Today is Wednesday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2013. There are 111 days left in the year. On THIS DAY Sept. 11, 2001, America faced its worst day of terrorism.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida members hijacked four passenger jetliners. Two planes smashed into New York's World Trade Center, causing the twin towers to fall; one plowed into the Pentagon; and the fourth was crashed into a field in western Pennsylvania.