National September 11 Memorial &amp; Museum
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, the former location of the Twin Towers that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. It is operated by a non-profit institution whose mission is to raise funds for, program, and operate the memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site.
List of aircraft accidents and incidents by number of ground fatalities
There have been 200 aircraft crashes which are known to have resulted in ground fatalities. Of these, 62 have involved at least a dozen ground fatalities, 15 have involved at least 50 ground fatalities, and 3 have involved over 200 ground fatalities. The crashes of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks are by far the deadliest incidents of this sort, with approximately 2,500 ground fatalities attributed to the two crashes and subsequent collapse of 1 WTC and 2 WTC. The deadliest accidental crash of an aircraft was the 1996 Air Africa crash, which resulted in the deaths of at least 225 people on the ground.