September 11 attacks (also 9/11 attacks) were suicide bombings attacks by 19 terrorists who hijacked 4 passenger airline planes from the eastern coast of USA and blew them in their respective targets. Two of the planes hit the twin towers of World Trade Center in New York, the third plane destroyed the west wall of Pentagon in Virginia while the fourth plane was crashed in Pennsylvania while its possible target was White House or Capitol . Almost 3,000 people were killed during these attacks including 19 hijackers, 72 security personnel and 343 firefighters. Events During Attacks Path of AA11 Flight from Boston to New York A Boeing 767 aircraft of American Airlines Flight 11 took off from Boston’s Logan Airport at 7:59 am (local time) on 11 th September 2001. After around 15 minutes, hijackers took control of the plane after overpowering pilot and the crew members. Muhammad Atta was leading the hijack while there were total five hijackers in the airliner. At 8:46 a
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