Editing United Airlines Flight 175 (section)

==Aftermath==
{{Main|Collapse of the World Trade Center}}
Flight 175's crash into the South Tower was faster and lower down than that of the North Tower, impacting close to a corner rather than midway into the structure, compromising its structural integrity more. Thus, there was far more structural weight pressing down on an unbalanced, damaged section of the building on fire.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 23, 2002 |title=A Nation Challenged: the Trade Center Crashes; First Tower to Fall Was Hit At Higher Speed, Study Finds |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/23/us/nation-challenged-trade-center-crashes-first-tower-fall-was-hit-higher-speed.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016011731/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/23/us/nation-challenged-trade-center-crashes-first-tower-fall-was-hit-higher-speed.html}}</ref> The South Tower [[Collapse of the World Trade Center|collapsed]] at 9:59 A.M.,<ref name=ncstar1-5av1.pdf/>{{Reference page|page=80}}<ref>{{cite book |last=9/11 Final Report of the National Commission |title=Collapse of WTC2 |year=2004 |url=https://9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055527/https://9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Reference page|page=322}} after burning for 56 minutes,{{efn|NIST and the 9/11 Commission both give the time as 9:58:59 a.m., which is subsequently rounded to 9:59 for simplicity. If the Commission's claim that the South Tower was struck at 9:03:11 is to be believed, then it collapsed after 55 minutes and 48 seconds, not 56 minutes.}} Flight 175's impact did not directly cause the collapse of the south tower, but rather the fires caused by the aircraft's jet fuel were the reason for the collapse,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? |url=https://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/jom/0112/eagar/eagar-0112.html |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=www.tms.org}}</ref> the South Tower was the first of the two skyscrapers to collapse despite being the second to be hit. Nobody who was in the South Tower at the time of its collapse survived.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/09/05/people-who-survived-collapse-twin-towers-september-11/5453485001/ |title=USA Today |website=www.usatoday.com |access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref>

The flight recorders for Flight{{nbs}}175, as with Flight{{nbs}}11's, were never found.{{sfn|9/11 Commission|2004a|p=456}} Some debris from Flight{{nbs}}175 was recovered nearby, including the landing gear found on top of a building on the corner of West Broadway and Park Place, an engine found at Church and Murray Street, and a section of the fuselage which landed on top of [[5 World Trade Center]].{{sfn|NISTb|2005}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blumenthal |first1=Ralph |last2=Mowjood |first2=Sharaf |title=Muslim Prayers and Renewal Near Ground Zero |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/nyregion/09mosque.html |work=The New York Times |date=8 December 2009 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=August 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826202236/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/nyregion/09mosque.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2013, a piece of the inboard wing flap mechanism from a [[Boeing]] 767<ref>{{cite news |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/plane-debris-near-ground-zero-is-identified-as-part-of-a-wing-flap/ |work=The New York Times |first=J. David |last=Goodman |title=Jet Debris Near 9/11 Site Is Identified as Wing Part |date=April 29, 2013 |access-date=May 8, 2013 |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104140602/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/plane-debris-near-ground-zero-is-identified-as-part-of-a-wing-flap/ |url-status=live}}</ref> was discovered wedged between two buildings at Park Place.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Joseph |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/nyregion/airplane-debris-found-near-world-trade-center-site.html?_r=1& |title=11 Years Later, Debris From Plane Is Found Near Ground Zero |date=April 26, 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908063033/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/nyregion/airplane-debris-found-near-world-trade-center-site.html?_r=1& |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:WTC collapse before and after cropped and aligned.jpg|thumb|257x257px|After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower collapsed at 9:59, 29 minutes before the North Tower's collapse, despite being hit 17 minutes later.]]
During the recovery process, small fragments were identified from some passengers on Flight{{nbs}}175, including a {{cvt|6|in|mm}} piece of bone belonging to Peter Hanson,<ref>{{cite news |title=Moussaoui jurors hear 9/11 victims' final calls |author=Gordon, Greg |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |date=April 11, 2006}}</ref> and small bone fragments of Lisa Frost.<ref>{{cite news |title=Her parents now have the 9/11 victim's cremated remains with them in Orange County |author=Radcliffe, Jim |work=Orange County Register |date=May 20, 2005}}</ref> In 2008, the remains of Flight{{nbs}}175 passenger Alona Abraham were identified using DNA samples.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3501421,00.html |title=September 11 victim laid to rest |work=[[Ynetnews]].com |last=Hadad |first=Shmulik |date=January 31, 2008 |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-date=September 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921045846/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3501421,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Remains of many others aboard Flight{{nbs}}175 were never recovered.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adding to Grief; Families of Many Victims of the World Trade Center Attack Deal With the Prospect of Never Having Their Remains Identified |work=Buffalo News |date=August 21, 2003 |author=Vogel, Charity}}</ref>

United Airlines retired the [[flight number]]s 175 and [[United Airlines Flight 93|93]] after the attacks. It was reported in May 2011 that the company was reactivating them as a codeshare operated by [[Continental Airlines]], sparking an outcry from some in the media and the [[labor union]] representing United pilots.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mutzabaugh |first=Ben |url=http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/05/unions-slam-united-for-accidentally-reinstating-911-flight-numbers/170842/1 |title=Unions slam United for mistakenly reinstating 9/11 flight numbers |date=May 18, 2011 |work=USA Today |access-date=March 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104202329/http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/05/unions-slam-united-for-accidentally-reinstating-911-flight-numbers/170842/1 |archive-date=January 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name="reactivation"/><ref>{{cite news |last=McCartney |first=Scott |date=May 18, 2011 |title=Bad Mistake: United Revives Sept. 11 Flight Numbers |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2011/05/18/bad-mistake-united-revives-sept-11-flight-numbers/?mod=google_news_blog |access-date=March 21, 2014 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112031934/http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2011/05/18/bad-mistake-united-revives-sept-11-flight-numbers/?mod=google_news_blog |url-status=live}}</ref> United said the numbers were "inadvertently reinstated" and would not be reactivated.<ref name="reactivation">{{cite news |author=Romero |first=Frances |date=May 18, 2011 |title=Flight Number Flub: United/Continental Accidentally Reinstates Flights 93 and 175 |publisher=Time |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/18/flight-number-flub-unitedcontinental-accidentally-reinstates-flights-93-and-175/ |access-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-date=December 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219220638/http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/18/flight-number-flub-unitedcontinental-accidentally-reinstates-flights-93-and-175/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The names of the victims of Flight{{nbs}}175 are inscribed at the [[National September&nbsp;11 Memorial & Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memorial Guide &#124; National September 11th Memorial & Museum |url=https://names.911memorial.org/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=names.911memorial.org |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528022701/https://names.911memorial.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The federal government provided financial aid{{snd}}a minimum of $500,000{{snd}}for the families of victims who died in the attack. Individuals who accepted funds from the government were required to forfeit their ability to sue any entity for damages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Homefront: Details of Sept. 11 Victims Payments |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92061&page=1 |website=ABC News |access-date=24 August 2021 |language=en |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824220321/https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92061&page=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> More than $7 billion has been paid out to victims by the [[September 11th Victim Compensation Fund]], although that figure includes damages to those who were injured or killed on the other hijacked flights or the towers.<ref name=NYTBavis/> In total, lawsuits were filed on behalf of 96 people against the airline and associated companies. The vast majority were settled under terms that were not made public, but the total compensation is estimated to be around $500 million.<ref name=NYTSettled>{{cite news |last1=Weiser |first1=Benjamin |title=Family and United Airlines Settle Last 9/11 Wrongful-Death Lawsuit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/nyregion/last-911-wrongful-death-suit-is-settled.html |work=The New York Times |date=19 September 2011 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824220321/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/nyregion/last-911-wrongful-death-suit-is-settled.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NYTBavis/> Only one lawsuit progressed to a civil trial; a wrongful death filing by the family of Mark Bavis against the airline, Boeing, and the airport's security company.<ref name=NYTBavis>{{cite news |last1=Moynihan |first1=Colin |title=Timetable Is Set for the Only Civil Trial in a 9/11 Death |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/nyregion/21bavis.html |work=The New York Times |date=21 October 2010 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824220321/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/nyregion/21bavis.html |url-status=live}}</ref> This was eventually settled in September 2011.<ref name=NYTSettled/> US President George Bush, other top officials, and various government agencies were also sued by Ellen Mariani, widow of passenger Louis Neil Mariani.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Hampshire woman sues Bush, top officials, over 9-11 |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/new-hampshire-woman-sues-bush-top-officials-over-9-11/ |work=Triblive |agency=The Associated Press |date=September 24, 2003 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824221834/https://archive.triblive.com/news/new-hampshire-woman-sues-bush-top-officials-over-9-11/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sept. 11 widow sues United Airlines |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/LAW/12/20/wtc.united.lawsuit/ |date=December 20, 2001 |website=CNN |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812041727/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/LAW/12/20/wtc.united.lawsuit/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=United Is Sued by Wife of a Man Who Died in Trade Center Attack |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1008870309807241840 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=20 December 2001 |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812041726/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1008870309807241840 |url-status=live}}</ref> Her cases were deemed to be frivolous.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weiser |first1=Benjamin |title=Court Penalizes a Lawyer Over Slurs in a 9/11 Filing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/nyregion/slurs-were-used-in-a-filing-tied-to-9-11-court-says.html |work=The New York Times |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824220323/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/nyregion/slurs-were-used-in-a-filing-tied-to-9-11-court-says.html |url-status=live}}</ref>