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Two hijacked commercial planes slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001, causing both 110-story landmarks to collapse in devastating clouds of flames and smoke and killing a 'tremendous number' of people starting their workday inside. The first plane struck the northern tower at about 8:45 a.m., and a second plane hit the southern tower about 15 minutes later. A ball of fire is seen erupting from the south tower after the second attack. (Steven James Silva/Reuters) |
Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center and flames and debris explode from the second tower, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. In one of the most horrifying attacks ever against the United States, terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong) |
Smoke, flames and debris erupts from one of the World Trade Center towers as a plane strikes it Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The first tower was already burning following a terror attack minutes earlier. Terrorists crashed planes into the two buildings and collapsed both towers. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong) |
Smoke billows from the two World Trade Center towers after TWO planes crashed into each tower, in New York on September 11, 2001. (Peter Morgan/Reuters) |
The World Trade Center tower two falls to the ground after both towers were struck by airplanes September 11, 2001. The two enormous edifices both fell in a huge cloud of smoke and fire two hours after the initial impacts. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters) |
Firemen work near the base of the destroyed World Trade Center after planes crashed into each of the buildings in New York on September 11, 2001. Three hijacked planes crashed into major U.S. landmarks on Tuesday, destroying both of New York's mighty twin towers and plunging the Pentagon in Washington into flames, in an unprecedented assault on key symbols of U.S. military and financial power. (Peter Morgan/Reuters) |
Pedestrians and police run as a tower of the World Trade Center collapses after two planes crashed into the complex September 11, 2001. Loss of life is expected to be catastrophic from the collapse of the giant towers where some 50,000 people work. (Reuters TV) |
People run from the collapse of World Trade Center Tower Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett) |
A hijacked passenger plane smashed into the Pentagon September 11, 2001, setting off a huge explosion and fire and causing untold casualties in a devastating blow to the headquarters of the U.S. military. The attack, coinciding with similar incidents at the World Trade Center in New York, set off an immediate security alert in the American capital, with all federal buildings evacuated and F-16 fighter jets scrambled over the city. A rescue helicopter is seen surveying the damage to the Pentagon as fire fighters battle flames. (Larry Downing/Reuters) |
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