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The aircraft crashed into the tower at 09: 03.

The Flight 175 hijacking was coordinated with that of American Airlines Flight 11, which struck the top of the North Tower 17 minutes earlier.

The crash of Flight 175 into the South Tower was the only impact seen live on television around the world as it happened.

The impact and subsequent fire caused the South Tower to collapse 56 minutes after the crash, resulting in hundreds of additional casualties due to the collapse of the tower.

During the recovery effort at the World Trade Center site, workers recovered and identified remains from Flight 175 victims ( see the Aftermath section below ), but many other body fragments could not be identified.