| On September 11th 2001 four groups of terrorists from al-Qaeda, hijacked four aircraft. The first two were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the third crashed into the Pentagon, the fourth crashed into a field in Pennslyvania. The first aircraft, American Airlines Flt 11 crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46AM. At 9:03 United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the WTC, At 9:37 American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. AT at 10:00 the fourth plane that was also heading for Washington crashed into a field in Pennsylvania at 10AM after the passengers attempted to take back control of the plane. Those passengers had heard by phone of the fate of the earlier aircraft.
At 9:59 the South tour of the WTC collapsed followee by the the north tower which collapsed at 10:28. A total 2595 including 343 fire fighters and policemen were killed in the World Trade Center. 175 were killed in the Pentagon and 265 passengers of the planes died.
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