9/11

Within three hours New Yorks tallest buildings were reduced to rubble and the Pentagonthe nerve center of the American armed forceswas burning and partially collapsed. Lower Manhattans 911 Tribute Museum a nearly 30000-square-foot space located three blocks from the World Trade Center site will shut its doors Wednesday afternoon just weeks shy of.

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On September 11 2001 a clear sunny late summer dayal Qaeda terrorists aboard three hijacked passenger planes carried out coordinated suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York.

. September 11 attacks also called 911 attacks series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against. September 11 attacks also called 911 attacks series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States the deadliest terrorist attacks on. The attack remains one of the most traumatic.

The September 11 attacks commonly known as 911 were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States. On the morning of Tuesday September 11 2001 nineteen terrorists directed by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden hijacked four commercial airliners mid-flight while traveling from the northeastern US. During the September 11 2001 attacks 2977 people were killed 19 hijackers committed murdersuicide and more than 6000 others were injured.

On Tuesday 11 September 2001 suicide attackers seized US passenger jets and crashed them into two New York skyscrapers killing thousands of people. 1 2 Of the 2977 fatal victims 2753 were killed in the World Trade Center and the surrounding area 184 at the Pentagon 3 4 5 and 40 in Pennsylvania. Coverage of the American Airlines flight 11 tragedy during which nearly 3000 perished was the main priority that day for most Western news agencies the scenes of the twin towers collapsing were witnessed by an estimated two billion people - a third of the human race.

These deaths included 265 on the four planes. It has been 17 years since the devastating 911 attacks. A total of 2996 people were killed in the 911 attacks including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four airplanes.

Citizens of 78 countries died in New York Washington DC and. Three hours that changed everything For Americans and people watching around the world September 11 2001 is a day that will never be forgotten.

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