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9/11 most significant US event
10/09/2007 21:24 - (SA)
Washington - Six years after the September 11 attacks on the United States, most Americans view the plane hijackings that killed about 3 000 people as the most significant historical event of their lives, according to a poll released on Monday.
Eighty-one percent of those surveyed said they see the attacks as the most significant historical even of their lifetimes, with more people on the east coast - 90% - choosing this view compared to 75% on the west coast.
The Zogby International telephone poll surveyed 938 people between September 6 and 9 and has a three-percentage point margin of error.
The poll also showed 61% of respondents saying they think of the events at least once a week and 16% saying they think of the attacks every day.
A full 91% said they believe the United States will be attacked again on US soil.
Sixteen percent said they had personally visited the site of the World Trade Centre in New York City to pay tribute to those who died when two passenger jets plunged into the towers and caused them to collapse.
A third jet hijacked by al-Qaeda militants hit the Pentagon outside Washington, and a fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
- AFP
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