment for America." He said he would be returning immediately to Washington.
10) somber: 深刻な、暗たんたる、of a dismal or depressing character

  "Today we've had a national tragedy," Bush said. "Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country."
  In Washington, officials said the FBI was investigating reports of a plane hijacking11) before the crashes.
11) hijack: ハイジャックする、to commandeer (a flying airplane) especially by coercing the pilot at gunpoint

  A sinor government official, speaking on condition of anonymmity12), said the agency is pursuing reports that one or both of the planes were hijacked and that the crashes my have been the result of suicide mission13).
12) on condition of anonymity: 匿名を条件に
13) suicide mission: 自爆任務、killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself

  The source stressed that the reports are preliminary14) and officials do not know the cause of the crashes.
14) preliminary: 予備の、準備の、coming before and usually forming a necessary prelude to something else

  "It certainly doesn't look like an accident," said a second government official, also speaking on condition of anonymity.
  The towers were struck by bombers15) in February 1993.
15) bomber: 爆撃機

  "The plane was coming in low and ... it looked like it hit at a slight angle16)," said Sean Murtagh, a CNN vice president, the network reported.
16) at a slight angle: わずかな角度で

  Large holes were visible in side of the 110-story buildings, landmark17) twin towers.
17) landmark: a structure (such as a building) of unusual historical and usually aesthetic interest

  "I was watching TV. and heard a sonic boom18) ... ," witness Jeanne Yurman told CNN. "The side of the world trade center exploded. Debris19) is falling like leaflets20). I hear ambulances. The northern tower seems to be on fire21)."
18) a sonic boom: 衝撃音波
19) debris: 瓦礫、remains of something destroyed
20) leaflet: pamphlet
21) be on fire: 燃えている

  The tops of the twin towers were obscured22) by the smoke.
22) obscure: 不明瞭な、dim and hazy

  Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper came drifting23) over Brooklyn, about three miles (48 kilometers) from the tower, one witness said.
23) come drifting: 吹き積る

  The center bombing on Feb. 26, 1993, killing six people and injured more than 1,000 others.
  In 1945, an Army Air Corps B-25, a twin-engine bomber, crashed into the 76th floor of the Empire State Building in dense fog.
  A senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that agency is pursuing reports that one or both of the planes were hijacked and that the crashes may have been the result of a suicide mission.
  The source stressed that the reports are preliminary and officials do not know the cause of the crashes.
  "It certainly doesn't look like an accident," said a second government official, also speaking on condition of anonymity.
  Asked what he knew about the planes, Bush replied, "I'll talk about it later."
  The New York Stock Exchange, located in lower Manhattan near the trade center where many financial offices are kept, indefinitely24) suspended trading.
24) indefinitely: 不明確に、 not defining or identifying

Left: An aircraft at right about to fly into the World Trade Center in New York in this image made from television Tuesday. The aircraft was the second to fly into the tower Tuesday morning.
Right: Smoke and fire pour from the upper floors of World Trade Center in New York city after the second airplane hit the tower.

Pentagon evacuated
WASHINGTON ー The Pentagon was evacuated Tuesday after a plane crashed into the building, following an apparent terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, officials said.
  Pentagon officials ordered employees out of the building just outside Washington.
  The West Wing of the White House was also evacuated amid terrorist threats.

Official Visitor Map 2015

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65: 9/11 Memorial & Museum
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66: 9/11 Tribute Center
The 9/11 Tribute Museum, formerly known as the 9/11 Tribute Center and Tribute WTC
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