NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON -The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement commemorating the 25thanniversary of the September 11thterrorist attacks, whichultimately ledto the founding of DHSin order tosecure the homeland and protect the American people.
On that fateful Tuesday 25 years ago, 19 members of the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airliners across the United States, with the intent of crashing them into large buildings and killing thousands of Americans. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 were crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New Y...