Today marks 23 years since the terrorist attack on the United States of America (US) on September 11, 2001 - one of the most traumatic events of the century, which killed 2,977 people and all 19 hijackers.
Two hijacked planes then hit the "twin" towers of the World Trade Center in New York, as well as the Pentagon complex in Washington. A plane crashed in Pennsylvania.
A direct consequence of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 was the decision of the White House headed by George Bush to declare war on terrorism in the world, which undoubtedly essentially determined the tendencies in international relations from the first decades of the 21st century.
In the spring of 2011, US Army commandos raided a compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden, accused of terrorist attacks on the United States, was hiding and killed him. The then US President Barack Obama informed about the liquidation.
In January 2013, a military court judge at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rejected a request to publicly televise the trial of five people accused of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
A memorial to the victims was erected on the site of the towers in New York, and the new World Trade Center was built.
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