Most individuals killed in a terrorist act
- Who
- World Trade Center September 11 attack
- What
- 2749 people
- Where
- United States (New York,)
- When
- 11 September 2001
The most individuals killed in a terrorist act, according to the official count from the authorities, is 2,753 as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center, New York, USA on 11 September 2001.
The total number of people killed aboard the two aircraft was 157.
An American Airline's 767 (Flight 11) was flown into the North Tower at 8.48 a.m. and the second hijacked 767, United Airlines flight 175, hit the South Tower at 9.03 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The South Tower collapsed first at 9.50 a.m. and the North Tower collapsed at 10.29 a.m.
In addition, on the same day a hijacked aircraft was crashed into the Pentagon, Washington DC with the loss of 189 lives and another hijacked plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania with the loss of 44 lives.