9/11 attacks
September terrorist tragedy
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, when hijackers crashed commercial airplanes into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon near Washington, D.C.; a fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.
Nearly 3,000 people died.
The date has become shorthand for the event and its aftermath: post-9/11 security measures, the 9/11 Commission Report.
Also written September 11 attacks or simply 9/11.
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