9/11 Terror Attacks: From World Trade Centre To The Pentagon, How These Sites Look Now
3 years, 3 months ago

9/11 Terror Attacks: From World Trade Centre To The Pentagon, How These Sites Look Now

ABP News  

The world has changed after the horrific 9/11 attacks and so has America! Almost two decades ago Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked planes to attack the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, killing almost 3,000 people. On the 19th anniversary of the deadly 9/11 attacks that rocked America, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will visit all three sites where the attacks took place. World Trade Centre Towers Located at the southwestern tip of Manhattan in New York City, World Trade Center in New York City was the site of the deadliest attack. The Pentagon Memorial, located just southwest of The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia has been a permanent outdoor memorial to the 184 people who died in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77 during the September 11 attacks.

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9/11 attacks: 23rd anniversary brings Biden, Harris, Trump together to ground zero | In photos
3 months, 4 weeks ago

9/11 attacks: 23rd anniversary brings Biden, Harris, Trump together to ground zero | In photos

Hindustan Times  

9/11 attacks: 23rd anniversary brings Biden, Harris, Trump together to ground zero | In photos September 11 marks the 23rd anniversary of the tragic fall of the Twin Towers of World Trade Centre in New York in terror strikes that killed 2,996 people.. 1 / 8 View Photos in a new improved layout President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential nominee …

9/11 Terror Attacks: Looking back at the ‘1 hour and 40 minutes’ that haunts US till date
3 months, 4 weeks ago

9/11 Terror Attacks: Looking back at the ‘1 hour and 40 minutes’ that haunts US till date

Live Mint  

The United States on Wednesday solemnly remembered the 2,977 lives lost in the 9/11 terror attack, which continues to cast a profound shadow over the nation. Al Qaeda leader Mohamed Atta flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan at 8:46 a.m. A satellite view of the 9/11 attacks. Seventeen …

New York City honors victims of 1993 World Trade Center bombing
10 months, 1 week ago

New York City honors victims of 1993 World Trade Center bombing

Hindustan Times  

NEW YORK — New York City has marked the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center that blew open a massive crater underneath one of the 110-story twin towers, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others years before the deadly attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. HT Image The Port Authority of New York and …

HT This Day: September 12, 2001 -- America under attack
1 year, 3 months ago

HT This Day: September 12, 2001 -- America under attack

Hindustan Times  

FORTRESS AMERICA was breached today by the world’s most spectacular terrorist attack. In the first of a series of coordinated attacks, two hijacked planes crashed into and levelled New York’s 110-storey World Trade Center in Washington DC, another hijacked aircraft wrecked parts of the Pentagon and a car bomb damaged the State Department. The attacks began shortly before 9 a.m. …

9/11 in photos as the US marks anniversary of terror attacks
1 year, 3 months ago

9/11 in photos as the US marks anniversary of terror attacks

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. People hang from the windows of …

Watch live: US flag unfurled from Pentagon roof to mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks
1 year, 3 months ago

Watch live: US flag unfurled from Pentagon roof to mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch live as a United …

9/11 Attacks: Two more victims identified, over 1,000 still unidentified
1 year, 3 months ago

9/11 Attacks: Two more victims identified, over 1,000 still unidentified

Live Mint  

September 9 attacks, also known as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the history of the United States. In 2001, the attacks including a series of airline hijacks and suicides against New York City and Washington DC caused extensive destruction as it took nearly 3,000 lives. After over two decades since the terrorist attacks, …

America pays tribute to 9/11 victims on 22nd anniversary of terror attacks
1 year, 3 months ago

America pays tribute to 9/11 victims on 22nd anniversary of terror attacks

India Today  

American citizens and leaders across the US on Monday paid tributes and honoured the memories of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the horrific September 11 terrorist attacks as the US commemorates 22 years of the tragedy. The victims of the 9/11 terror attacks were honoured during a solemn ceremony at the site of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum …

9/11 Terror Attacks: Joe Biden To Commemorate 21st Anniversary With Speech At Pentagon As Tributes Pour In
2 years, 3 months ago

9/11 Terror Attacks: Joe Biden To Commemorate 21st Anniversary With Speech At Pentagon As Tributes Pour In

ABP News  

New Delhi: 21 years after the deadliest terrorist assault to ever occur on American soil, Americans are remembering 9/11 with silent moments, reciting the names of the victims, volunteering, and carrying out other tributes on Sunday. US President Joe Biden will commemorate the 21st anniversary of the attacks on Sunday, while first lady Jill Biden will give a speech in …

9/11 attacks: US President Biden to mark 21st anniversary, tributes pour in
2 years, 3 months ago

9/11 attacks: US President Biden to mark 21st anniversary, tributes pour in

Hindustan Times  

As America remembers 9/11 with moments of silence, US President Joe Biden will mark the 21st anniversary of the attacks at the Pentagon on Sunday. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband are due at the World Trade Centre in New York, new agency AP reported. File image of the annual 'Tribute in Light' that marks the anniversary of the …

21 Years Since 9/11: Did You Know These Facts About the Deadliest Attacks on US Soil?
2 years, 3 months ago

21 Years Since 9/11: Did You Know These Facts About the Deadliest Attacks on US Soil?

News 18  

The September 11 attacks, also knowns as the 9/11 attacks, on the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York were the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of modern civilisation. Nineteen terrorists of the Islamist extremist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial planes to carry out attacks in different locations in the USA. Of these, 2,753 people were …

21 years of 9/11 attacks: Wrenching to remember, impossible to forget - collapse of the World Trade Center
2 years, 3 months ago

21 years of 9/11 attacks: Wrenching to remember, impossible to forget - collapse of the World Trade Center

India TV News  

Highlights Five men accused of 9/11-related crimes still sit in a US detention center in Guantanamo Bay The September 11 attack day was a day of indelible images — apocalyptic, surreal, violent, ghostly Street scenes charted escalating horror as people stared and wept at the burning skyscrapers 21 years of 9/11 attacks: On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were …

Remembering 9/11: The evil we do is the evil we get
3 years, 3 months ago

Remembering 9/11: The evil we do is the evil we get

Salon  

I was in Times Square in New York City shortly after the second plane banked and plowed into the South Tower. The stunningly naïve rhetoric, which saturated the media, saw the blues artist Willie King sit up all night and write his song "Terrorized". Over the past two decades we have extinguished the lives of hundreds of thousands of people …

20 Years of 9/11 Terror Attacks: Commemoration Begins at Ground Zero in New York
3 years, 3 months ago

20 Years of 9/11 Terror Attacks: Commemoration Begins at Ground Zero in New York

News 18  

The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on US soil. President Joe Biden, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, members of Congress, and other dignitaries joined a crowd of victims’ relatives Saturday on the September 11 memorial …

9/11 attacks failed to drive our nations apart: UK PM Boris Johnson
3 years, 3 months ago

9/11 attacks failed to drive our nations apart: UK PM Boris Johnson

India Today  

The Sept. 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks in the United States failed to divide those who believe in freedom and democracy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a video message marking the 20th anniversary of that day. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, including more than 2,600 at the World Trade Center in New York, after hijackers seized control of …

9/11 Memorial Site Should Remind Us of Collective Resolve to Fight Terrorism: India
3 years, 3 months ago

9/11 Memorial Site Should Remind Us of Collective Resolve to Fight Terrorism: India

News 18  

Marking the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks in the US, the members of the UN Security Council has said that they are as united today as they were two decades ago in their commitment to prevent and counter terrorism in all its forms, as India underlined that the 9/11 Memorial should remind nations of the collective resolve …

11 images that bring back the horror of 9/11 attacks
3 years, 4 months ago

11 images that bring back the horror of 9/11 attacks

India Today  

On the morning of September 11, 2001, exactly two decades ago, al-Qaeda terrorists used commercial planes as missiles and crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. A person falls from the north tower of New York's World Trade Center Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center …

Though it happened 20 years ago, the repercussions of 9/11 are still felt.
3 years, 4 months ago

Though it happened 20 years ago, the repercussions of 9/11 are still felt.

The Hindu  

On September 11, 2001, four aeroplanes, hijacked by terrorists, rammed into buildings in the U.S. — one crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania — and left a trail of death and devastation, whose effects are felt to this day. The twin World Trade Center Towers constructed in 1973, were a New York landmark. In October 2001, the U.S. led …

Pentagon survivors recall horror of 9/11 attack, reflect on war
3 years, 4 months ago

Pentagon survivors recall horror of 9/11 attack, reflect on war

Al Jazeera  

Twenty-nine people inside the Pentagon were killed when Flight 77 carrying 64 including five hijackers crashed into it. “It was just a beautiful, normal day coming to work at the Pentagon.” said Army Colonel Marilyn Wills, a congressional affairs officer who was sitting at a conference table in a meeting when a commercial airliner struck the Pentagon. “I walked down …

How 9/11 Changed the World & America-Pakistan-India Trilateral
5 years, 3 months ago

How 9/11 Changed the World & America-Pakistan-India Trilateral

The Quint  

On that sparkling morning, they carried chemical sprays, utility knives and box-cutters through airport security. And when they broke into the cockpits mid-flight to hijack the aircraft, only one team faced enough resistance to prevent it from reaching its target. The other aircraft struck their targets with sickening precision, abetted by an alarming lack of communication and coordination among US …

How 9/11 Changed the World & America-Pakistan-India Trilateral
5 years, 3 months ago

How 9/11 Changed the World & America-Pakistan-India Trilateral

The Quint  

On that sparkling morning, they carried chemical sprays, utility knives and box-cutters through airport security. And when they broke into the cockpits mid-flight to hijack the aircraft, only one team faced enough resistance to prevent it from reaching its target. The other aircraft struck their targets with sickening precision, abetted by an alarming lack of communication and coordination among US …

9/11 attacks: Air traffic controllers reveal horror of day in book detailing graphic accounts
5 years, 3 months ago

9/11 attacks: Air traffic controllers reveal horror of day in book detailing graphic accounts

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The plane’s being hijacked.” The pilots on United 175 also heard Atta’s commands, and reported to New York air-traffic control: …

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