Sept. 11, 2001 was the darkest day in 21st century American history, when 19 al-Qaida terrorists highjacked four commercial jetliners to destroy four different targets, each a symbol of American greatness.
Those targets were the North and South Twin Towers of lower Manhattan’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Arlington county, Virginia, and either the Capitol Building or the White House in Washington, D.C.
Nearly three thousand Americans lost their lives that day, including 343 firefighters, 71 law enforcement officers, eight paramedics, and 55 military personnel.
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