23 years after the September 11 2001 attack of The World Trade Center in New York City, American citizens, witnesses and people from across nations, have commemorated the tragic event. In various posts on social media with the hashtag #Remembering 9 11, bereaved individuals and survivors have recounted the harrowing experience that led to the deaths of 2,977 people in an attack that is now known as the deadliest terrorist attack in world history. Today, September 11, Americans observe Patriot Day, the National Day of Service and Remembrance, in memory of the 911 tragedy.
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The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. On that morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East Coast to California. The hijackers crashed the first two planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and aimed the next two flights toward targets in or near Washington, D.C., in an attack on the nation's capital. The third team succeeded in striking the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense in Arlington County, Virginia, while the fourth plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania during a passenger revolt. Years after the attacks, legal disputes over the costs of illnesses related to the attacks were still in the court system. On October 17, 2006, a federal judge rejected New York City's refusal to pay for health costs for rescue workers, allowing for the possibility of numerous suits against the city. A reconstruction of The One World Trade Center commenced on on April 27, 2006, and reached its full height on May 20, 2013. The center was reopened on 3rd November 2014.
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