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Guides: 11 September 2001 attacks

Last Updated: Thursday May 04 2006 15:02 GMT

How many people were killed?

A 9/11 memorial in New York
About 3,000 people died in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Around a 100 of these were British.

About 260 died on board the four aeroplanes.

The number of dead also included about 300 New York firefighters.



Guide to 11 September 2001 attacks


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