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Hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, the first of four coordinated al-Qaeda attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Nineteen al-Qaeda hijackers crashed four airliners into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people.