9/11 attacks: Satellite photos show devastating scenes from 20 years ago

Images captured by IKONOS, the only high-resolution commercial satellite in orbit in 2001, show the aftermath of attacks planned and executed by al-Qaeda. Terrorists hijacked four American passenger planes in a terrorist attack.

Two jets flew into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center New York. One of the satellite images shows smoke rising from the debris at ‘Ground Zero’ after the attack. Another photo shows the extent of the destruction as the smoke clears.

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The hijackers crashed another plane into the west wing of the Pentagon, just outside Washington DC.

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The fourth plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after a passenger took over the plane and prevented a second target from being hit.

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Earlier today, President Joe Biden To honor the victims of the dastardly attacks, each of the three attack sites was visited. US presidents often visit one of three sites on the anniversary of 9/11, but it is unusual to visit all three on the same day.

Last week, President Biden ordered the Justice Department to review documents from the FBI investigation to make the attacks public and release them. This decision has come after many families of 9/11 Victims Last month, Biden was asked to skip 20 years of commemorative events until he made public documents he claimed supported the attacks by Saudi Arabian leaders.

A few days after the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the US completely withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, ending the ‘forever war’. The United States began its campaign to eliminate al-Qaeda after the September 11 attacks. The founder of the organization, Osama bin Laden, was killed by the US military in May 2011.

Biden’s withdrawal of US troops in August, months after the deadline set by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and the country’s rapid collapse as a result of the Taliban drew criticism from members of both political parties.