1. 9/11 (WTC)
One of the deadliest and horrifying attacks in the history of terrorism was 9/11 in World Trade Centre, United States. It was a series of 4 coordinated attacks by Islamic group al-Qaeda on 11th September, 2001. The attack killed 2996 people and injured 6000 and property of $10 billion was destroyed and $3 trillion of total cost.
Four passenger flights were hijacked and had 19 terrorist in total. Out of the 4, 2 were crashed into the World Trade Centre which collapsed affecting the buildings nearby. The 3rd plane crashed into Pentagon in Virginia and 4th plane crashed in the fields of Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania after the passengers resisted against the hijackers. The attack caused damage to the economy of Manhattan and also global markets. The cleaning of the WTC ended in May 2002 and Pentagon was repaired within a year.
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