A view from Brooklyn of New York City and the 'Tribute In Light' marking the twelfth anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2013 in New York City. New York City and the nation are commemorating the twelfth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks which resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people after two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia and one crash landed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.