The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 others.
Sunday is September 11. It is the 15th anniversary of the day thousands of people were killed in a terrorist attack in the United States. Early that morning, two airplanes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. All the …
The first time I saw New York’s World Trade Center, the towers were already in flames. I was nine years old and watching live TV from home in Hong Kong on Sept. 11, 2001. My parents and I had just come back from roller skating in the park. “The …
Seen in May 2014, the new One World Trade Center rises above New York City, just steps from Ground Zero. Photograph by Spencer Platt, Getty Images. Terror on the Ground. At 9:03 a.m. ET, United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Center’s …
Fifteen years have passed since the attacks of September 11, 2001 killed nearly 3,000 people and forever altered the world as we knew it. From the instant President George W. Bush was informed of the attacks to the raising of the American flag by …
If you’ve visited or lived in New York City for any amount of time in the last 15 years, the wake of theSeptember 11 attacks has been inescapable. More police patrol the streets, airport security lines are longer, and new skyscrapers shoot into the sky.
Two days after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, a reserved and calm Donald Trump was asked in an interview to explain how it was possible that “two Boeing planes would be able to destroy the Twin Towers?” Without hesitation, the billionaire …
Rescue workers survey the damage to the World Trade Center in New York City in this photo taken on Set. 11, 2001. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center which were struck by hijacked airplanes collapsed on that day claiming 2,753 lives. September …
NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. federal government on Friday marked its return to the rebuilt 1 World Trade Center, moving its New York City offices back to Lower Manhattan 15 years after the Sept.11 attacks that had reduced the site to rubble.
On this 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, I am more keenly aware than ever of the recovery that has taken place downtown. The more I examine the seven structures that have emerged in the intervening years, the more clearly I see that they are …
Everyone seems have their own story of the 9/11 attacks, and I recently asked readers to share theirs to mark the 15th anniversary. I got responses from people who on that day were all over the world: in New York and nearby, in DC, elsewhere in the U.S …
Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. This collection of photos is in remembrance of the tragedy and the events that followed. In this 1990 photo is the New York City skyline with World Trade Center’s twin towers in the …
Family members of fallen officers watch a procession in Lower Manhattan to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the police officers who were killed during and after the event, on September 9, 2016 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty …
In times of overwhelming sorrow, poetry always seems to offer some words of comfort. I have been thinking, as we approached the 15th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, of Emily Dickinson’s poem, “because I could not stop for death/he kindly stopped for me…”
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 11, 2001 shows rescue workers surveying damage to the World Trade Center in New York. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center which were struck by hijacked airplanes collapsed on that day claiming 2,753 …
On September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden and Al Qaida attacked the World Trade Center in New York City and the U.S. Pentagon in Washington D.C. These horrific events were documented as they unfolded and are the most watched tragedies in history.
Before its tragic destruction in the September 11 attacks, the World Trade Center’s status as one of the most recognizable buildings in New York City made it a frequent shooting spot for movies filmed in the Big Apple. Here’s a look back at the WTC’s …
To mark the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, CTVNews.ca has put together a selection of some of the most dramatic before-and-after photos showing what New York was able to build over the years from the rubble of Ground Zero and …
Local Sept. 11 memorial ceremonies, events. Local Sept. 11 memorial ceremonies, eventsHere are several events remembering the events of September 11, 2001. Local; 2 hours, 28 minutes ago · Michigan. Supreme Court green lights straight-party voting in …
It was unfathomable not to see “my” two towers as I walked down south on Fifth Avenue every morning. On clear, beautiful days, I could see every detail of the buildings, and the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 was one such day. It’s also a day I’ll never forget.
NEW YORK: in The Statue of Liberty stands in the foreground as Lower Manhattan is 19 NEW YORK: in The Statue of Liberty stands in the foreground as Lower Manhattan is viewed at dusk, September 8, 2016 in New York City. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty …
Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, along with a more uplifting milestone: It’s the 5th anniversary of the National September 11 Memorial. The Memorial Park and the Museum (which opened in May 2014) are among the most popular …
I wouldn’t cover another Broncos game until Sept. 23 in Phoenix. Between Broncos games, I wrote 11 columns in Denver, on an airplane and in New York City about the disastrous, devastating, disturbing events of Sept. 11, 2001. At 6 a.m. Eastern, the …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The memorial in New York City at the site where the Twin Towers fell in theSept. 11 attacks 15 years ago straddles two worlds: one of the living and one of the dead. A marker for where more than 2,600 people were killed, it …
This weekend the world will stop to look back at the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, on the 15th anniversary of the attack on New York. For all those of us who lived through that day, September 11, 2001, is a day that we will never forget. Like …
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 11, 2001 shows a hijacked commercial plane approaching the World Trade Center shortly before crashing into the landmark skyscraper in New York. The Twin Towers collapsed later on that day. September 11 …
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four passenger airliners were hijacked for use in coordinated terrorist attacks on the United States. Two of the planes crashed into the North and South towers of New York City’s World Trade Center resulting in the …
NEW YORK – Fifteen years after the Sept. 11th attacks, Lower Manhattan has been reborn. The revitalization of the city’s downtown, powered by $30 billion in government and private investment, includes not just the reconstruction of the World Trade …
The death of almost 3,000 people on 9/11, however, left U.S. intelligence and military chiefs feeling blindsided. Having failed to prevent the attack – or even predict one of such scale – they abruptly revised many of their expectations. “9/11 was seen …
As we mourn the losses of 15 years ago this Sept. 11, it certainly doesn’t help that New York’s iconic Lower Manhattan skyline is a generic disappointment. Just look at the picture on top of this page. If you glanced quickly, you’d think you were …
On September 11, 2001, I was 7 years old, and my second-grade teacher called a class meeting to explain that two airplanes had hit the twin towers in New York City, about 25 miles from where we were in northern New Jersey. I remember raising my hand …