On Saturday, Fairchild Air Force Base personnel observed the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., with a somber ceremony. The attacks occurred when Muslim hijackers took control of four commercial aircraft, piloting two into World Trade Center buildings and killing 2,763 people. One crashed into the Pentagon, killing 187 people. Passengers on the fourth aircraft, United Flight 93, wrestled for control of the plane and it crashed in Somerset County, Penn., killing everyone aboard, including 40 passengers and flight crew members.
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