why? and were was God? Same place where he was when Jesus died standing and holding out His arms to His creation September 11, 2001 attacks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Interested in contributing to Wikipedia? •Jump to: navigation, search “9/11” redirects here. For other uses, see 911 (disambiguation). September 11, 2001 attacks The towers burn shortly after United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower on the right. To its left is the still smoking North Tower, struck earlier by American Airlines Flight 11. Location New York City, U.S. (1st & 2nd) Arlington Co, VA, U.S. (3rd) Near Shanksville, PA, U.S.(4th) Target(s) World Trade Center and The Pentagon (fourth target is unknown, but suspected to be a location in Washington, D.C.; Al-Qaeda claims it was to be the United States Capitol)[1] Date Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:46 am – 10:28 am (UTC-4) Attack type Suicide attack, Aircraft hijacking Deaths 2,993 (including 19 terrorists) Injured Unknown Perpetrator(s) al Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden, see also Responsibility and Organizers on the right hand column [The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced "nine eleven") consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[2] suicide attacks by Islamic extremists on that date upon the United States of America. That morning nineteen terrorists[3] affiliated with al-Qaeda[4] hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Each team of hijackers included a trained pilot. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners (United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11) into the World Trade Center in New York City, one plane into each tower (1 WTC and 2 WTC), resulting in the collapse of both buildings soon afterward and extensive damage to nearby buildings. The hijackers crashed a third airliner (American Airlines Flight 77) into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. Passengers and members of the flight crew o...