The worst terrorist attacks in history occurred twenty-one
years ago today, on Tuesday September 11th 2001 - 9/11
in America.
Three hijacked domestic airliners were forcibly flown into
targets in New York city, and Arlington, killing almost 3,000
people (including 67 Britons), and injuring more than 6,000.
At 8.46 am, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the World
Trade Center's North Tower (1 WTC), then at 9.03 am,
United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower (2 WTC).
Both towers had collapsed by 10.30 am. At 9.37 am,
American Airline Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.
Passengers on a fourth plane heroically resisted their
captors, and that flight missed it's intended rendezvous,
believed to be the Capitol, or the White House. United
Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field at Shanksville,
Pennsylvania.
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