Pre-University Paper from the year 2013 in the subject Didactics - English - Discussion and Essays, grade: 2-, , language: English, abstract: On September 11, 2001 a total of 19 terrorists hijacked 4 civilian aircraft and headed to different targets in the United States. Two planes were steered into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the third plane hit the pentagon in Arlington, Virginia the fourth plane which headed to the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The two towers in New York City collapsed because of the large explosion that was caused by the large amount of fuel remaining in the aircraft. The collapse caused damage to the other buildings of the WTC so that some hours later the seventh of the building complex collapsed too. The attack in New York City killed 2,606 people inside the towers, the aircraft and on the ground. The third plane hit the west side of the Pentagon and killed 189 people. The crash of the plane in Arlington costs the life of all 44 passengers. A total of 2,996 people lost their life on the September 11 attacks including operational forces of the police and firefighters.1 [...] 1 SpiegelTV DVD 11. September