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It has been exactly 23 years since the horrific events of 9/11 unfolded in New York City, changing the world forever. Many managed to capture and document this painful point in history, showcasing just how scarring it was for those looking on in the US in particular.
One of these individuals was Kei Sugimoto, who had gone to move his car so he wouldn’t be fined by New York City’s street cleaners. Then 24, Kei didn’t walk out to the usual hustle and bustle of the Big Apple’s traffic, and instead saw hundreds of people standing in the roads and looking towards Lower Manhattan.
It turns out that the crowd was witnessing the biggest terrorist attack in world history, on one of the most recognisable skyscrapers in the New York skyline. We now know what happened, as four planes were hijacked by terror group al-Qaeda and flown into the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia and a field in Pennsylvania (the target had been the White House or the US Capitol building).
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