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== =September 11= On September 11, 2001 there were a attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercail passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the aitliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings both building collapsed within two hours.

Nearly 3,000 victims and the 19 hijackers died in the attacks. According to the New York State Health Department, 836 responders, including firefighters and police personnel, have died as of June 2009. Among the 2,752 victims who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center were 343 firefighters and 60 police officers from New York City and the Port Authority.184 people were killed in the attacks on the Pentagon.The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 70 countries.