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A set of hijacking-based suicide attacks carried out by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda against various targets in the United States on September 11, 2001. Al-Qaeda operatives took control of several commercial airliners, ramming two into the Twin Towers in New York City and a third into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. The fourth aircraft crashed in an isolated area following an attempted seizure of control from the passengers.
