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This article has been viewed enough times to make it onto the all-time Top 100 list. It has had 89 million views since December 2007. This article has been viewed enough times in a single year to make it into the Top 50 Report annual list. This happened in 2011. This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 13 times. The weeks in which this happened: September 8 to 14, 2013 September 7 to 13, 2014 September 6 to 12, 2015 September 4 to 10, 2016 September 11 to 17, 2016 September 10 to 16, 2017 September 9 to 15, 2018 September 8 to 14, 2019 September 6 to 12, 2020 September 13 to 19, 2020 August 29 to September 4, 2021 September 5 to 11, 2021 September 12 to 18, 2021 Daily pageviews of this article A graph should have been displayed here but graphs are temporarily disabled. Until they are enabled again, visit the interactive graph at pageviews.wmcloud.org This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Discussions: RM, September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks → September 11, 2001 attacks, Moved, 17 January 2004, Discussion RM, September 11, 2001 attacks → September 11, 2001, attacks, Not moved, 21 October 2004, Discussion RM, September 11, 2001 attacks → September 11 attacks, Moved, 20 August 2008, Discussion RM, September 11 attacks → September 11, 2001 attacks, Not moved, 13 October 2010, Discussion RM, September 11 attacks → 9/11, Not moved, 31 March 2014, Discussion RM, September 11 attacks → September 11 terrorist attacks, Not moved, 13 February 2021, Discussion RM, September 11 attacks → September 11th attacks, Not moved, 14 February 2021, Discussion RM, September 11 attacks → September 11, 2001 attacks, Procedural close, 23 February 2021, Discussion RM, September 11 attacks → 9/11, Not moved, 26 January 2024, Discussion RM, September 11 attacks → September 11 terrorist attacks, Not moved, 9 February 2024, discussion. The contents of the World Trade Center/Plane crash page were merged into September 11 attacks. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history. (11 September 2001) The contents of the Slogans and terms derived from the September 11 attacks page were merged into September 11 attacks. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. (22 October 2015) Section sizes Section size for September 11 attacks (46 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 18,618 18,618 Background 92 61,242 Al-Qaeda 7,427 21,099 Osama bin Laden 9,051 9,051 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other Al-Qaeda members 4,621 4,621 Motives 23,770 23,770 Planning 8,711 8,711 Prior intelligence 7,570 7,570 Attacks 3,937 77,270 The four crashes 28,083 28,083 Casualties 32,017 32,017 Damage 10,447 10,447 Rescue efforts 2,786 2,786 Reactions 3,838 66,856 Immediate response 10,250 10,250 Domestic reactions 8,020 18,399 Hate crimes 5,692 5,692 Discrimination and racial profiling 1,996 1,996 Muslim American response 1,697 1,697 Interfaith efforts 994 994 International reactions 19,176 19,176 Military operations 15,193 15,193 Aftermath 88 45,109 Health issues 10,243 10,243 Economic 7,399 7,399 Effects in Afghanistan 8,865 8,865 Cultural influence 4,252 4,252 Government policies towards terrorism 8,837 8,837 Legal proceedings 5,425 5,425 Investigations 21 32,048 FBI 9,415 9,415 CIA 2,194 2,194 Congressional inquiry 6,157 6,157 9/11 Commission 4,148 4,148 National Institute of Standards and Technology 6,081 6,081 Alleged Saudi government role 4,032 4,032 Rebuilding and memorials 32 21,489 Reconstruction 9,509 9,509 Memorials 11,948 11,948 See also 1,197 1,197 References 17 76 Notes 28 28 Citations 31 31 Bibliography 10,529 10,529 Further reading 3,044 3,044 External links 4,894 4,894 Total 342,372 342,372

In the intro section, the sentence that begins "At morning," doesn't quite read clearly to American English readers. Just a suggestion that it be changed to "That morning" or "In the morning" or a similarly appropriate substitute. 2601:CD:4000:610:F435:89A0:E7C4:EA0B ( talk) 03:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply

 Done — Goszei ( talk) 03:55, 11 March 2024 (UTC) reply

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change in a "passenger revolt" to "what was most likely a passenger revolt" As it cannot be 100% confirmed if it was a passenger revolt or a malfunction of the plane. Pinkgarfunkel ( talk) 20:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Reliable sources call it a passenger revolt, so that's what we go by. — The Hand That Feeds You: ^Bite 21:03, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Second to last sentence in last paragraph of introduction implies that only Tower #1 was rebuilt and does not mention Towers 3, 4 and the incomplete Tower 2. Link to the page for the whole complex and mention there are multiple towers on the site now - a lot of people don't seem to realize that... Ee100duna ( talk) 22:06, 5 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Building 3, 4, and the Performing Arts Center are mentioned in section 6.1; additionally, there is a link to the new complex at the heading section of that section. I don't feel like it's really necessary to mention these buildings in the opening paragraph. However, I do feel like that perhaps something along the line of "reconstruction of the World Trade Center complex commenced..." or something to that effect. Butterscotch5 ( talk) 23:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC) reply

I don't know who changed the photos in the Infobox, but the new photos look horrendous. I can't find any consensus in archive for this massive change, may we please revert back to original photos? Cena332 ( talk) 00:45, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply

I think it’s okay to change photos over time, but they should certainly be discussed here first, especially for this article. PascalHD ( talk) 16:44, 3 May 2024 (UTC) reply

PascalHD These new photos were not discussed and just changed without any discussion, previously editors discussed photos changes to the Infobox on this article talk page first. Is it ok to add the old ones back until editors can have a agreement if we want to change. -- Cena332 ( talk) 19:50, 3 May 2024 (UTC) reply

I would say it is normal procedure to revert a change that was not discussed when necessary. PascalHD ( talk) 21:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC) reply

just done. Cena332 ( talk) 22:00, 3 May 2024 (UTC) reply