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It is the only 9/11 memorial outside of the United States that includes the names of all 2,977 victims. [48] Italy: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said: "I am shocked at the terrifying, insane terrorist attack which has hit the people of a friendly nation as well as the conscience of the entire world."
People walk in the street in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001, after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a suspected terrorist attack.
In an atmosphere reminiscent of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, everyday life in many places around the world came to a standstill in the days after the September 11 attacks. For this reason, as well as for reasons of perceived threat associated with large gatherings, many events were postponed or cancelled.
The attack on the World Trade Center's North Tower alone [q] made 9/11 the deadliest act of terrorism in history. [154] Taken together, the four crashes killed 2,996 people (including the hijackers) and injured thousands more. [ 155 ]
Newspaper covers from the days following the 9/11 attacks give a glimpse into the confusion and anger felt not just by the U.S., but also around the world.
All 64 people on the plane were killed, along with 125 people in the building. The crash caused part of the building to collapse, and started a fire that took several days to put out.
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris after the September 11 attacks. The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center elicited a large response of local emergency and rescue personnel to assist in the evacuation of the two towers, resulting in a large loss of the same personnel when the towers collapsed.
A museum panel showing international headlines on September 12. Most of the images on the headlines are images of United Airlines Flight 175 hitting the South Tower.. During the September 11 attacks of 2001, a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, killed 2,977 people, injured over 6,000, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and ...