NBC News Reports on September 11, 2001, Attacks

Why it matters locally: The September 11th attacks led to significant changes in national security policies and military deployments that directly impacted South Carolina's military installations, including Joint Base Charleston, and its service members.

Twenty-five years ago, Tom Brokaw anchored an NBC News Special Report on September 11, 2001. Terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes that day, executing coordinated attacks against targets across the United States. Attackers flew two of the planes into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City. Another hijacked aircraft struck the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew members confronted the hijackers. Approximately 3,000 people died as a result of these attacks.