On the morning of September 1 Sunday, 2006 (the evening of September1KLOC-0/Sunday, Beijing time), terrorists hijacked four passenger airliners and crashed into the World Trade Center (the Twin Towers) in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Six buildings, including the landmark World Trade Center (Twin Towers) in new york, USA, were completely destroyed, and 23 high-rise buildings were damaged. The Pentagon, where the headquarters of the US Department of Defense is located, was also attacked.
The incident * * * killed 320 1 person (including 343 firefighters). Only three survivors were rescued after the building collapsed. This incident has had a profound psychological impact on the American people, and their sense of economic and political security has been seriously weakened.
20 14 On March 24th, the "9 1 1" Memorial Foundation of the World Trade Center officially announced in new york that the "9 1 1" Memorial Hall was officially opened to the public on May 24th, 1965.
On 2001September 1 1 day, terrorists hijacked four American airliners, two of which crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, one crashed into a corner of the Pentagon in Washington, and the other crashed. This series of attacks resulted in 320/kloc-0 deaths and hundreds of billions of dollars in direct and indirect economic losses.
Venue: 9. 1 1 new york, new york, D.C., shanks, Pennsylvania.
Time: September 2006, 7:58 am to 65: 438+06: 438+06: 438+0 (Eastern Daylight Time) (Beijing time, September, 65: 438+06: 438+0).
Target: World Trade Center, US Department of Defense-Pentagon.
Form: hijacking, suicide attack.
Death toll: 320 1 (including the murderer).
Number of injured: 629 1.
The main murderer: Al Qaeda.
At 8: 40 am EST on September 1 1, four domestic civil aviation flights were hijacked almost at the same time. Two of them crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, new york, and one attacked the Pentagon, where the US Department of Defense is located. The fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania. According to the investigation afterwards, the passengers on board tried to take back the control of the plane from the hijackers.