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September 11, 2001 is a black day in the history of mankind: this terrible terrorist attack claimed the lives of almost three thousand people. Moreover, among them there could be celebrities. Today, the men's magazine MPORT will tell you about the stars who almost went to the next world.

Larry Silverstein

Larry Silverstein is an American billionaire entrepreneur and real estate developer. In July 2001, he rented the twin towers of the World Trade Center for 99 years (actually bought them). On September 11, the owner was on the 88th floor of the north tower. Thank God, his wife called him and reminded him that Larry needed to go to the dermatologist for an appointment. Thus one of richest in the world this remained alive.

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Michael Lomonaco

American television knows everything about the famous restaurateur and host of cooking shows Michael Lomonaco. And even the fact that on September 11, before the next broadcast, he popped into the Craftlens optics store to find out if his glasses were repaired. Those 15 minutes saved the restaurateur's life.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress and singer Gwyneth Paltrow knows how to save lives. On that terrible day, the star was driving her Mercedes SUV down West Village when she saw Lara Landstorm Clark in the middle of the road (the young ladies went to yoga together). Gwyneth slowed down and invited Lara to the car salon. The girlfriends were so chatty that Clarke missed the train to work. The young lady needed to go to the 77th floor of the south tower.

As Lara was about to board the next train, she saw the first plane hit the north tower. Of course, the woman was no longer up to work.

Who knows, maybe the star was heading the same way and it was Clarke who saved Paltrow, and not the other way around?

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Patti Austin

American singer Patti Austin was also on the list of lucky celebrities. She had to fly to a concert dedicated to Michael Jackson. And Patty even had tickets for the ominous Boston-San Francisco junction Flight 93 (9/11 hijacked by terrorists, crashed in a field in southwestern Pennsylvania). Fortunately, the star's mother had a stroke. Therefore, instead of a plane, Patty got into a taxi and went to one of the intensive care units in New York. And everything could have ended differently.

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Julie Stofer

The star of the American reality show The Real World Judy Stofer, like Patti Austin, almost ended up on board one of the kamikaze planes (Flight 11 connecting Boston-Los Angeles). She missed her flight because she got into a fight with her boyfriend.

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Ian Thorpe

"Why not enjoy the view from the observation deck one of the most tall buildings world,” thought the famous Australian swimmer and 5-time Olympic champion Ian Thorp. “Sorry, I forgot my camera. I’ll have to go home.”

And thank God.

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Jim Pierce

Jim Pierce is the chief executive of the New York insurance corporation AON and part-time cousin of George W. Bush. On September 11, Jim was scheduled to speak at a business conference on the 105th floor of the south tower. But due to the large number of visitors, the event was moved to the Millenium Hotel (one street from the tower). Pierce is very lucky.

Larry Silverstein

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Michael Lomonaco

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Gwyneth Paltrow

As Lara was about to board the next train, she saw the first plane hit the north tower. Of course, the woman was no longer up to work.

Who knows, maybe the star was heading the same way and it was Clarke who saved Paltrow, and not the other way around?

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Patti Austin

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Julie Stofer

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Ian Thorpe

"Why not enjoy the views from the observation deck of one of the tallest buildings in the world" - thought the famous Australian swimmer and 5-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe. - Sorry, I forgot my camera. I'll have to go back home."

And thank God.

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Jim Pierce

September 11 marks the 15th anniversary of the largest terrorist attack in world history. On an autumn day in 2001, 2 passenger planes hijacked by terrorists rammed the towers of the World Trade Center, the third plane was sent to the Pentagon building, and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania. Almost 3 thousand people died.

Among the victims of a series of four coordinated attacks were Americans, Canadians, British, French, Japanese, Chinese - people different ages and nationalities, including 25 people from the former USSR.

Some miraculously managed to escape. Two of the surviving Russians, Andrey Tkach and Alexander Skibitsky, shared their stories.

Andrey Tkach, a native of Novosibirsk, lives in the USA

“At 8:45 I was at work, on the 72nd floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Just took a coffee and was about to sit down for a report. Even before it shook, I heard some strange whistle - then, remembering, I guessed that it was the noise from the aircraft engine on approach to the tower. And immediately after, the whole building literally moved a few meters, no one could stay on their feet, everyone fell. The first thought is an earthquake. We froze, not understanding what was happening. I went to the window, and for some reason papers and some burning garbage were falling from the sky. Smoke and fire are not visible, and it is completely incomprehensible what is happening. What to do next - too.

We called the rescue service. They said: you need to stay in your places and wait for instructions. My longest-serving colleague Dak Keenan said at the time: the main thing is not to panic, because in 1993, during the terrorist attack, many more people died not from an explosion, but because they were trampled by a crowd rushing to the exit . And now you need to behave calmly and act in an organized manner.

And then my wife got through to someone and said: they say on CNN that a plane crashed into us. I immediately said: "We must go down." I was told that it was better to wait for instructions. All the same Duck said that if you go, then go to the roof, because the last time people were evacuated from there by helicopters. They began to argue whether to leave or not, and where. We decided to find out in the Rescue Service. For a long time it was impossible to dial - there was no connection or busy. And when they finally got through on the phone, they were ordered to stay where they were.

And then I saw a man's suit fly past our windows. To be honest, at first I didn’t understand who and why had the idea to throw the suit down. And then suddenly realized that it was a man. Decided to spit on everything and leave. The rest remained to wait for instructions or rescuers.

When I went out into the corridor, there was already smoke. The staircase, too, was covered with it, it was dark and very hot, almost unbearably hot. A few dozen people descended from above, but not many at the moment. Some were injured, with burns - the rest helped them, encouraged them. We went down slowly, because with each passed floor people arrived: they appeared from the side exits, it was necessary to stop and let a new batch pass. There were especially many people on the stairs when the general evacuation was finally announced. Some doors warped and jammed, we helped to open them.

It was impossible to overtake those walking - the stairs are very narrow, you can't stretch your legs. Because of the smoke and dust, it became more difficult to breathe - people coughed, choked. I was very sorry that, like the last idiot, I had not thought to wet my clothes in advance in order to wrap my mouth and nose, and now it was too late, there was nowhere to get water. He covered his face with a scarf. Then for the first time the thought occurred to me that a person's life is measured not by the years lived, but by the number of breaths taken. I wondered how many more breaths I could take before I died.

Somewhere in the middle of the way we met the first firefighters going upstairs. They were in full gear, carrying equipment. There seemed to be an infinite number of them. The oncoming traffic made the stairs even tighter. When they got up, water from fire extinguishers began pouring down on us from above.

I don’t know if it seemed to me or not, but gradually the building began to crackle and sway. Some kind of animal fear appeared, he pushed, said: “Run!”. If it were not for the crowd blocking the way, I would have run, but there was no such possibility. We descended more and more slowly, and the fear grew stronger. When we were already almost down, it shook again so that many fell off their feet. We were suddenly hit in the face by a terrible stream of red-hot dusty smoke. I didn't understand what happened. Then I found out - this is because the South Tower collapsed.

As soon as we got to the exit from this vertical hell and there was an opportunity to run, I ran. Human bodies fell nearby. When they hit the ground, people split like watermelons. A man who was running a few meters in front of me was crushed by a fallen concrete block, only blood splattered. Further, I didn’t really see what was around, I raced without looking back, as never before in my life.

When I was already five hundred meters away, I was suddenly lifted into the air and carried above the ground. It was the North Tower that collapsed, but then I didn’t know about it. Falling, flew head over heels. When I got up, for ten seconds I could not figure out where to run next. Everything around looked like a black and white film about nuclear winter. Dust and ashes in clubs, a thick layer of dust and concrete crumbs everywhere, papers and garbage swirling in the air. A little further down the street lies a fire engine turned upside down. And for some reason, her wheels are spinning in the air.

A numbness came over me. I remember: I stood and, not looking up, looked at these wheels. I don't know how long I stayed. Then a man came up to me, touched my shoulder and asked if I was all right. Then I finally came to my senses, shook off the dust and went. I don't remember how I got to the Brooklyn Bridge. There were already thousands of people there - the metro was not working, everyone was walking. The crowd was huge, but it was very quiet. Everyone was in a depressed mood: after 9/11, New York stopped smiling altogether for a while. Fighters whizzed past us in the sky.

In Brooklyn, a car stopped next to me, the driver offered to take me home. I wanted to pay the fare, but he flatly refused. He said that he had already taken several people and was going to deliver those who managed to get out of Manhattan unscathed until the evening. On the way we saw the first American flags hung from balconies and windows. Then there were a lot of these flags.

Smoke hung over Manhattan for another four days until it rained on September 15, and the smell of burning remained in the city until spring, when the last debris was removed.

Alexander Skibitsky, a native of Krasnoyarsk, lives in Canada

“September 11, 2001 was a beautiful day - it was Indian summer, which in the States for some reason is called Indian. My mood was appropriate, high: at the weekend, my wife and I were going to leave our son with a nanny and relax for the first time in a long time - give up on the Hudson. I remember that I even hummed to myself when I started the computer. My desk in the office on the 65th floor of the South Tower was by the window, and I really liked that on a clear day you could even see the curvature of the horizon. Before going about my business, out of habit, I went to the window, stood, admired the view, drank coffee.

I didn’t see the plane that crashed into the North Tower, nor did I see the explosion - the windows of our office faced the other side. But we felt the explosion everything: it shook. What happened, no one really understood.

As soon as it became known that the North Tower was on fire, everyone immediately grabbed their phones and started calling their relatives. They said that everything is fine with them, that they did not suffer. And I had one thought: “I’ll call later, but now I need to make sure that everything is really fine with me.” I immediately decided that I needed to get out as quickly as possible, otherwise you never know. Suddenly the North Tower will collapse on ours or something else will happen.

Of course, I could not have imagined that another plane would soon crash into our tower. No one imagined that the neighboring tower was attacked on purpose, everyone decided that this was an accident. I remember wondering what kind of idiot you have to be to crash into a skyscraper with such excellent visibility as today.

They announced over the loudspeaker that nothing threatens us, evacuation is not required. You need to stay where you are so as not to interfere with the police and firefighters working around the North Tower. The boss decided to play it safe and ordered to start packing the documentation and computers just in case. My Bangladeshi friend Wally and I talked on the sidelines and decided: it doesn’t matter what they say, we need to get out.

We went down in the high-speed elevator. There, the flow of people was blocked by security and announced: everyone should immediately return to their jobs, nothing threatens the South Tower. The disciplined Americans turned back and started going up in the elevators, while Wally and I slipped out. Having gone down, he tried to call his wife, to say that he was alive, but the mobile connection was no longer working.

Below, everything was littered with broken glass and concrete, the wreckage of the aircraft was burning. We had to literally step over them. The sirens of fire engines and ambulances roared around, helicopters circled in the sky. When we moved to a safe, as it seemed to us, distance, we stopped to see what was happening. Smoke was billowing from the North Tower - never seen such black smoke before. We managed to see how, above, above the line of fire, people get out and somehow hold on, grabbing onto the columns. Several people were seen jumping or falling out of windows. One couple fell, holding hands to the last.

And then we heard the sound of a low-going plane - it looked like an underground train was approaching us at great speed. And right after that, there was an explosion. We shifted our gaze and saw that our tower, South, was on fire. A ball of fire shot up above her. I mentally crossed myself: "It's good that I got out." And some person standing next to me exhaled: “This is war.” And then I realized that he was right.

Around began a real hell. People ran out of the towers in droves, covered in soot and dust, covered in blood. They fell from the tops of the towers and crashed on the ground. Some fallen bodies burned, they tried to extinguish. The police tried to organize an evacuation, to calm and order the crowd, but they did not really succeed.

Behind the cordon line, many relatives were already waiting, who managed to rush to Manhattan, having seen the news of the attack. I still remember how one guy literally jumped to hug him, his wife and two children. Together they fell to the ground, lay and laughed with happiness. Those who had not yet waited for their relatives prayed. The women were crying.

The southern tower, which collapsed first, collapsed so quickly that for some time the smoke retained its shape. You understand: it was no longer there, but there was smoke in this place. The crowd around us only had time to exhale “Oh, my God!” in one voice, as it was all over. A huge shaft of smoke, ash and dust fell on us. This shaft looked exactly like the special effects in the movies, but it was all real. It was hard to believe it, did not leave the feeling that it was all a dream, scenery, it does not happen in life.

When the dust settled, it seemed to me that everything around seemed to be covered with snow. Like a house of cards, upside down cars lie one on top of the other. The windows of the houses are broken. Pieces of some kind of garbage, sheets of paper are flying in the air. It was impossible to make out who was around you - everyone was covered with such a thick layer of dust. It seemed to me that the same thick layer of dust is now inside us. The lungs were completely clogged - then I thought that I would never be able to breathe normally again, I would not get rid of this dust.

A man who was standing not far from us was wounded by a piece of debris. I approached the policeman, I said: "There is a wounded man." He turns to me - and on top of the layer of dust on his face, grooves from tears. For some reason it was this picture that stood out to me the most. Wally and I helped the wounded man get to the nearest ambulance.

I also remember how some elderly woman rushed along the street, rushing to every passer-by, asking with despair and hope in her voice: “Frankie?”. Tried to dust off their faces to see if it was him or not. People in response only shook their heads negatively - no one could speak. I still don’t know who this Frankie was to her - son, husband, brother?

We were lucky to get a taxi. On the way, the taxi driver stopped two more times and picked up walking people strewn with ashes. He even put a man in the front seat, which usually New York taxi drivers never do. Only in a taxi did I truly believe that I was alive. We then thought that not thousands, but tens of thousands of people died in the WTC towers. It sounds cynical, but it was very lucky that there were much fewer victims.”

Exactly ten years have passed since the tragic day for the United States - four attacks organized by suicide bombers from the Al-Qaeda organization. Nineteen militants hijacked four passenger airliners. Two of these liners were sent by the invaders to the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, causing both towers to collapse within a few hours. The third plane was sent to the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia. The passengers and crew of the fourth airliner attempted to take control of the aircraft, causing the aircraft to crash into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In total, about three thousand people died as a result of terrorist attacks.

Let's remember how it was.

1. The aircraft approaches the building of the world trade center a few seconds before the attack on the second tower, September 11, 2001. Two skyscrapers, each with 110 floors, collapsed, burying people under them.

3. United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston crashed into the south side of the South Tower (WTC-2) at 9:03 am on September 11th. As a result of the terrorist act, 2,800 people died.

4. Bush Chief of Staff Andy Card informs the President of what happened at the World Trade Center during Bush's visit to primary school Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, September 11, 2001.

5. The burning towers of the World Trade Center for Empire State Building in New York, September 11, 2001.

6. A man who fell out of the window of the north tower of the World Trade Center after a terrorist attack.

7. The South Tower of the World Trade Center, left, begins to collapse after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The second tower collapsed much faster than the first, as it received more serious damage, experts say.

8. Fleeing eyewitnesses of the disaster. Fourth from the left is Charlie Ross.

9. People in a panic rush to leave the area of the attack.

11. From head to toe covered with dust Marcy Borders, one of the eyewitnesses of the disaster.

12. Dominique Guadanoli helps a woman injured during a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers.

13. The Statue of Liberty in thick clouds of smoke rising from the collapsed towers of the World Trade Center, September 15, 2001.

14. Edward Fine, one of the eyewitnesses of the disaster. He was on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center at the time of the suicide attack.

15. A firefighter calls for help from ten more colleagues during rescue work on the ruins of the World Trade Center on September 14, 2001.

16. Rescuers assist a wounded woman.

17. Survivors of the terrorist attack on the towers of the World Trade Center make their way among the ruins, dust and debris on Fulton Street.

18. Julia McDermot, center, is one of those lucky enough to survive the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center buildings.

19. American flag on the ruins of the World Trade Center. It should be noted that one of the consequences of the terrorist act was an unprecedented intensification of patriotic sentiments in society, and the flag, which had lost its popularity during political conflicts, the Vietnam War, and anti-American protests in European countries, again became a symbol of the nation.

20. An injured firefighter screams in pain from being injured during the September 11, 2001 attacks.

21. People in a panic leave the crash site.

22. A man with a fire extinguisher on the ruins of the towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

23. Firefighters in the ruins of the World Trade Center.

Brooklyn police officers George Johnson, left, Dan McWilliams, center, and Billy Eisengrain, right, raise the flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

This terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 in the United States (in the West, simply 9/11) is considered the bloodiest in the entire history of the world. The most media-covered event of all time.

10 years ago, three terrorist-controlled planes crashed into the Pentagon near Washington DC and into the 110-story skyscrapers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York, causing them to collapse. As a result of terrorist attacks, 2,977 citizens from 92 countries died.

According to the official version, the responsibility for these attacks lies with the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. Subsequently, the official version of what happened was criticized by a number of journalists, scientists and witnesses of the tragedy.

Independent investigations were carried out, some of which were withdrawn documentaries. According to one version, the attack on the twin towers was just a distraction, and customers should not be sought among Afghan terrorists and not in Osama bin Laden's lair, but much closer - surrounded by the US president.

The events of September 11, 2001 unfolded as follows. At about the same time, terrorists hijacked 4 airliners some time after departure.

The Statue of Liberty. Manhattan is shrouded in smoke from the collapse of the World Trade Center skyscrapers. The photo was taken on September 15, 2001. (Photo by Dan Loh | AP):

At 08:45 in the morning, the first Boeing 767-200 crashed into the North Tower of the 110-story skyscrapers of the World Trade Center approximately at the level of 94-98 floors. 18 minutes later at 9:03 a.m., a second Boeing 767-200 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at approximately the 77th-85th floor.

"A second before." The second plane approaches the South Tower of the World Trade Center, New York, 9:02, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Sean Adair | Reuters):

The second Boeing 767-200 flight 175 crashes into the WTC South Tower at the level of 77-85 floors, 9:03, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Sean Adair | Reuters):

On board the 175th flight there were 56 passengers (including 5 terrorists) and 9 crew members. (Photo by Spencer Platt | Getty Images):

Nearly 35 tons of aviation fuel explodes on impact. (Photo by Richard Drew | AP):

After the hijacking, some passengers were able to report on satellite phones about what was happening. According to them, the terrorists used edged weapons (probably knives), as a result of which several flight attendants and crew members were killed.

The twin towers of the World Trade Center after 2 airliners crashed into them. Ahead - Empire State Building, New York, Tuesday, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Marty Lederhandler | AP):

Satellite view of the burning skyscrapers of the World Trade Center in New York, 9:30, September 11, 2001. (Photo by USGS | AP):

People on the top floors of skyscrapers. They are locked in fire on the lower floors where the planes crashed. (Photo by Jose Jimenez | Primera Hora | Getty Images):

At least 200 people trapped on the top floors of the World Trade Center towers jumped down, preferring such death to death by fire. (Photo by Jose Jimenez | Primera Hora | Getty Images):

Their fall was observed by numerous witnesses. (Photo by Richard Drew | AP):

Some tried to climb onto the roofs of the towers, hoping to be evacuated by helicopters, but the evacuation did not take place: the smoke and heat from the fire made it impossible to use helicopters. (Photo by Richard Drew | AP):

A third Boeing 757-200, American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 am. This is a picture from a surveillance camera. (AP Photo):

A fire in the Pentagon building after a plane crashed into it. 125 people in the building and 60 passengers aboard the Boeing were killed. (Photo by Will Morris | AP):

Part of the Pentagon building collapsed. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque | Reuters):

The target of the 4th Boeing 757-200 may have been the Capitol. According to Flight 93 voice recorder transcripts, the flight crew and passengers attempted to regain control of the airliner after learning mobile phones that other hijacked planes crashed into the WTC towers. It is likely that the terrorists, who were losing the fight, decided to send the plane into the ground, where the crash occurred. The Boeing crashed into a field in southwestern Pennsylvania near Shanksville at 10:03 am. (Photo by Jason Cohn | Reuters):

According to the official version, about an hour after the airliners crashed into the skyscrapers, the buildings began to collapse as a result of a fire and the melting of supporting steel structures by burning jet fuel.

The official version has been criticized by many experts who believe that the use of aviation fuel to melt 200,000 tons of steel (the amount of steel in one Tower) is an amazing discovery.

Other theories question whether the collapse of the WTC towers is consistent with that caused by aircraft hits and fires. The destruction of the towers is said to be more like controlled demolition. It has also been suggested that the September 11, 2001 attacks were not planned and carried out by al-Qaeda, but by US intelligence agencies.

International opinion, according to a survey conducted in 17 countries, paints such a picture. Overall, 46% of those polled place the main responsibility on al-Qaeda, 15% on the US government, 7% on Israel, and another 7% name other perpetrators. We will not delve into this topic, those interested in these events can find materials on the net.

56 minutes after the second plane crashed into the South Tower, at 9:59 am, it begins to collapse, September 11, 2001.

(Photo by Richard Drew | AP):

The collapse of the 110-story South Tower of the World Trade Center. View from the street, September 9, 2001. (Photo by Doug Kanter | AFP | Getty Images):

Like hell from dust and debris. (Photo by Gulnara Samoilova | AP):

102 minutes after the first plane crashed into the North Tower, at 10:28 am, it begins to collapse, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Diane Bondareff | AP):

The crash site of the 4th aircraft in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania, near the city of Shanksville. (Photo FBI | AP):

20. But back to the burning skyscrapers of the World Trade Center. The main events unfolded there. (Photo by Mario Tama | Getty Images):

(Photo by Primera Hora | Getty Images):

The collapse of the 110-story skyscrapers of the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Greg Semendinger | AP):

1,366 people died on the upper floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, many of whom died at the time of the collision of the aircraft with the tower, and the rest due to fire and the collapse of the building. At least 600 people died in the South Tower on the upper floors. At least 200 people trapped on the upper floors of the towers jumped down and crashed. (Photo by Greg Semendinger | AP):

On the streets of New York during the destruction of the WTC towers, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett | AP):

Clouds of smoke, dust and debris spread throughout Manhattan. (Photo by Ray Stubblebine | Reuters):

(Photo by Gulnara Samoilova | AP):

(Photo by Daniel Shanken | AP):

The fire killed 341 firefighters, 60 police officers, and 8 ambulance workers. (Photo by Mario Tama | Getty Images):

In total, about 18 people were able to leave the hit zone in the South Tower and escape. (Photo by Gulnara Samiolava | AP):

More than 1,600 bodies were identified in New York, but about 1,100 people could not be identified. It was reported that "about 10,000 fragments of bones and tissues were found at the site of the tragedy, which is incomparable with the number of dead."

The streets of Manhattan after the collapse of the "twins" of the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Boudicon One | AP):

landing gear of one of the planes that crashed into the WTC buildings, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton | Reuters):

Search for possible survivors of the collapse of the "twins" of the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Matt Moyer | AP):

The fire is still blazing at the site of the former WTC, September 12, 2001, a day after the attack. (Photo by Baldwin | AP):

In addition to the destruction of the two 110-story towers of the World Trade Center, other buildings were seriously damaged or destroyed. As a result of the collapse of skyscrapers, about 1.5 kilometers of New York subway lines were damaged. Photo AP):

Rescuers work in the underground facilities of the collapsed World Trade Center, September 14, 2011. (Photo by U.S. Navy | Reuters):

The ongoing events have caused chaos throughout the United States. All commercial flights were canceled, landing of aircraft in the United States was prohibited. Aircraft arriving from other countries were diverted back to their departure airports, or were directed to airports in Canada and Mexico. Air Force fighters patrolled over major US cities.

The ruins of the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. (Photo by Doug Kanter | AFP | Getty Images):

The victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks were 2,977 people (not including 19 terrorists): 246 passengers and crew members, 2,606 people in New York, in the WTC buildings and on the ground, 125 in the Pentagon building. Citizens of the United States and 91 other countries died, including 96 citizens of Russia and the CIS.

When the skyscrapers of the World Trade Center were destroyed, about 16,000 people were saved, who were in the towers below the impact zone of the aircraft. Most of them survived, being evacuated before the destruction of buildings.

On the site of the collapsed twin towers erected memorial Complex. Currently, the complex is being reconstructed, which is planned to be completed by 2012.

Skyscraper design of the new World Trade Center: