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How many people were killed in 911?

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All 266 people who were on the four flights died. Some of them had been killed before the planes crashed. The South Tower of the WTC was burning for almost an hour after the crash of United Airlines Flight 175, and at 9:59 a.m. it collapsed. read more

During the September 11 attacks of 2001, 2,996 people were killed (including the 19 Islamic terrorists) and more than 6,000 others injured. These immediate deaths included 265 on the four planes (including the terrorists), 2,606 in the World Trade Center and in the surrounding area, and 125 at the Pentagon. read more

More than 90 countries lost citizens in the September 11 attacks; for example, the 67 Britons who died were more than in any other terrorist attack anywhere as of October 2002. The attacks are the worst terrorist attack in world history, killing some 500 more than the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. read more

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