ID: 901001302 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001302	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	September 11 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001)

Note: Series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed by militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, resulting in high numbers of casualties in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.

Display Date: 11 September 2001

Names:

	September 11 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	9/11 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)
	911 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)
	September 11 Attacks (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)
	9/11 Attacks (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)
	Nine-Eleven Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)
	Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)
	September 11 Terror Attacks (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)
	September 11 Terrorism (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)
	Terrorist Attacks, September 11, 2001 (American history, 2001) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<United States history> (P)
		............September 11 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... terrorist attacks
	.....(attacks (armed conflicts), armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Washington
	.....(DC, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	located in .... Pennsylvania
	.....(United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	located in .... New York City
	.....(New York state, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:

	September 11 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2001000147; accessed 19 May 2016
	9/11 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016
	911 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016
	September 11 Attacks (American history, 2001)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) 19 December 2016
	9/11 Attacks (American history, 2001)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Nine-Eleven Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016
	Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks (American history, 2001)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016
	September 11 Terror Attacks (American history, 2001)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016
	September 11 Terrorism (American history, 2001)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016
	Terrorist Attacks, September 11, 2001 (American history, 2001)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)