How the 9/11 Terrorists Got Here

The commercial aircraft that al-Qaeda terrorists flew into the twin towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001 — killing 2,977 people — did not take off from some foreign land before flying toward targets here in the United States.

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