In the north tower, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the 93rd through 98th floors and wrecked the stairwells on the 92nd floor. At the crash and above, 1,360 people died; none survived. Below the crash line, 72 died and more than 4,000 survived.

Tragically, there were no survivors among the passengers and crew on any of the four hijacked aircraft involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. All 265 people aboard American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 77, and United Airlines Flight 93 perished in the crashes. The only "survivors" associated with the events were those who escaped the Twin Towers or the Pentagon after the impacts. On Flight 93, passengers famously attempted a revolt against the hijackers, which resulted in the plane crashing into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, rather than its intended target in Washington, D.C. In 2026, the names of all the victims on the flights are memorialized at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, where they are grouped together to honor the crews and passengers who were lost. The total death toll of the day remains 2,977, excluding the 19 hijackers, cementing 9/11 as the deadliest act of terrorism in world history and the most significant loss of life in a single day for commercial aviation.