The September 11 attacks (often referred to as 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Islamic extremists belonging to the Al-Qaeda movement upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, terrorists affiliated with Al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.. more

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