The September 11 Attacks Trivia Questions

No plane hit the White House. The Pentagon was struck by American Airlines Flight 77. United Airlines Flight 93 was headed toward Washington, D.C., but crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back.

The 1993 bombing happened on February 26, 1993, while the September 11 Attacks took place on September 11, 2001. They are separate incidents eight years apart.

The official death toll of the September 11 Attacks is 2,977 victims, excluding the 19 hijackers. This number is less than 3,000, so the claim is inaccurate.

All 33 passengers and 7 crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 died when the plane crashed in Pennsylvania. The four hijackers also died, but they are not counted as passengers or crew.

After the attacks, the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX closed on September 11 and reopened on September 17, 2001. This four-day closure was unprecedented since the 1930s.

Extensive investigations by NIST and other authorities concluded the towers collapsed due to impact damage and fires, not explosives. Controlled demolition is a conspiracy theory without credible evidence.

American Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. ET. The tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. ET, 56 minutes later, due to structural failures from the impact and fires.

On September 12, 2001, NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time in its history, declaring the attack on the United States was an attack on all NATO members.