Two passenger airliners hijacked by terrorists crashed into World Trade Center Building 1 and World Trade Center Building 2 in New York respectively. These two buildings collapsed after the attack, and five other buildings of the World Trade Center collapsed and were damaged in the earthquake. At about 9 o'clock, another hijacked passenger plane crashed into the Pentagon of the US Department of Defense in Washington, USA, and the local structure of the Pentagon was damaged and collapsed.
Event economic loss:
After the incident, American investors began to panic sell stocks, which led to a sharp drop in the stock market. Within a week, the Dow Jones index, Nasdaq index and S&P index fell by 14.3%,16. 1 1.6% respectively, and the stock was estimated to shrink by 1.4 trillion.
According to the estimation of new york audit officials, the direct loss of buildings and other properties caused by the incident reached 34 billion, the loss caused by casualties was 65.438+065.438+0 billion, and the cost of site cleaning and rescue in the disaster area was 65.438+0.4 billion.