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The September 11 attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in human history, causing the deaths of 2,996 people, including 2,977 victims and 19 hijackers who committed murder–suicide. Thousands [a] more were injured, [3][4] and long-term health effects have arisen as a consequence of the attacks. New York City took the brunt of the death ...
Planning of the September 11 attacks. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners, intentionally crashing two into the World Trade Center in New York City. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
9:28: Flight 93 is hijacked above northern Ohio, turning to the southeast. 9:37:46: Flight 77 crashes into the western side of The Pentagon. All 58 passengers and crew are killed aboard the aircraft including an additional 125 (including emergency workers) on the ground. The crash starts a violent fire.
The 9/11 attacks left 2,977 dead across New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, according to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. That total includes the 2,753 who died in New York, 184 people at ...
A total of 2,996 were killed on 9/11 and more than 6,000 were injured, according to The Washington Post. The total dead include the hijackers; the plane passengers, pilots and crew; 2,606 people ...
— Osama Bin Laden's interview with Tayseer Allouni, 21 October 2001 As an adherent of Islam, bin Laden believed that non-Muslims are forbidden from having a permanent presence in the Arabian Peninsula. In 1996, bin Laden issued a fatwā calling for American troops to leave Saudi Arabia. In 1998, Al-Qaeda wrote "For over seven years the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in ...
German authorities monitors call to 9/11 hijacker al-Shehhi, shares information with CIA. [36] - - Germans monitor call mentioning key al-Qaeda Hamburg cell members, including 9/11 hijacker Atta's full name and number. [37] - - 9/11 hijacker Jarrah has unofficial wedding; photograph later suggests German intelligence has informant. [38] - -
After the 9/11 attacks, remains of the victims and terrorists were recovered from the World Trade Center site, from the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In New York, the remains of two hijackers, potentially from Flight 11, were identified and removed from Memorial Park in Manhattan and turned over to the FBI as evidence. [35]