Bush spoke about the September 11 attacks of the previous year that killed thousands of people in New York City , Virginia , and Pennsylvania . The Islamist terrorist organization al-Qaeda carried out the attack with 19 hijackers that took over four commercial airline flights and crashed them into the World Trade Center 's Twin Towers in New York City 's Lower Manhattan , and into the Pentagon in Virginia 's Arlington County
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
2002 State of the Union Address