World Trade Center - Attack on America (9/11) 2 Sept 2001 - A Tribute

World Trade Center - Attack on America (9/11) 2 Sept 2001 - A Tribute The background song is called "Blind Man Wandering" and the artist singing it is someone by the name of Marisa (from the album "East of Everything") The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11th or 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Islamic al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, DC There were no survivors from any of the flights. The death toll of the attacks was 2996, including the 19 hijackers. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 70 countries. In addition, there is at least one secondary death -- one person was ruled by a medical examiner to have died from lung disease due to exposure to dust from the World Trade ...