WikiPop's Pick · September 11, 2026
September 11 attacks
2001 terror attacks in the U.S.
On September 11, 2026, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was September 11 attacks, with 665,793 views. Here's why it spiked.
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This summary is AI-generated and may contain errors. It's researched by Claude Sonnet 5.5 using web search and Wikipedia, then reviewed and rewritten by a separate Claude Sonnet 5.5 editor.- Friday marked 25 years since 9/11, with ceremonies at the National September 11 Memorial, the Pentagon and the Flight 93 National Memorial.
- Photos from the day show a survivor holding a picture of a firefighter who died, and Chicago firefighters paying their respects.
- The FDNY spent the year honoring the 343 members it lost on 9/11, plus 400-plus who later died of related illnesses.
The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total of 19 hijackers commandeered four commercial passenger airliners. The first two planes were flown into each of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, while the third plane crashed into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in a rural field in Pennsylvania during a passenger revolt.
