Module 10 ( 3. What does 9/11 refer to? Give a short overview of the disaster. ) :

Terrorism

The September 11 att

acks (often referred to as September 11th or 9/11) 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 commercial passenger jet airliners.The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners 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 buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passe

ngers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.

2,973 victims and the 19 hijackers died as a result of the attacks. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 90 countries. In addition, the death of at least one person from lung

disease was ruled by a medical examiner to be a result of exposure to dust from the World Trade Center's collapse.

Attack type: aircraft hijacking, suicide attack

Injured: 6000+

Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
8:46 am (2001-09-11T08:46) – 10:28 am