The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is honoring the nearly 3,000 killed on Sept. 11, 2001, and the six killed on Feb. 26, 1993, in two terrorist attacks committed in lower Manhattan, as well as at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
Remembering the Attacks
On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 Muslim men who were members of the Islamic terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, led by Saudi national Osama Bin Ladin, hijacked four commercial planes. Two planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers fought the hijackers and diverted the plane from its intended target.
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which occurred on Feb. 26, 1993, was committed by several Islamic terrorists, all men, led by a Pakistani national. The attack killed six people and injured hundreds.
Commemoration
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is offering multiple ways for Americans to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11, including online educational programs and a downloadable 25th anniversary toolkit. The memorial consists of grounds that cover the World Trade Center complex, including two memorial pools constructed in the footprint of where each tower once stood.
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