The Disaster Of September 11, 2001

The disaster of September 11, 2001

The September 11 events were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, September 11, 2001. They targeted symbolic buildings.

On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, nineteen terrorists hijacked four airliners. Two planes are projected into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, and a third into the Pentagon, in Washington, DC, killing everyone on board and many others working in these buildings. The two towers collapsed less than two hours later, causing the destruction of two others buildings. The fourth plane, flying towards Washington, crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers and crew tried to regain control. Thousands of people were injured in these attacks that caused the death of 3,000 people.

Twelve years later, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum is located at the World Trade Center site, on the former location of the Twin Towers, which were destroyed during the attacks.

The names of 2,983 victims are inscribed on 76 bronze plates attached to the parapet walls that form the edges of the Memorial pools. The memorial officially opened to the public on September 12, 2011 and three months after opening, the memorial had been seen by over 1 million visitors.

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