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[[Image:National Park Service 9-11 Statue of Liberty and WTC fire.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The view of the burning towers of the World Trade Center from Staten Island, New York City, September 11, 2001]]

The '''Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001''' occurred when [[al Qaeda]]-affiliated [[Islam|Islamic extremists]] hijacked four transcontinental airliners and used them to strike targets in the [[United States]], succeeded in destroying the largest portions of what had been ''The World Trade Center'', including the "Twin Towers", in New York City, and a portion of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; the fourth aircraft, in which the hijackers are believed to have targeted the White House or the Capital Building, crashed into an empty field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers fought back to re-take control.   

The '''Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001''' occurred when [[al Qaeda]]-affiliated [[Islam|Islamic extremists]] hijacked four transcontinental airliners and used them to strike targets in the [[United States]], succeeded in destroying the largest portions of what had been ''The World Trade Center'', including the "Twin Towers", in New York City, and a portion of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; the fourth aircraft, in which the hijackers are believed to have targeted the White House or the Capital Building, crashed into an empty field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers fought back to re-take control.   

==The Hijacking==

==The Hijacking==

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[[Image:9-11.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The impact of United Flight 175 on the south tower of the World Trade Center.  The north tower burns after the crash of American Flight 11 some 16 minutes before.]]

All 19 hijackers boarded the planes on the morning of September 11, having carefully chosen flights whose routes would be transcontinental.  Two planes flew out of Boston's Logan Airport, one flew from Washington's Dulles International Airport, and the fourth left an airport in Newark, New Jersey.

All 19 hijackers boarded the planes on the morning of September 11, having carefully chosen flights whose routes would be transcontinental.  Two planes flew out of Boston's Logan Airport, one flew from Washington's Dulles International Airport, and the fourth left an airport in Newark, New Jersey.