The Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX) Gateway Pylons on Century Boulevard will be lit in red, white and blue tonight in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy. Los AngelesInternationalAirport was tragically linked to the September 11 terrorist attacks on our nation, as three of the four hijacked flights were bound for LAX. The pylons will be lit in these colors beginning at midnight, 12:01 a.m., tonight, September 11, and remain lit until 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 12.

BACKGROUND:
The LAX Gateway landmark series of 26 colorfully lighted pylons at the entrance to the airport have become a symbolic gateway to Los Angeles since they were first lit in August 2000.  The 2,000 LED (light emitting diodes) fixtures in the pylons are illuminated nightly in a in a variety of colors and sequences. 

HOW LAX WAS AFFECTED:

• Number of people who died when American Airlines Flight 11 bound from Boston to Los Angeles crashed into the north tower of the WorldTradeCenter: 92.
• Number of people who died when United Airlines Flight 175 bound from Boston to Los Angeles crashed into the south tower of the WorldTradeCenter: 65
• Number of people who died when American Airlines Flight 77, from Washington, D. C. to Los Angeles, crashed into the Pentagon: 64.

(Also: Number of people who died when United Airlines Flight 93 bound from Newark to San Francisco crashed in rural southwest Pennsylvania: 45.)

Source: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
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