September 11, 2001
The terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001 caused nearly 3,000 immediate deaths. There were 246 victims on four hijacked airplanes, 2,606 killed in New York City in the World Trade Center and on the ground, plus 125 people at the Pentagon, the United States' headquarters for the Department of Defense. The 19 hijackers also perished on the planes.
The aftermath of World Trade Center attacks.
The dead were not only Americans. There were 372 foreign nationals (excluding the 19 hijackers) who died in the attacks. All the victims were civilians except for the 55 military personnel who died at the Pentagon (below).
Flight 93 from Newark was highjacked by four men. It crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania (below). The intended destination was believed to be either the Capitol building or the White House.
It was hard at first to determine the number of dead on September 11, 2001. At one point weeks after the attacks, the death toll was still thought to be over 6,000.
Click here to hear a tribute song created years later by a popular country singer.
"Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?" by Alan Jackson
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