Twenty-five years have passed since the series of coordinated terrorist attacks carried out in the United States on September 11, 2001.
Sea-news.az reports that, according to official data, a total of 2,977 people lost their lives in the tragedy.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger airplanes. Two of the aircraft were flown into the 110-story twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, D.C.
The fourth plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. According to reports, as a result of passengers and crew members resisting the hijackers, the aircraft was prevented from reaching its intended target.
Economic losses in New York City resulting from the terrorist attacks are estimated at approximately 36 billion dollars. The cleanup of the World Trade Center debris took over eight months, while the restoration of the damaged western section of the Pentagon was completed in September 2002.
The U.S. government attributed the organization of the September 11 terrorist attacks to Usama bin Laden, the leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.
Among those who perished in the tragedy were numerous first responders and law enforcement personnel, including 343 firefighters from the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), 23 police officers from the NYPD, and 37 Port Authority police officers.
The events of September 11 not only stand as the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history but also triggered profound, long-lasting changes in the country’s security policy and global international relations.
