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September 11 attacks: Media
United States [2001]
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September 11 terrorist attacks: Perpetrators and victims
Discussion of Mohammed Atta, lead hijacker in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,...
The World Trade Center and the September 11 attacks
September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City remembered.
Know how the AT&T Corporation managed the telecommunication traffic right after the attacks of September 11, 2001
A discussion of how the AT&T Corporation coped with the massive increase in telecommunication...
Witness the historic speech by U.S. Pres. Barack Obama announcing the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces, May 2011
Pres. Barack Obama announcing that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden, May 2011.
September 11 attacks; war on terrorism
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush delivering remarks at the former site of the World Trade...
Witness the construction of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum commemorating the September 11 attacks in New York City
Time-lapse video (2004–14) of the construction of the National September 11 Memorial...
Images
September 11 attacks
Hijacked airliner approaching the south tower of the World Trade Center.
Carmen Taylor/AP Images
September 11 attacks
A collection of significant facts about the September 11 attacks.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
September 11 attacks: Pentagon
Fire and smoke billowing from the Pentagon after hijackers crashed American Airlines...
Cpl. Jason Ingersoll, USMC/U.S. Department of Defense
September 11 attacks: United Airlines flight 93
Part of the wreckage of United Airlines flight 93. The airplane was crashed into...
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (U.S. v. Moussaoui)
flight paths on September 11, 2001
The routes of the four U.S. planes hijacked during the terrorist attacks of September...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (U.S. v. Moussaoui)
Mohammed Atta
Florida driver's license photo of Mohammed Atta.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (U.S. v. Moussaoui)
September 11 attacks: Mohammed Atta
Photograph from a security camera at the Portland, Maine, airport showing lead hijacker...
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (U.S. v. Moussaoui)
September 11 attacks
Smoke and flames erupting from the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center...
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
September 11 attacks
Aerial photograph of the destruction following the crash of a hijacked plane into...
Tech. Sgt. Cedric H. Rudisill/U.S. Department of Defense
September 11 attacks: United Airlines flight 93, Pennsylvania
Wreckage of United Airlines flight 93, which was crashed during the terrorist attacks...
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (U.S. v. Moussaoui)
September 11 attacks
Smoke and flames erupting from the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center...
Chao Soi Cheong/AP
September 11 attacks
Smoke billowing from the burning World Trade Center site following the September...
Courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress
September 11 attacks: rescue operation
Firefighter calling for 10 additional rescue workers to make their way into the rubble...
J01 Preston Keres/U.S. Navy
George W. Bush on Air Force One after the September 11 attacks
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush conferring with his chief of staff aboard Air Force One,...
Eric Draper/The White House
September 11 attacks; George W. Bush
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush conferring with Vice Pres. Dick Cheney from Air Force One...
Eric Draper/The White House
George W. Bush: speech after the September 11, 2001, attacks
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush addressing the country from the Oval Office on September...
Eric Draper/The White House
September 11 attacks
U.S. Vice Pres. Dick Cheney talking on the phone with Pres. George W. Bush as National...
Eric Draper/The White House
George W. Bush at the World Trade Center
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush addressing a crowd as he stands on rubble at the World...
Eric Draper/The White House
September 11 attacks: missing persons notices
Notices and pictures of missing persons posted on a mailbox in New York City following...
David Finn/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (ppmsca.01936)
September 11 attacks: memorial
Memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks, New York City, 2001.
David Finn/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (ppmsca.01936)
Casus belli for the Iraq War
The effort to connect Iraq to the events of September 11, 2001, began within hours...
Obtained under FOIA by Thad Anderson
U.S. government officials during the Osama bin Laden mission
U.S. Pres. Barack Obama (seated second from left) and various other government officials—including...
Pete Souza—Official White House Photo
September 11 attacks: rescue operation
Man, covered in ash, assisting a woman holding a particle mask to her face as they...
Don Halasy/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (ppmsca.01811)
September 11 attacks
Members of the New York City Fire Department near the World Trade Center following...
Courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress
September 11 attacks: New York City
New York City Fire Department engaging in firefighting and rescue operations near...
Courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress
One World Trade Center
One World Trade Center (building with spire), New York City.
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September 11 Memorial and One World Trade Center
Night view of the North Pool of the September 11 Memorial and (center right) One...
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National Security Council meeting
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush meeting with the National Security Council in the Cabinet...
Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum/NARA
September 11 attacks: United Airlines flight 93 memorial
Memorial designed by Paul Murdoch, commemorating the victims of the hijacking of...
bioLINIA and Paul Murdoch Architects/U.S. National Park Service
rescue workers in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks
Rescue workers near the site of the World Trade Center searching for victims in the...
Courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress
The Statue of Liberty (foreground) and the Manhattan skyline as it appeared before...
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“Tribute in Light,” a temporary public art installation of 88 xenon lightbulbs that,...
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World Trade Center
The twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Lower Manhattan skyline as they...
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The twin towers of the World Trade Center after being struck by hijacked airliners...
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A lidar map of the World Trade Center site (below centre left) and vicinity after...
U.S. Army JPSD/NOAA
Compare the U.S. death toll during major events
Bar graph showing the death toll in the United States during major events.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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