3000 victims died in the 2001 attacks in the USA
It turns 23 years since the attacks committed by members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network in New York and Washington. About three thousand people died when terrorists hijacked 4 planes, and caused more than 10 billion dollars in damage. After these attacks, the West began the fight against terrorism, which, according to international experts, continues today.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger planes. The terrorist attacks targeted three important buildings in the United States of America - the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon building in Washington. The fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania without hitting its target - the White House. All passengers on board the planes died, including the terrorists. As a result of the attacks, approximately 3,000 people lost their lives, including the Moldovan citizen, Arkady Zaltsman, the architect of the presidency building in Chisinau.
On the evening of September 11, US President George W. Bush addressed the nation and announced the beginning of the fight against international terrorism. The NATO Council said that attacks on the United States will be considered an attack on all allied states and meet the conditions of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Alliance charter.
Shortly after the 2004 United States presidential election, in a taped statement, Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden publicly acknowledged the terrorist network's involvement in attacks on the United States of America. On May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden was killed by a US Navy commando in Pakistan during the tenure of US President Barack Obama.
September 11 was declared Patriot Day in the United States of America.
