Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, at lectern, delivers remarks as President Barack Obama, left, and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel stand by during a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Va., Sept. 11, 2014. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks.