On 11 September 2001, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out by the extremist group al-Qaeda* against the United States.Two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing the buildings to collapse and another plane hit the western part of the Pentagon near Washington, DC. The fourth hijacked aircraft was forced by the passengers to crash-land near the city of Pittsburg in the state of Pennsylvania to prevent it causing any more civilian death.Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks, including passengers and crew members on the planes, office workers, and emergency responders.Take a look at rare photos of the terrorist attacks in Sputnik's gallery.*A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
September 11 - 9/11 - is a dark day in the annals of American history as it was on this day in 2001 that Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda* launched devastating attacks on some of the United States' most iconic landmarks.
On 11 September 2001, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out by the extremist group al-Qaeda* against the United States.
Two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing the buildings to collapse and another plane hit the western part of the Pentagon near Washington, DC. The fourth hijacked aircraft was forced by the passengers to crash-land near the city of Pittsburg in the state of Pennsylvania to prevent it causing any more civilian death.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks, including passengers and crew members on the planes, office workers, and emergency responders.
Take a look at rare photos of the terrorist attacks in Sputnik's gallery.
A New York Army National Guard Soldier mans a checkpoint at the World Trade Center in New York City on 14 September 2001 after the 9/11 attacks which brought down the Trade Center's Twin Towers. More than 14,000 members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, the City's Naval Militia and the Guard were on duty months after the attack.
President George W Bush, then president, was reading a storybook to a class of children in the Emma E Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, when he was told about the attack.
President Bush is seen through the windows of the Oval Office in the White House, Washington as he addresses the nation about terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon building.
A crying woman stands on the street with an ambulance in background. The attacks claimed the lives of 2,977 innocent people of various nationalities and backgrounds.
This photo released on 17 September 2001 by the US Navy Visual News service shows rescue workers conducting salvage operations descending deep into the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York.
Onboard the aircraft carrier USS EISENHOWER, US Navy Sailors watch televised news reports, showing the World Trade Center, during the terrorist attacks.
As rescue and recovery operations continued, family members gathered at the Pentagon building.
*A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
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![A sign states "All Crossings to New York Closed" after the terrorist attack. - Sputnik International](https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/09/0b/1113266854_0:0:1000:667_600x0_80_0_1_4a3702774feef19ae2353f87ec798e28.jpg "A sign states "All Crossings to New York Closed" after the terrorist attack.")
