The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed leaders to find new ways to manage amid evolving chaos. But the pandemic is not the first disaster of this generation to force rapid, meaningful change. The devastating terrorist attack on the World Trade Center nearly 20 years ago left behind painful memories and powerful lessons about how leaders must learn and adapt. More.

Three events have been seared into my soul over the course of my journey in public service. First, having my parents wake me at 7 am in the morning for school as a fifth grader to tell me my hero, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, had been killed the night before in Los Angeles. Second, having to leave my congressional office in the Rayburn Office Building during 9/11, as many believed the Capitol, where we held our Intelligence Committee meetings, was going to be a terrorist target. More.

Three events have been seared into my soul over the course of my journey in public service. First, having my parents wake me at 7 am in the morning for school as a fifth grader to tell me my hero, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, had been killed the night before in Los Angeles. More.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Thomas Kean, former Republican Governor of New Jersey and former co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, about creating a commission to investigate what happened Jan. 6. More.

Former President Trump's second impeachment trial has concluded, but questions still remain over the Jan. 6 insurrection. Now, former 9/11 Commission co-chairs Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton are calling on President Biden to create an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the assault at the U.S. Capitol. Kean, who is also the former New Jersey governor, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss. More.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, later this year, a traveling exhibit is coming to Ogden’s Newgate Mall starting Saturday, featuring a replica of the World Trade Center and more. The aim is to remember the tragic 9/11 attacks, which resulted in the destruction of the World Trade Center and the deaths of 2,977 people. More.

Alice Hoagland never forgot the last time she spoke to her son Mark Bingham. It was 11 September, 2001 - and he was calling from a hijacked plane. "He said he was on United Flight 93, and that there were three guys who had taken over the aircraft," she told the BBC on the day after the attacks. More.

John Fenzel, a former Special Assistant to the Vice President, and Staff Director of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) under Governor Tom Ridge, has joined Task Force 1621 (TF1621.org), a civilian intelligence organization, in an effort to support a 9/11 – like commission to investigate and report on the events of January 6th, 2021. More.