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Sep 2021
55m 55s

95. 9/11

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On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, four commercial airliners were hijacked above the US by the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda. What followed was the deadliest terrorist attack in history. Twenty years on, Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland look back at the events and discuss their impact. A Goalhanger Films & Left Peg Media production ... Show More
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