By The Associated Press
Published: 9/11/2026, 6:11:26 AM EDT
On Sept. 11, 2001, #al-Qaida #terrorists hijacked four commercial jets and crashed them into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The impacts brought down the World Trade Center’s twin towers—icons of U.S. economic power, and among the tallest buildings on #Earth—and blew a hole in the Pentagon, the U.S. #military’s fortress-like headquarters near #Washington.
The fourth plane also was headed for the nation’s capital, officials concluded, but the #aircraft went down in #Pennsylvania after passengers and crew members stormed the cockpit and fought the hijackers.
“In the course of #history, there are a few moments that divide time into, really, what came before and after”, #President Donald Trump said at a 9/11 remembrance in Washington this week. The Republican, who was in his native New York on Sept. 11 and has often recounted his memories, plans to attend the Pentagon’s anniversary ceremony on Friday.