9/11 Tragedy
The September 11 attacks, usually called 9/11, were a series of four acts of terrorism that took place in the United States. The attacks happened on the morning of Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. It resulted in thousands of deaths, including the perpetrators'. The attacks caused billions of dollars worth of infrastructural damage. The series of attacks were conducted by the 'Islamic' terrorist group, al-Qaeda. They hijacked a flying domestic aircraft and crashed it to the famous WTC tower. Besides that, there were two attacks in New York City, and one in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth attack failed and the plane crashed on a field in Pennsylvania.
Four passenger planes that were operated by two major U.S. airline companies (United Airlines and American Airlines), which departed from an airport in the northeastern United States and were destined for San Fransisco and Los Angeles, were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. Two of the four planes were crashed into the World Trade Center complex in lower Manhattan, resulting in the collapse and destruction of the building. A third plane (American Airlines Flight 77), was crashed into the Pentagon (Headquarters of U.S. Departement of Defense) in Virginia. The fourth plane, originally headed to Washington DC, was crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville after the passengers thwarted the hijacker's plan to destroy the White House.
