9-11

Noun

Meaning

the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs

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”9-11 was supposed to be the darkest day in New York for a generation,” said New York state’s governor Andrew Cuomo during one of … Source: Internet

After 9-11, some predicted the end of the skyscraper and that people would fearfully turn away from turnstiles. Source: Internet

Both teams went into the contest locked on the same 9-11 record, but the visitors emerged with the better shot at reaching the finals, helped by a friendly schedule to end the regular season. Source: Internet

For a summary of this period, see Weir 2006, chapters 6–8; Doherty, chapter 4; Mortimer, 2006, chapter 2; Mortimer, 2004, chapters 9-11. Source: Internet

Dispatcher: “…attention all cars… receiving a report of a 9-11 officer-involved…Anderson Tow…20-51…” Source: Internet

Gernsheim, pp. 9-11 Niépce had been experimenting with ways to fix the images of a camera obscura since 1816. Source: Internet