September 11th, 2001
Many people worldwide know this date by heart without any further information because it was a fateful day thought to have changed the course of history. Though there is much controversy over what really occurred on this day, the official story is that 19 al-Qaeda terrorist group members boarded 4 different flights and hijacked them.
Their intention was to attack buildings in Washington, D.C. and New York City and their attack on the World Trade Center towers were the most tragic and heavily covered by news. In total, the attacks claimed the lives of 2,996 people and the photograph above is of United Airlines Flight 175 crashing into the South Tower.
