Bin Laden did not destroy the world Trade Center. The World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11, 2001, by a terrorist attack carried out by al-Qaeda. The attacks were executed by 19 hijackers, 15 of whom were citizens of Saudi Arabia, while the remaining four were from Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. The hijackers took control of four commercial passenger jet airliners and used them to carry out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to regain control of the aircraft. The attacks resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people and caused billions of dollars in property and infrastructure damage. Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, was killed by United States forces in Pakistan on May 2, 2011.