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The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to review – and decide – the birthright citizenship case this term.
The fight is over whether the 14th Amendment grants American citizenship to the children of illegal aliens who have broken U.S. laws to enter then give birth inside U.S. borders.
President Donald Trump contends that's not what the writers of the Constitution intended, even though that's been the practice for a good many years already.
A report at the Washington Examiner explained the Trump administration filed two petitions seeking the review soon.
The petitions, filed Friday, appeared on the court's public docket Monday.
The cases were launched by Democrat-run states and groups of people who might be affected.
When the issue originally arose, Trump commented:
Experts have contended that the 14th Amendment never was intended to create massive grants of citizenship to children of illegal aliens.
The Examiner report said the fight stems from Trump's order in January that said the amendment does not include children born on U.S. soil to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily.
"The issues in this petition are unquestionably cert-worthy," the DOJ said. "The government has a compelling interest in ensuring that American citizenship — the privilege that allows us to choose our political leaders — is granted only to those who are lawfully entitled to it."
The filing noted a lower court ruling against the president actually causes problems, invalidating "a policy of prime importance to the President and his Administration in a manner that undermines our border security. Those decisions confer, without lawful justification, the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified people."
Earlier this year, the high court addressed the issue, but did not decide the core question.
The fight was the vehicle for the Supreme Court to put a limit on nationwide injunctions that were commonly being used by lower court judges to control the president's international policies, economic policies and much more.
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Leftist politicians and their supporting media corporations have been unleashing inflammatory rhetoric about President Donald Trump's agenda for border security and the deportation of illegal alien criminals since before he took office.
And leftist violence against those enforcing the nation's laws, the officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been surging.
Now it's left two detainees dead, the victims of a sniper who was firing indiscriminately at an ICE facility in Dallas.
Reports have identified the shooting suspect at Joshua Jahn, 29, who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the scene of Wednesday's shooting.
Authorities reported one of the bullet casings left behind in the attack was inscribed "anti-ICE."
"The shooter fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, including at a van in the sallyport where the victims were shot," a statement from the Department of Homeland Security explained.
Another detainee was injured.
Reports revealed Jahn had a record, for a felony marijuana case in Texas in 2016, for which he pleaded guilty and served probation.
No law enforcement officers were injured.
The same location had been hit with a bomb threat in August, and other shootings happened at ICE operations in Alvaredo on July 4 and a Border Patrol location in McAllen days later.
"This vile attack was motivated by hatred for ICE," charged Kristi Noem, Homeland Security secretary. "For months, we've been warning politicians and the media to tone down their rhetoric about ICE law enforcement before someone was killed.
"This shooting must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences," Noem said.
In fact, on Rumble was posted a video of leftist California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasting ICE just hours earlier:
The FBI confirmed, "This morning just before 7am local time, an individual fired multiple rounds at a Dallas, Texas ICE facility, killing one, wounding several others, before taking his own life. FBI, DHS, ATF are on the ground with Dallas PD and state authorities. While the investigation is ongoing, an initial review of the evidence shows an idealogical motive behind this attack (see photo below). One of the unspent shell casings recovered was engraved with the phrase "ANTI ICE." More updates will be forthcoming. These despicable, politically motivated attacks against law enforcement are not a one-off. We are only miles from Prarieland, Texas where just two months ago an individual ambushed a separate ICE facility targeting their officers. It has to end and the FBI and our partners will lead these investigative efforts to see to it that those who target our law enforcement are pursued and brought to the fullest extent of justice. Thankfully, no law enforcement personnel were injured. Please pray for the injured and deceased."
Fox reported Jahn fired "indiscriminately" at the ICE facility and van parked adjacent.
Dallas police statements suggested that Jahn may have been living in Durant, Oklahoma, prior to his death.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said his state supports border security and deportation efforts and the shooting "will NOT slow our arrest, detention, & deportation of illegal immigrants. We will work with ICE & the Dallas Police Department to get to the bottom of the assassin's motive."
Noem chided those in leftist campaigns who demonize immigration authorities.
"Comparing ICE day in and day out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences," she added. "The men and women of ICE are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, they just want to go home to their families at night."
Newsom's state actually launched a campaign to ban ICE agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities – to prevent attacks on their families.
Federal authorities said since state officials have no authority over federal officers, Newsom's campaign means little.
Activist Laura Loomer confirmed, "I did a background check on Joshua Jahn, the ICE shooter in Dallas, Texas. Joshua Jahn's profile picture from his now-wiped Facebook page per the background check results reveals ANTIFA and communist imagery. The profile photo is of an armed communist with the hammer and sickle. The text reads GLORIOUS EXPOSITION, COMRADE. He also has a previous conviction for selling Marijuana. Proof this was Leftist political violence against ICE officers.":
The link between leftists advocating for actions against ICE and the shooting, however, was noted over and over.
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While Minnesota is hardly a stronghold for MAGA supporters, that was the location of the first Turning Point USA rally since the death of its founder and driving force, Charlie Kirk.
The campus-outreach organization went to the University of Minnesota Monday and drew at least 2,000 attendees, according to Townhall. The national tour has been renamed "This is the Turning Point."
"[The event] was 100% sold out. They are carrying Charlie's torch! This is AMAZING," posted Eric Daugherty about the Minneapolis event.
At one point, hundreds of students stood, many wearing red caps, and chanted, "Charlie! Charlie! Charlie!"
The event, which was originally to feature Kirk, was led by commentator and author Michael Knowles.
"Charlie accomplished more in his 31 years than most people could accomplish in many lifetimes," said Knowles. "His most public accomplishments were political. His most important were religious. He wanted to be remembered for his faith."
MPR News spoke to Keane Pfeifer of St. Paul, a high-school senior.
He said he hadn't heard of Kirk until the lead-up to the 2024 election and liked that Kirk was willing to talk with liberals – "and I also just agree with him on most of his points."
"Charlie was an inspiration for me to speak out and be confident in what I believe in. He started Turning Point USA when he was 18 years old," which is how old Pfeifer is now. "It has shown that youth can make a difference … if we come together and work together."
The tour's next stop is Wednesday night at Virginia Tech, where Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is slated to be one of the speakers.
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President Donald Trump apparently has Venezuela on his mind, as he posted on Monday a hilarious trolling video on Truth Social, declaring it was "TOP SECRET."
"We caught the Venezuelan Militia in training. A very serious threat!" the president exclaimed.
The video shows women, with one being morbidly obese, running slowly through a training ground while carrying guns.
Reaction online includes:
"It seems the Maduro regime is getting their best ready for the fight."
"Wait, I thought they were having famines. Why do they still have people this fat? "
"Imagine thinking a slow jog is a legitimate military threat, pretty sure we're more dangerous in a McDonald's drive-thru than those dudes."
Lol, this is why Trump is the best! One of the hundreds of reasons, but this is a main one. He is a normal dude with a great sense of humor!"
"What is Pritzker's sister doing in Venezuela? LMAO."
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A journalist who says Charlie Kirk greatly improved his personal life by focusing on Jesus Christ is now asserting former late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel "put a target on the back of every Trump supporter" with his remarks blaming Kirk's assassination on those who wish to Make America Great Again, or MAGA.
"Charlie is the figurehead of the MAGA movement and so to blame MAGA for Charlie's death, which by the way is a sick and evil lie, is to blame Charlie for his own death. But also it is to put a target on the back of every Trump supporter," said Benny Johnson, host of "The Benny Show," during an appearance on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel.
"Because what Jimmy Kimmel is saying is that with the full power and weight of ABC News, which is a taxpayer-funded, corporate news entity which has a license to broadcast in the public interest, he is saying I'm gonna take the full weight of that comedy show, which is a sick joke, and I'm gonna put a target on the back of Trump supporters.
"What he is saying is, 'I will whitewash your crime,' because Charlie Kirk was killed by a radical, trans activist Democrat. And he's gonna say 'I will whitewash that, and I will assist in blaming the MAGA movement for these assassinations.'
"It's a very evil and very dangerous thing for everybody out there who's still working to honor Charlie and his legacy and to remember him. It's the last thing that he would want. Charlie was always an agent of peace and debate and dialogue."
Regarding ongoing attacks against Kirk, whose memorial service is taking place Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, Johnson wondered aloud: "Why is it so difficult for leftists to just say we disavow violence and we are praying for the Kirk family? That's all you have to do and then you just move on. That's the decent and honorable thing to do."
"It's not about red vs. blue. This is a spiritual war. It is a sunken, sunken place that the Democrat Party is in. Fifty-eight Democrats refused to … on the House floor … vote to honor Charlie and denounce political violence. … These people need Jesus."
"Charlie's a true martyr in the true Christian sense," he said. "He is advancing now the kingdom of God, even in death. And that doesn't happen. His social media accounts have doubled and tripled, and you're going to see today a revival."
"They wanted a funeral, Maria, and what they got was a spiritual awakening and a revival. That is the mark of a man who had the hand of God on him. We've felt that in our lives."
Kimmel had said in his Sept. 15 monologue, "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them – and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
Kimmel's show has since been canceled indefinitely by Disney, which owns ABC.
In a previous broadcast on his own show, Johnson labeled leftists in the public and media as "wicked demon bastards" for celebrating Kirk's assassination.
"You wicked demon bastards on the left and in the corporate media who even at this very moment celebrate Charlie Kirk's death, called for Charlie Kirk's death for years.
"You labeled him the most evil names you could possibly label him to your genetically and mentally predisposed audiences and deficient audiences who you know are mentally unstable, and you told them Charlie Kirk was Hitler. And then, what do you expect to happen? … They labeled us all this way."
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Americans often hear the mind-numbing statistic that fentanyl poisoning is the No. 1 cause of death for Americans aged 18-45.
Most do not comprehend how this can be, not understanding that the powerful narcotic – unlike almost any other drug – is not just addicting, but is frequently added to other illicit drugs for the express purpose of poisoning/killing Americans.
Thus there is a significant deficit in education and awareness among the American public regarding the battle against lethal synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
WorldNetDaily recently interviewed Lisa Carole Cude, a mother who has experienced the devastating effects of fentanyl firsthand.
Cude's firstborn son, Jordan, was in active recovery for substance use addiction, having moved from a restrictive residential treatment center for eight months to a less-restrictive sober living home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Three weeks after Jordan moved into the sober living house with five men in active recovery for substance use, Lisa Cude invited her sons for lunch to "share some time together" and "celebrate life." Jordan was "doing extremely well, getting his life back together," she said, adding that her son was committed not only to his own recovery but also to helping others. "He was healthy and happy, moving forward, doing all of the necessary hard-work and dedication towards a better life," she said, noting he was "free from all substances."
Then, on the night of that very day, March 20, 2021, he lost his life. The mother of three was "blindsided" the next day when three uniformed officers knocked on her door to inform her of losing Jordan.
"I thought those knocks were him arriving early for dinner," she told WND, as she was preparing for a Sunday family get-together. "Instead of a happy occasion, and through the shock, I had to inform my other sons and their father the devastating news." She lamented, "The enormity of the pain is indescribable for all who loved him," adding, "I wish it on no one."
Later, revealed Lisa Cude, "a toxicology report came back full of a deadly dose of fentanyl cut with cocaine." With much regret, she said her son relapsed with his roommate. "They purchased cocaine, and it was full of fentanyl." As she explained, "You don't die from cocaine. I know for a fact that he did not want to die, and he was poisoned, unknowingly, sold cocaine cut with 28ngs of pure fentanyl – enough to kill 14 men."
Sadly, not only did Jordan make an unsuccessful attempt to save his friend by notifying 911, but he also succumbed to the poison himself. "They both lost their lives to this deadly drug," his mother told WND, "along with the hundreds of thousands of others dying in our country each year. You can fill easily up a football stadium with the number of lives lost to this poison."
"I can't even describe the pain and heartache and shock that I went into," Lisa Cude shared, admitting "it's something that you live with every moment of every day." Since that tragic day, she has sought to "channel" her sorrow and raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl, "to spare other families this grief towards positive changes in hope of saving lives." She added, "Education is key [and] knowledge is power."
"Never believe that it can't be your son or daughter, or in your wonderful community," she said. "The media often tries to depict addiction as something those living on the streets are dealing with, and while those people truly matter, the truth is that addiction affects the lives of anyone, regardless of their socioeconomic status." For her, it's imperative that everyone understands that addiction "has no boundaries, [affecting] every socio-economic background, in every workplace, in every profession, in every school, in every church, and in every community no matter how small or big."
For her son Jordan, the addiction that spiraled out of control began "innocently with a pain prescription of Percocet for the removal of wisdom teeth." He moved from liking the way the pills made him feel on to "party pills" with his friends, to include drugs prescribed by doctors, like highly addictive OxyContin.
Describing how they inevitably moved on to "street heroin," she noted that "prescription OxyContin is synthetic heroin," adding that both are highly addictive and potent opioids.
"Never in his medical and therapy records or in his journals was fentanyl ever mentioned," Lisa Cude said. "When in active addiction, his drugs of choice were heroin, cocaine and Xanax." For others, the cycle could begin with something as simple as taking a pill to manage anxiety or boost energy. In any of the situations, she cautioned, even a small amount of fentanyl mixed into any drug, including a fake pill, could prove fatal for the user.
"None of the media or our government is doing enough to save the lives of those who didn't want to die," she lamented. What is needed, she said, is "a major media blitz and public service announcements with factual information and mandatory education in all levels of education systems throughout our country."
"Treat this travesty like the Covid pandemic," she said. "Scare people straight with the facts."
Lisa Cude praises people like Derek Maltz, a former head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Special Operations Division and former acting administrator of the DEA, for bringing this issue to the forefront. As Maltz frequently emphasizes, she likewise believes there is a significant need for extensive public service announcements, engagement from celebrities to connect with younger audiences on the dangers of fentanyl, and enhanced bipartisan government initiatives that not only continue to halt the influx of fentanyl into the nation, but also boost awareness and education for both children and adults.
Equally important to Lisa Cude, she told WND, is her "belief in Jesus Christ. If it wasn't for my faith in Christ, I would not be here, as it is only this faith that has pulled me through this and has been constant through it all."
She wants to offer this hard-won wisdom to others, too, and has created a blog, a podcast and devotionals for healing, directed toward grieving parents, people battling addiction and "the people who love them through it" – sharing her faith throughout.
"There are so many terrible stories out there, but there is also hope," she told WND. "No matter what comes our way, we can't lose focus of our faith."
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Now it's Starbuck that has been caught in a fight over baristas' refusal to label a drink favored by assassinated Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk with the words "Charlie Kirk" as customers requested.
In its coffee shops, servers are taught to ask for a name, so they can let a customer know when his or her drink is ready.
Apparently, the company tries to discourage political slogans, so that Starbucks shops are not filled with anti-anyone slogans like "Let's Go Brandon" being shouted out multiple times a day.
But when some baristas refused to write on cups "Charlie Kirk," based on the presumption that the name is "political," Starbucks intervened.
On one video, a barista claims, "We can't do political names, but it [the register] didn't even ask for a name to begin with so it's going to be $3.75."
Asked to write Charlie Kirk's name on the cup, the barista affirmed she could write "Charlie."
A Starbucks statement said, "There are no restrictions on customers using Charlie Kirk's name on their order, and we are following up with our team."
It soon elaborated, "Starbucks is a company built on human connection. Having a name, rather than a number, attached to a customer order has been a core part of the Starbucks coffeehouse experience for decades. Most customers use their own name. And when a customer wants to use a different name — including the name Charlie Kirk — when ordering their drink in our café, we aim to respect their preference."
It added, "Over the years, we have had instances where some people have tried to abuse the system. For example, they've provided something that isn't a name at all, but rather a political slogan with the aim of having our barista shout it out as they hand off the finished drink. And in some cases, as their 'name,' they have provided words that are sexually explicit or otherwise offensive. We aim to be a community coffeehouse where everyone feels welcome, so we have previously provided guidance to our partners to respectfully ask the customer to use a different name when attempting to use political slogans or phrases in place of their name. We are clarifying with our team now that names, on their own, can be used by customers on their café order, as they wish."
The company already has been lobbied to formally name a drink, tea and honey, after Kirk, who once talked about drinking many of those daily.
A published report explained, "The murder of 31-year-old Kirk … on September 10 has further polarized an already divided nation and sparked fierce debate about free speech across the country. In a now-viral TikTok video, a woman claimed that 'Starbucks refused to write or say Charlie Kirk's name. I never went in talking about politics, just mentioned his name to have it written on my cup to honor him.'"
Reports confirm that customers have been ordering Mint Majesty tea with two honeys, as that was Kirk's favorite.
According to the Independent, Kirk's alleged assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson of Utah, has been officially charged with aggravated murder and six other counts, including obstruction of justice and witness tampering. Utah prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Robinson.
Reports confirm the suspect was radicalized into the transgender and other leftist ideologies.
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A Muslim mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, has stunned with his vitriol against a Christian resident of his city who simply objected to promoting violence.
Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud scolded resident Edward "Ted" Barham, a Christian, "Although you live here, you are not welcome here."
Barham had objected to renaming some intersections in Dearborn after Osama Siblani, Arab American News publisher who has promoted Hezbollah and Hamas, both Middle East organizations that have inflicted death, destruction and terror on Americans.
Hammoud issued a dangerous suggestion for Barham to not see the signs.
"The best suggestion I have for you is to not drive on Warren Avenue or close your eyes while you're doing it. His name is up there and I spoke at a ceremony celebrating it because he's done a lot for his community," Hammoud claimed.
He then turned to a personal attack on his city's resident, accusing Barham of being "a bigot, and you are racist, and you're an Islamophobe. Although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here. And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of this city."
Barham had explained Siblani is "a promoter of Hezbollah and Hamas. … He talks about how the blood of the martyrs irrigates the land of Palestine … whether we are in Michigan and whether we are in Yemen. Believe me, everyone should fight within his means. They will fight with stones, others will fight with guns, others fight with planes, drones, and rockets."
Fox News reported the signs actually were approved by the Wayne County commission, as the road is a county road, but the signs are inside Dearborn.
Barham compared the signs to naming a road "Hezbollah Street or Hamas Street," and said the "honor" for Siblani was "provocative."
Fox explained, "Dearborn, the city with America's highest-percentage Muslim population, has long navigated debate over cultural and political identity. For many average residents, the moment captured in City Hall begged the question of whether elected officials are willing to listen to all voices or only those they choose to celebrate."
WND reported only days ago that adjacent Dearborn Heights was forced into an embarrassing backtrack when officials announced a badge for police officers that said "Dearborn Heights Police" in Arabic.
The scandal even caught the attention of the late Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, who was assassinated a week ago at a free speech event in Utah.
After an interval of only two days, Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi went to social media to backtrack.
"On Wednesday, September 3rd, information was disseminated from the Dearborn Heights Police Department regarding a digital mock-up of the DHPD patch bearing the department name translated in Arabic script," his Facebook post said. "The design mock-up idea showed the words 'Dearborn Heights Police' in Arabic and was said to be optional. The patch effort was an internal discussion among some within the police department which was not put forth for consensus or further review."
But, he said, "Should efforts like this be formally undertaken to make any changes to the Police uniform, it is our goal to include multiple PD stakeholders for a larger conversation, to ensure all are included in the discussion. As we are one PD, each individual's uniform represents the DHPD as a whole, and therefore merits the review and input of all. At this time, this patch addition remains an idea and should NOT have been presented as an official prototype."
Dearborn Heights has a population of around 39% Middle Eastern or North African as of the most recent census, but triggered Republican Congressman Randy Fine with its announcement. He called it an example of "Sharia Law" coming to Michigan.
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A young redheaded TikTokker, who goes by Ellie May on X, posted a video hoping it would get in front of the eyes of President Trump – and it has. The president posted it on his Truth Social account Saturday afternoon.
The woman pleads with the president to spearhead the passage of "The Charlie Kirk Act," which would hold media companies accountable for lying to the American people.
She cites 2013 action by President Obama that repealed the 1948 Smit-Mundt Act, a law that prohibited propaganda in the media.
"Make it damn near impossible for these people to continue to lie to the American public, which has brought chaos, hatred and division all across the country," she says.
"Because of their hateful lies, a man has lost his life. … Force journalists to finally start telling the truth."
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Americans marked the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on their nation by Islamic terrorists with tributes, recollections, remembrances and more.
And one pilot took the opportunity to reveal how he thinks his jet, sitting on a runway that day, was intended to be the fifth aircraft hijacked and turned into a weapon of mass destruction.
Ceremonies were held Thursday in New York and at the Pentagon, both targeted that day, as well as in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a flight augured into the ground after a failed scheme to turn it into another weapon.
Nearly 3,000 civilians died that day.
Jennifer Nilsen explained to reporters that the loss of her husband, Troy Nilsen, is "heart-wrenching" every year.
Even those who weren't born by then marked the day.
But one man, Tom Mannello, has recollections that go a bit further.
He was to pilot United Airlines Flight 23 that day, and says it was his aircraft that was intended to be used as another "weapon of mass destruction" on that day.
But he said a terrorist's mistake saved the lives of those aboard.
In a report in the Daily Mail about a video documentary, he said, "I now believe that it is more likely than not that we were the fifth airplane. There's a good chance that somebody was planning to try to use our airplane as a weapon of mass destruction."
That flight was at New York's JFK airport, lined up to leave at about 9 a.m.
But it was called back to the gate after other jets hit the World Trade Center towers.
He said he learned afterward that box cutters – the weapons used by hijackers to gain control of other four flights – were discovered on an aircraft that was parked next to his jet that morning.
That craft was not due to depart, but it's number was one digit off of the one Mannello was flying.
He said he learned two box cutters were found in the seat pockets in the first class section in that empty jet.
"Connecting the dots, the captain now believes the box cutters placed inside the seats on the neighboring aircraft had been intended for his flight, which would have departed JFK at a similar time to the other deadly vessels," the report said.
He said he thinks the mistake was that someone, assigned to leave the box cutters for later use, left them in the wrong jet.
"If somebody was on the ground cooperating with them, they just simply made a mistake and put the box cutters on the wrong airplane," he said. "You have people who clean the airplane, people who load food on the airplane, who have access to the airplane."
Further, he explained that flight attendants on his plane later raised concerns about several passengers.
"Flight attendant Barbara Brockie-Smaldino recalled one individual dressed in a burka with a niqab, who she was convinced was 'really a man,'" the report said.
Another passenger even sought to take his son into the cockpit "to look around," a move that is strictly forbidden.
Further alarm bells rang when "attendants were trying to serve first-class passengers their food, but all onboard were insistent that they didn't want to eat." Instead, they wanted to take off.
A total of 2,977 people died when four jets were hijacked and intentionally crashed into New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.