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Sep 5, 2023 · Nearly 3,000 people died in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and in the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, where heroic passengers overpowered their...
Sep 6, 2019 · On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 men hijacked four U.S. commercial airplanes that had taken off with full fuel tanks for the West Coast. The hijackers deliberately crashed the planes into...
Aug 1, 2024 · Two planes struck the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The first hit the North Tower at 08:46 Eastern Time (12:46 GMT). The second crashed into the South Tower at 09:03.
Jun 21, 2011 · On September 11, 2001 —a clear, sunny, late summer day—al Qaeda terrorists aboard three hijacked passenger planes carried out coordinated suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in...
Sep 11, 2001 · September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City remembered. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Remember New York City's World Trade Center towers and the September 11 attacks. See how European settlers in U.S. Northeast created metropolises such as Boston and New York City.
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The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East Coast to California. 0:00 / 4:47.
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Sep 9, 2021 · The Pentagon has been repaired, and a shiny, 94-story World Trade Center now punctuates the skyline of Lower Manhattan, but not all wounds have healed. For one, many 9/11 survivors are living with lingering health issues believed to be linked to the toxic smoke from the attack and building collapse.
