September 11 -- 20 years later

Resources about this act of terrorism that happened on American soil on September 11, 2001.

"On September 11, 2001, the United States was the target of multiple terrorist attacks, when members of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes, flying one into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and two into the World Trade Center in New York City. A fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after people on board attempted to thwart its hijackers. Nearly three thousand people were killed in what was the worst terrorist attack in US history. The events of 9/11 helped precipitate the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the loss of many more lives, and huge economic repercussions that would continue to affect the United States in the decades that followed." --Overview from the Gale in Context; College database.  This database is available free to not just NSCC students, but all Tennesseans through the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).