New York City
On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday
morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of
jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New
York City.
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Where were you that September day?
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 Two jets were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. |
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 19 militants
associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four
airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United
States.
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Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. |
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