Across
- 3. This word means “unlawfully seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.” P. 88 (without -ed)
- 4. It was four days before ____ were flying into the U.S. and Lauren Tarshis and her husband were able to get home from London. P. 88
- 5. This word means, “a woman who is employed to provide meals for and otherwise look after the passengers on a ship or aircraft.” P. 87
- 7. This word means “to have suddenly attacked and captured (a building or other place) by means of force.” P. 94
- 10. Shutting down the U. S. _____ means that no planes can take off, and all aircraft in flight must land at the nearest airport. P. 93
- 14. Lauren Tarshis decided to write about the ___ of Sept. 11 due to the thousands of e-mails from kids asking her to write about this _______. P. 85
- 15. This word means “in a state of complete confusion and disorder.” P. 88
- 16. Passengers on the plane were trying to figure out what catastrophic event had happened. Was it an _____, a bomb, space matter? P. 87
- 19. The National September 11 _____ is a tribute to the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9/11. P. 97
- 20. Osama bin Laden, leader of a terrorist group called Al _____, was responsible for the attacks on the Twin Towers. P. 95
- 22. President George W. Bush demanded that _______’s government capture bin Laden and hand him over the U.S. P. 96
- 24. When the planes struck, Lauren Tarshis was on a plane above the ______ Ocean. P. 86
- 25. Synonyms for this word include: poisonous, noxious, and dangerous. P. 88
Down
- 1. United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field in ______, Pennsylvania. P. 94
- 2. This word means “an organized search for a person, especially a criminal.” P. 95
- 6. Thousands of rescue workers swarmed Ground Zero, searching for ______. P. 88
- 8. In the original plans for the story, Uncle Benny did not survive. The author and editor agreed that this ending would be more _____. P. 90
- 9. Hundreds of firefighters have serious ____ problems, caused by the toxic smoke and dust they breathed at Ground Zero. P. 89
- 11. This word means a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent* as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light. *(emitting light as a result of being heated). P. 87
- 12. Among the 2,016 who died, 343 were firefighters and 60 were police ______. P. 89
- 13. This word means “waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc.; the debris from the demolition of buildings.” P. 89
- 17. Synonyms for this word include: occurring, developing, evolving, happening, etc.
- 18. Synonyms for this word include: destructive, tragic, disastrous, fatal, and calamitous. P. 87
- 21. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States military, in ______ County, Virginia. P. 93
- 23. Lauren Tarshis has friends who _____ escaped the towers before they collapsed. P. 86