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Thick black smoke billows from the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers in New York City, with trees and a street in the foreground, on September 11, 2001. Thematic map of the northeastern United States showing the flight paths of the four hijacked planes during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Color-coded arrows trace the routes of American Airlines flights 11 and 77, and United Airlines flights 175 and 93, with destinations in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Major cities and state boundaries are labeled for context.
A uniformed arm rests a hand on a service cap beside a small American flag. Large text reads: remembering 9/11.
United Airlines flight 175 The Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. with a section collapsed and engulfed in flames and thick smoke following the September 11, 2001 attack. George W. Bush on Air Force One after the September 11 attacks September 11 attacks September 11 attacks: United Airlines flight 93, Pennsylvania September 11 attacks: World Trade Center President George W. Bush sits at a desk in the Oval Office, speaking to the American public on the evening of September 11, 2001, with hands raised, a printed speech in front of him and an American flag in the background.
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Timeline of the September 11 Attacks: Media

How the September 11, 2001, attacks unfolded hour by hour.
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25 Years Later, How Do We Remember 9/11?
It's a day to “never forget.” But what does remembrance look like 25 years later?
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September 11 attacks
Smoke billowing from the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center after...
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Flight paths on September 11, 2001
The routes of the four U.S. planes hijacked during the terrorist attacks of September...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
United Airlines flight 175
Hijacked flight 175 seconds before crashing into the South Tower of the World Trade...
Carmen Taylor/AP Images
September 11 attacks: Pentagon
Fire and smoke billowing from the Pentagon after hijackers crashed American Airlines...
Cpl. Jason Ingersoll, USMC/U.S. Department of Defense
George W. Bush on Air Force One after the September 11 attacks
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush conferring with his chief of staff aboard Air Force One,...
Eric Draper/The White House
September 11 attacks
The rubble at the World Trade Center site in New York City following the September...
PH2 Jim Watson, USN/U.S. Department of Defense
September 11 attacks: United Airlines flight 93, Pennsylvania
Wreckage of United Airlines flight 93, which was crashed during the terrorist attacks...
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (U.S. v. Moussaoui)
September 11 attacks: World Trade Center
Aerial view of the World Trade Center in New York City after its collapse following...
PHC Eric J. Tilford/U.S. Navy
George W. Bush: speech after the September 11, 2001, attacks
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush addressing the country from the Oval Office on September...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (5997253)

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Britannica's guide to the September 11 attacks
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