On September 11th of 2001 there was four airliners hijacked. All together there were 19 hijackers. The first two plans hit the World Trade Centers and the third plane hit the Pentagon. On the third plane passenger tried to regain control of the plane and as soon as the hijackers thought they might lose control they decided to roll it and it crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. They said there were passengers on the plane making calls from the air phones explaining what the hijackers looked like and talking about knifes and different weapons they were using to stab and kill people.Two of the planes were United Airlines and two of the planes were American Airlines. The first plane crashed into the north tower at 8:36 am and the second plane crashed into the south building at 9:03 am. Within two hours both of the building had completely collapsed. There were no survivers on any of the planes. In all 2,993 people died.These attacks were called suicide attacks. These hijackers were from a group called Al-Qaeda. This is a Islamist group founded between August 1988 and late 1989 and early 1990.This group has attacked different civilian and military targets in different countries. The best known attack is the September 11 attacks in 2001. The US reacted to these attacks by launching the war on terrorism. Between three thousand and four thousand members of the network have been captured and many thousands more have been killed on the front of Afghanistan.More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks on the World Trade Center.In the World Trade Center attacks hundreds were killed instantly by the impact of the airliners. Some civilians were also trapped around the area of impact and above it and died later in the tower collapse.AT LEAST 200 people jumped to their deaths from the burning towers.411 emergency workers who attempted to rescue people and fight fires died. The fire department lost 341 firefighters and 2 paramedics and the New York City Police Department lost 23 officers.The investigation of this attack was the largest in the history of the FBI. It involved over 7,000 special agents.The plot for this attack began in 1999 when several different meetings were held.The basic reason for the attack is they wanted to end the presence of U.S. troops in Saudia Arabia.
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