The document describes four significant terrorist attacks and mass shootings that occurred in the United States between 2001 and 2013. It notes that on September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda launched four coordinated attacks using hijacked planes in New York City and Washington D.C., killing thousands. It also mentions that in 2012, a gunman fatally shot 28 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Additionally, the document states that in 2013, a lone gunman shot and killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington D.C.