Defining images of the 9/11 attacks

Marking 20th anniversary of deadliest terror atrocity on US soil

The South Tower of the World Trade Center is hit by the second hijacked plane
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(Image credit: Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center)

Twenty years ago today, the US was changed forever by a terror attack that struck at the heart of the nation’s most populous city.

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