'It was heartbreaking'- Americans remember what they were doing on 9/11

On September 11, 2001, a series of terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people across four aircraft and three locations in the United States. The BBC interviewed residents of Washington about their activities on that day and its aftermath. The attacks resulted in the destruction of the World Trade Center towers in New York, damage to the Pentagon in Washington, and a crash in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to overpower hijackers.

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