On September 11, 2001, almost 3,000 people were killed in the worst terrorist attack on American soil in U.S. history. Nearly 3,000 people died when planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon. The passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 were killed when the plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, missing its intended target.
On February 10, 2010, ABC News obtained numerous aerial photographs taken on that fateful day. The images were requested by filing a request with the National Institute of Standards and Technology through the Freedom of Information Act.http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/slideshow?id=9763032
This page links to images of the attacks and the aftermath.
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Fast Facts
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Deaths
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The site where the Twin Towers stood is referred to as "ground zero"
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The attacks on the U.S. were a series of suicide missions
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Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center
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A third plane crashed into the Pentagon
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A fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania
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ABC News obtained copies of never before seen aerial photos
