September 11 Birthday
September 11, 2001: Four commercial airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. Two hit the World Trade Center towers in New York. One hit the Pentagon. One, United 93, was retaken by passengers who had learned of the other attacks via phone calls and fought the hijackers. It crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. 2,977 people died. The towers burned and collapsed within 102 minutes. The aftermath reshaped global politics, civil liberties, and air travel. "Never forget" became a national slogan. People born on September 11 fall under the zodiac sign of Virgo. The birthstone is Sapphire and the birth flower is Aster. Historical events on September 11 include 2001: September 11 attacks, 1973: Allende overthrown in Chile, 2002: First anniversary of 9/11. Famous people born on September 11 include D.H. Lawrence (1885), Tommy Shaw (1953), Moby (1965).