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On September 11, 2001, the twin towers of the (WTC) World Trade Center collapsed when American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked by al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists and crashed into the north tower of the WTC, and United Airlines Flight 175 was hijacked by the same group of terrorists and crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center. Approximately 2,750 people died in and around “Ground Zero” including FDNY fire fighters, and PAPD police officers.
The World Trade Center was attacked for the first time on February 26, 1993. The terrorist attack killed six people, including a pregnant woman, and injured more than a thousand.
On July 16, 2015 a man opened fire at an armed forces recruiting center and a Navy Reserve center in Chattanooga, TN. The apparent anti-military rampage left 4 Marines and 1 Navy Petty Officer dead.
On June 12, 2016, a 29-year-old male shooter killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a terrorist attack/hate crime inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The shooter swore allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS). He was shot and killed by Orlando Police Department (OPD) officers after a three-hour standoff.
This page is dedicated to keeping the memory alive of individuals who have died innocently at the hands of a terrorist or in the name of a terrorist organization.
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On September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 with 58 passengers and 6 crew en route from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport was hijacked by five al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists and deliberately crashed into the Pentagon. All 64 people on the airliner were killed, as well as 125 people who were in the Pentagon.
On July 7, 2005 a series of co-ordinated suicide attacks were carried out by four Islamist terrorists aboard three underground trains and a double-decker bus during the morning rush hour in London. 52 civilians and the 4 suicide-bombers were killed in the attacks, and over 700 people were injured.
The worst terrorist attack since September 11th occurred on October 12, 2002 in Bali, Indonesia, when a car bomb and a backpack carried by a suicide bomber exploded in the busy tourist area of Kuta while a smaller device exploded outside the United States consulate in Denpasar. The blasts killed 202 people from two-dozen nations including seven U.S. citizens.
Two explosive devices were detonated simultaneously at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2013. The bombs killed 3 people and wounded more than 180 others. On April 18th, the two men killed an MIT police officer. During a gunfight with police later that night, one of the suspects was killed. The other was captured the next day.
On November 5, 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas US military base, a U.S. Army major, psychiatrist, and American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent opened fire killing 12 military personnel, 1 civilian and wounding more than 30 others.
On August 7, 1998, al-Qaeda conducted simultaneous attacks at two U.S. embassies in the East African cities of Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. The Nairobi blast killed 213 people, 12 of whom were Americans, and the Dar es Salaam explosion killed 11.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. This bombing was a domestic terrorist attack aimed at the U.S. government. The attack claimed 168 lives, and left over 800 people injured.
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 took off from Heathrow Airport in England bound for Kennedy Airport in New York, NY. A bomb exploded over Lockerbie Scotland killing all 259 people (243 passengers and 16 crew members) on board. 179 of the passengers were Americans, and 31 were from the United Kingdom. On the ground, 11 Lockerbie residents were also killed by falling debris.
On December 2, 2015, in the name of terrorism, a married couple burst into the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA during the holiday party for the environmental health department and opened fire. Using two assault rifles they obtained from a third conspirator, they killed 14 people and injured 21 others. Police killed both radicalized terrorists in a gun battle.