英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 80（在线收听）

 Wk 37 (11 September 2001)

USA Suffers 4 Simultaneous AttacksThis Week in HistoryThe world watches in shock and awe as 4 commercial airliners wreak havoc in the USA.

In 2001, the world watched its TV screens in disbelief as 4 commercial airliners were simultaneously hijacked in U.S. airspace and diverted. Two were flown directly into the upper storeys of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York, causing their sudden collapse. A third was flown into the Pentagon in Washington, nerve center of the U.S. military. While the fourth was brought down before reaching its presumed target, the White House or Congress. Some 3,000 people died in these incidents.