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A Day Of Remembrances And Reflection: 20 Years After The 9/11 Attacks

Twenty years to the day after a pair of hijacked airliners destroyed the World Trade Center towers and another plane punched a gaping hole in the Pentagon and a fourth passenger jet crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers sought to regain control from hijackers, Americans nationwide reflected on the events that forever changed their country. More.

Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors

John Feal, now 54 years old, was a supervisor at a demolition company when terrorists hijacked two planes that brought down the World Trade Center buildings—and two others that crashed into the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa., respectively—20 years ago. More.

9/11 survivors from Chicago who were in World Trade Center, Pentagon say 'never forget' daily life

Three Chicago area fathers all survived the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. They gave a harrowing account of what they went through, and how terrorism changed their lives forever. Time sits still in memories, even from miles away, leaving behind a vivid trail of sounds, smells and emotions. More.

We will never get over 9/11

Milestone anniversaries of weddings, births and even sporting championships are often joyous occasion. I can recall months of planning for different milestones in my life and handling every detail with the greatest of care to make each memory remarkable for my family and loved ones. More.

I’m Alive Today Because of This Man”: One 9/11 Responder’s Blistering Fight

Lou Alvarez was dying, quickly. He’d been a buff NYPD bomb squad detective; now he was a 110-pound bag of bones, the victim of colorectal cancer. Really, though, Alvarez was the victim of the three months he’d spent searching Ground Zero for casualties of the World Trade Center terrorist attack. More.

Free Online Resources About 9/11

Twenty years after September 11, 2001, the first generation that grew up in a world profoundly altered by the attacks is coming of age. Many of these young adults have little or no memory of the day itself. More.

Naples man in new book mourns maverick company, and how employees persevered after 9/11

A train missed, a convenience shunned. Because of both, Ed Zier is alive and talking today, reflecting on Sept. 11, 2001, as he gazes at a sparkling Florida morning through his glass living room doors. More.

They Lost Loved Ones In 9/11. We Invited Them To Leave A Voicemail In Their Memory

Voicemails are deeply embedded into memories of 9/11. On that day in 2001, as people all across New York City tried to get hold of their friends and family, cellphone networks were overloaded. And for some of the victims inside the planes and towers, leaving a voicemail was their last way of communicating with their loved ones. More.