By Sushant Agarwal
Published on | Sep 11, 2025
A series of events in the US mark the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, one of the darkest days in modern history.
On September 11, 2001, hijackers seized four US passenger planes and launched coordinated attacks on New York and Washington DC.
✈️ Two planes hit the Twin Towers in New York ✈️ One plane struck the Pentagon ✈️ Fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back
- 2,977 lives lost (excluding hijackers) - 246 passengers & crew killed on planes - 2,606 died in Twin Towers - 125 killed at the Pentagon
Victims ranged from a 2-year-old girl to an 82-year-old man. Citizens from 77 countries died. 441 New York first responders never returned home.
The plot was devised by al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden. 19 hijackers carried out the attacks, most of them from Saudi Arabia.
The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 to target al-Qaeda. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was arrested in 2003 while Laden was killed in 2011, both in Pakistan.
✈️ Global flight security tightened 🏛️ TSA formed in the US 🕊️ Memorial & museum at Ground Zero 🏙️ One World Trade Center rises 1,776 ft
Ground Zero cleanup took 8 months. Pentagon was rebuilt in under a year. America rebuilt, but memories of 9/11 remain forever etched in history.
24 years later, the world remembers the lives lost, the heroes who stepped forward, and the day that reshaped global history.