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September 11, 2001 Attacks

The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following a terrorist attack.

The second tower of the World Trade Centre explodes after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York.

People walk away from the World Trade Center tower. Three hijacked planes crashed into U.S. landmarks, destroying both of New York's mighty twin towers and plunging the Pentagon in Washington into flames.

Rescue workers carry fatally injured New York City Fire Depatment Chaplain, Fether Mychal Judge, from one of the World Trade Center towers.

People hang from the windows of the North Tower of the World Trade Center after a hijacked airliner hit the building.

A person falls to his death from the World Trade Center after two planes hit the Twin Towers in New York City.

New York City firefighters and other emergency personnel survey the World Trade Center collapse area near Vessey and Greenwich Streets.

Firemen carry an injured man from the World Trade Center after both towers collapsed.

People walk away from the World Trade Center towers in New York City after both towers were hit by airplanes which crashed into the buildings.

People run from the collapse of World Trade Center Tower in New York.

A fireball explodes from one of the World Trade Center towers after a jet airliner crashed into the building in New York.

U.S. President George W. Bush listens as White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card informs him of a second plane hitting the World Trade Center, while Bush was conducting a reading seminar at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida.

Fire trucks sit amid the rubble near the base of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York.

The remaining tower of New York's World Trade Center, Tower 2, dissolves in a cloud of dust and debris about a half hour after the first twin tower collapsed.

A rescue helicopter surveys damage to the Pentagon as firefighters battle flames after an airplane crashed into the U.S. military Headquarters outside Washington, D.C.

A rescue helicopter uses Washington Blvd. outside the Pentagon to evacuate injured personnel after the terror attack on the building.

Firefighers work on the roof of the Pentagon after a hijacked aircraft crashed into it.

Thousands of candles are lit in Tallinn, Estonia to commemorate the tens of thousands of victims of the deportation march when, from March 25-28, 1949, more than 22,000 people in Estonia alone were forced from their homes and deported east, many to never return.

Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a deadly and destructive terrorist plot.

An American flag flies near the base of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York.

As America reflects on the September 11 attacks of 2001, here are some of the iconic images from that tragic day.