9/11 Anniversary: Remembering One Of The Deadliest Terrorist Attack In The World That Changed America

On September 11, 2001,a hijacked commercial plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Today marks the 19th anniversary of the attack which is considered as one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the world. The landmark skyscrapers were destroyed in the attack and Washington unleashed an all-out war on terrorism marking a turning point in US-Arab relations as With 15 of the 19 suicide hijackers carrying Saudi nationality and mastermind Osama bin Laden being the scion of a leading Saudi family.Image (AFP)

World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in the Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The hijackers affiliated to the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda crashed the two Boeing 767 planes onto the building destroying both the North and South Towers which completely collapsed. file photo shows smoke billowing up after the first of the two towers of the World Trade Center collapses in New York City. Another plane was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, DC and a fourth was crashed into a field in Pennylvania. Image (AFP)