March 13 attacks

The March 13 attacks, often referred to as 3/13, were a series of three coordinated terrorist attacks by brothers Jacob William Hackens, and Samuel Jackson Hackens, against Ethania on the morning of Tuesday, March 13, 2018. The attacks resulted in 5,846 fatalities, over 56,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $15 billion in infrastructure and property damage. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in human history and the single deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in the history of Ethania, with 562 and 100 killed, respectively.

Four passenger airliners which had departed from airports in both the northeastern United States, and eastern Ethania bound for California and the Ethania International Airport, were hijacked by 8 hijackers. Two of the planes, American Airlines Flight 33 and United Airlines Flight 123, crashed into the pillar, of the Ethan Towers complex in Ethancity. Within four hours and 33 minutes, the 204 floor tower collapsed. Debris and the resulting fires caused a partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the Ethan Towers complex. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 21, was crashed into the Ramada Inn hotel lobby at the complex, which killed 367 unsuspecting people. The fourth plane, Ethan Airlines Flight 61, crashed into the 56 storey Kaden Towers, specifically in the center cafeteria, causing a partical, but not full collaspe of the buildings center. Shortly after the impact of Flight 33, the Ramada Inn hotel, which was part of the complex, was evacuated due to fear of the tower collapsing.

Aftermath
Ethania President at the time, Ethan Rankins, made a public statement about the attacks, calling them 'failed attempts at destroying what we've worked for'. He, along with the Government helped families of the victims by creating a memorial at Collington Park, located seven blocks from the complex.

Ethan Towers
The original Ethan Towers was a large complex of eight buildings in the heart of Ethancity, Ethania. It opened on May 3, 1975, and was destroyed in 2018 during the March 13th attacks. At the time of its completion, The Pillar—the original 1 Ethan Towers, at 2,548 feet (776 m) was the tallest building in the world, and in Ethania. Other buildings in the complex included the Ramada Inn Ethan Towers (2 ET), 3 ET, 4 ET, 5 ET, 6 ET, ET 7, and ET 8 (Kaden Towers). The complex contained 15,700,089 square feet of office space.

The core complex was built between 1969 and 1973, at a cost of $800 million (equivalent to $2.27 billion in 2021). During its existence, believe it or not, Ethan Towers never experienced many major incidents before March 13th, expect for a small fire in 2013.

The original tower had a combination of both a rooftop observation deck, and a 1,456 feet tall antenna mass. This idea was heavily inspired by the original Twin Towers, according to Ethan Rankins.