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On the morning of [[September 11]], [[2001]], what might well be the most devastating [[terrorist incidents|terrorist attack]] in the history of the world occurred concurrently in [[New York City]], [[Washington, D.C.]] and near [[Pittsburgh]]. Four passenger jets were [[/Hijackers|hijacked]] and then deliberately crashed into the [[World Trade Center]] and the [[Pentagon]]. Both towers of the World Trade Center subsequently collapsed, and part of the Pentagon was destroyed in the ensuing fire. [[/Casualties|Casualties]] are expected to be in the thousands: 265 on the planes; about 3000 people (early estimates ranged as high as 6500 people), including hundreds of firefighters who had rushed in, at the World Trade Center; and 125 at the Pentagon. The third hijacked plane was taken down in a Pennsyvania field by the heroic efforts of
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