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The September 11 Attacks
New York, New York, United StatesSeptember 11, 2001
On September 11, 2001, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes, crashing two into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, one into the Pentagon, and one into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back. The attacks killed 2,977 people and triggered the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the War on Terror, and sweeping changes to American security, immigration, and civil liberties. Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by U.S. Navy SEALs on May 2, 2011.