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200111 September 2001 · Lower Manhattan

September 11 attacks

The South Pool of the National September 11 Memorial, set in the footprint of the World Trade Center tower
Photo: NormanB. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Al-Qaeda hijackers flew two airliners into the World Trade Center towers in New York and a third into the Pentagon; a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. The attacks led to US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and to a new era of security measures. Two memorial pools now fill the towers' footprints.

Sites

  1. Site 1: National September 11 MemorialTwo pools in the towers' footprints, edged with victims' names.Map ↗
  2. Site 2: St. Paul's Chapel18th-century chapel that became a relief centre for recovery workers.Map ↗

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