Asia Cottom

Asia SiVon Cottom

January 13 1990 - September 11 2001

Age: 11 years old  

Asia was one of three exceptional students who had been chosen to go on a four-day National Geographic field trip. Accompanied by their individual teachers, they were flying from Washington, DC to go to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in Santa Barbara, California.

Less than 35 minutes into the flight, the hijackers stormed the cockpit. They forced the passengers, crew, and pilots to the rear of the aircraft. Hani Hanjour, one of the hijackers who was trained as a pilot, assumed control of the flight. Unknown to the hijackers, passengers aboard made telephone calls to friends and family and relayed information on the hijacking.

American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on the morning of September 11 2001. There was 58 passengers on Flight 77 and 125 were killed who were inside the Pentagon. There was in total 2,996 people killed (including the 19 hijackers) and more than 6,000 others injured. Sweet Asia was one of the thousands of victims in the attack.