Sept. 11, 2001, changed the United States forever. Twenty years later, we look back on that devastating day.
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, two hijacked commercial planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Thousands of people died, and the attack helped catapult the United States into its longest war. Twenty years later, the country is still reflecting on the chaos and heartbreak of that day.Above: The second tower of the World Trade Center explodes into flames after being hit by an airplane in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
Pedestrians run from the scene as one of the World Trade Center towers collapses on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York.A lone firefighter moves through piles of debris at the site of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.Rescue workers carry the fatally injured Rev. Mychal Judge, who served as the New York City Fire Department chaplain, from one of the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
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