Pardafas Reporter
Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work, and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
Victims’ relatives and dignitaries will convene Sunday at the places where hijacked jets crashed on Sept. 11, 2001 — the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.
Other communities around the country are marking the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services, and other commemorations. Some Americans are joining in volunteer projects on a day that is federally recognized as both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
The September 11 attacks, also knowns as the 9/11 attacks, on the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York were the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of modern civilization. The attacks left thousands dead, and millions scarred for life. Nineteen terrorists of the Islamist extremist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial planes to carry out attacks in different locations in the USA.
Two of these hijacked planes then crashed into the twin towers of Ney York’s World Trade Centre. The attackers first crashed into floors 93 and 99 of the North Tower of WTC at 8:46 AM. Before anyone could even realize a thing, the second plane hit the South Tower of WTC 17 minutes later at 9:03 AM.
When the towers were struck, between 16,400 and 18,000 people were in the WTC complex.
The third plane deliberately crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. After learning about the other attacks, passengers on the fourth hijacked plane fought back, and the plane was eventually crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania.
The 9/11 attacks killed 2,977 people from 93 nations. Of these, 2,753 people were killed in the twin tower attacks in New York whereas 184 people were killed at the Pentagon; and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
The plan for the 9/11 attacks was hedged by Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his associates. Fifteen of the 19 terrorists involved in the attacks were from Saudi Arabia, two were from the United Arab Emirates, one was from Lebanon, and one was from Egypt.
Following the 9/11 attacks, the USA launched a strike on global terrorism and carried out several operations to neutralize several locations of al-Qaeda and other such organizations. The US agencies were finally able to kill Osama bin Laden in 2011 in a military operation at his location in Pakistan’s Abbottabad.
In August this year, the USA killed another key member of the conspiracy of the 9/11 attacks, Ayman al-Zawahiri. The US agency neutralized the Al-Qaeda leader in a drone attack in Afghanistan.
