The "September 11 attacks", also known as "911" and "9/11 terrorist attacks", were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center in New York, United States.
On the morning of September 11, 2001 (Eastern Time), two civilian airliners hijacked by terrorists crashed into The World Trade Center Building One and The World Trade Center Building Ii in New York, the United States, and the two buildings collapsed one after another after being attacked, and the remaining five buildings of the World Trade Center were also destroyed and damaged by the earthquake; at about 9 o'clock, another hijacked passenger plane crashed into the Pentagon of the United States Department of Defense in Washington, D.C., and the local structure of the Pentagon was damaged and collapsed.
After 9/11, militaries across the country were on high alert. Although the Taliban issued a statement saying that the terrorist incident was not related to bin Laden, the U.S. government still identified bin Laden as the number one suspect in the terrorist attack. In response to the attack, the United States launched a "war on terror," invading Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban hiding al-Qaida terrorists and passing the U.S. Patriot Act. On October 7, 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush announced the start of a military offensive against Afghanistan.
9/11 was the worst terrorist attack on the U.S. mainland, with 2,996 victims (including 19 terrorists). The United Nations issued a report saying that the terrorist attack caused economic losses to the United States amounted to $200 billion, equivalent to 2% of the gross domestic product of that year, and the damage to the global economy even reached about $1 trillion. The psychological impact of this incident on the American people is extremely far-reaching, and the American people's sense of security for the economy and politics has been seriously weakened.
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Chinese name
9/11
Foreign name
september 11 attacks
alias
9/11 terrorist attacks, 911