Crimes in Manhattan

The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamist terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four airliners, then flew one into each of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in a rural Pennsylvania field during a passenger revolt. In response to the attacks, the United States launched the global war on terror, seeking to eliminate hostile groups deemed terrorist organizations, and the governments purported to support them. This foreign policy agenda was conducted over the next two decades.

truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City

murder taking place on 8 December 1980

vehicle-ramming attack in New York City on October 31, 2017

1920 bombing in New York City

1989 crime involving a violent attack on a jogger in New York City

American child abuse victim (1864–1956)

killing on February 21, 1965

attempted suicide bombing at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on December 11, 2017

armed incident in 1984

mass shooting in Manhattan, New York City on 28 July 2025