Terrorists Attack the Pentagon and World Trade Center
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Human Rights, Violence, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C., New York City, Pennsylvania
- Date: September 11, 2001
Article abstract: The use of hijacked jetliners as flying bombs directed against densely populated civilian targets was the largest-scale act of terrorism on U.S. territory and raised the scale of terrorist violence to an unprecedented level.
Summary of Event
Around the beginning of the business day in the eastern United States, two American Airlines jetliners and two United Airlines jetliners were hijacked after taking off from Boston and Washington, D.C. Three of the four planes were deliberately smashed into targets in order to kill as many people and...
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