Over the course of eight years, from the bombing of the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, through the destruction of that iconic American complex on September 11, 2001—in suicide hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 Americans, struck the Pentagon, and would have obliterated a target in the U.S. capital, probably the Capitol itself, were it not for the heroism of Flight 93's doomed passengers and crew—jihadist terrorists repeatedly attacked American installations at home and overseas.