2001

n. September 11, 2001, day in the year 2001 on which a destructive attack of terrorism was launched against the United States by Islamic terrorists when two hijacked commercial planes deliberately crashed into the Twin Towers and destroyed them (approximately 3,000 people lost their lives) and another plane deliberately crashed into the Pentagon (189 people who worked at the Pentagon were killed)

Also see: 2001 (disambiguation). Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar).By traditional interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium. Popular culture, however, mistakenly views the year 2000 as holding this distinction.Also see: Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year.
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