Al Qaeda's 9/11 Attacks Killed 2,977 in 2001 as US Marks 25th Anniversary
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Al Qaeda's 9/11 Attacks Killed 2,977 in 2001 as US Marks 25th Anniversary
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Summary
2,977 people were killed when 19 Al Qaeda hijackers flew two planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, in an attack the report revisits on its 25th anniversary.
8:46 a.m. marked the first strike on the North Tower; a second plane hit the South Tower soon after, confirming to witnesses on the ground that the United States was under attack.
Ground Zero survivors and chaplains recalled the collapse, mass civilian deaths and the actions of FDNY, NYPD, Port Authority officers and Flight 93 passengers who tried to save others.
The remembrance also extends to thousands of rescue and recovery workers who later died from illnesses linked to toxic exposure at Ground Zero.
Twenty-five years on, the anniversary is framed as both a memorial to the dead and a warning to teach younger generations what happened so it is not forgotten.