# 25 years after 9/11: How the attacks that shocked the world unfolded and how many died

https://mins.news/en/item/52185

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-10 00:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/ced7g3qpyyjo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> On 11 September 2001, hijackers seized four US airliners. Two struck New York’s World Trade Center towers, a third hit the Pentagon and the fourth crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers resisted. Thousands died. Al-Qaeda planned the attacks under Osama bin Laden’s leadership, prompting the US to send forces into Afghanistan less than a month later.

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