The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total of 19 hijackers commandeered four commercial passenger airliners.
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The September 11 Attacks, 2001
The morning that changed the modern world
On 11 September 2001, 19 hijackers from the terrorist group al-Qaeda seized four passenger planes over the eastern United States. Two were flown into the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center, which collapsed within two hours. A third struck the Pentagon near Washington. On the fourth, passengers fought back, and it crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in history. The attacks led to the war in Afghanistan, sweeping new security laws and the airport checks travellers still go through today.
Did you know?343 New York firefighters died in the rescue effort, the largest loss of firefighters in a single event in US history.
The 26th anniversary falls on September 11, 2027.
