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#REDIRECT [[September 11 attacks#Crashes]]
At 8:48 local time, a propeller plane crashed into the northern tower of the [[World Trade Center]]. About 18 minutes later, another plane (something like a 737) crashed into the southern tower of the building. About 10:00, one of the towers collapsed and half an hour later, the other. The first reports claim at least 1000 people injured.
At least one of the planes was a [[Boeing 767]] from [[American Airlines]]. It was hijacked on its way from [[Boston]].
Another crash (possibly a helicopter) has occured at the [[Pentagon]] and a bomb hidden in a car detonated at the State Department.
There were reports that the palestinian group [[DFLP]] ([[Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]) took responsibility for the crashes, but this was denied by a senior officer of the group soon after. Next in line to claim responsibility were the talibans of [[Afghanistan]].
All airplane traffic was grounded and the stock exchange on [[Wall Street]] has been closed. The [[White House]], the [[UN]] headquarters, and the [[Sears Tower]] in [[Chicago]] are evacuated, along with parts of [[Washington DC]] and [[New York City]].
As a side effect, just about every news site on the Internet slowed down to unusability as everyone tried to find more information about the plane crashes.
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What is the population of the building? This happened after 9AM New York time, so I assume everyone was at work. The building was probably full.
I went searching this morning for information about the building itself. So far, I haven't found much of use. Perhaps we can fill in background information on the building(s) in question?
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