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The September 11 attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in human history, causing the deaths of 2,996 people, including 2,977 victims and 19 hijackers who committed murder–suicide. Thousands [ a ] more were injured, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and long-term health effects have arisen as a consequence of the attacks.
The alleged planner of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, was arrested in Pakistan in 2003. Al-Qaeda still exists. It is strongest in Sub-Saharan Africa but even now has members inside ...
A rose and a photograph are placed on one of the victims' names at the north reflecting pool of the National 9/11 Memorial, two days before the 19th anniversary of attacks, in the lower section of ...
The Bush administration invoked 9/11 in its justifications for new wars in Afghanistan, where al-Qaeda had been based, and Iraq, which had no connection to the attacks. Twenty years later, the ...
In particular, the fires on floors 7 through 9 and 11 through 13 continued to burn out of control during the afternoon. [86] At approximately 2:00 pm, firefighters noticed a bulge in the southwest corner of 7 World Trade Center between the 10th and 13th floors, a sign that the building was unstable and might cave to one side or "collapse". [87]
Ground was broken for the Flight 93 National Memorial on November 8, 2009, and the first phase of construction is expected to be ready for the 10th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2011. 9/11 Tribute Center; Survivors' Staircase; World Trade Center cross; International Freedom Center; Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks
A person walks though the Empty Sky 9/11 memorial as the sun rises behind the skyline of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on 23 years since the 9/11 attacks, as seen from Jersey City ...
A video on the risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of 9/11 exposures. A study published two months after 9/11 found that Americans across the country experienced substantial symptoms of stress after the attacks. [25] Two subsequent studies found that exposure to the attacks was a predictor of the development of PTSD.