9/11 in photos as the US marks anniversary of terror attacks
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9/11 in photos as the US marks anniversary of terror attacks

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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. People hang from the windows of the North Tower People inside both the North and South towers of the World Trade Center hung on for dear life after the planes hit on 11 September. Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 flies towards the South Tower The World Trade Center’s South Tower was hit approximately 19 minutes after the North Tower. A man covered in dust walks in the street near the World Trade Center Towers People in the immediate vicinity of the building were covered in ash caused by the crash. An unidentified New York City firefighter walks away after the collapse of the Twin Towers Firefighters were integral to the clear up Two people wear posters of a missing woman as they seek information following the attack on the World Trade Centre Lorisa Taylor, the woman they are looking for, was later found dead in the wreckage.

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9/11 Terror Attacks: Looking back at the ‘1 hour and 40 minutes’ that haunts US till date
6 months, 2 weeks ago

9/11 Terror Attacks: Looking back at the ‘1 hour and 40 minutes’ that haunts US till date

Live Mint  

The United States on Wednesday solemnly remembered the 2,977 lives lost in the 9/11 terror attack, which continues to cast a profound shadow over the nation. Al Qaeda leader Mohamed Atta flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan at 8:46 a.m. A satellite view of the 9/11 attacks. Seventeen …

Unseen footage of 9/11 attacks showing moments both Twin Towers collapsed emerges online 22 years on - sending conspiracy theorists wild
8 months ago

Unseen footage of 9/11 attacks showing moments both Twin Towers collapsed emerges online 22 years on - sending conspiracy theorists wild

Daily Mail  

A previously unseen video from 9/11 showing the Twin Towers collapsing has been posted online 22 years after the attack. The clip was uploaded to YouTube by a man named Kei Sugimoto on July 23 and has led conspiracy theorists to bizarrely claim it proves the collapse was a 'controlled demolition.' In the harrowing footage, Mr Sugimoto filmed the World …

HT This Day: September 12, 2001 -- America under attack
1 year, 6 months ago

HT This Day: September 12, 2001 -- America under attack

Hindustan Times  

FORTRESS AMERICA was breached today by the world’s most spectacular terrorist attack. In the first of a series of coordinated attacks, two hijacked planes crashed into and levelled New York’s 110-storey World Trade Center in Washington DC, another hijacked aircraft wrecked parts of the Pentagon and a car bomb damaged the State Department. The attacks began shortly before 9 a.m. …

Watch live: US flag unfurled from Pentagon roof to mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks
1 year, 6 months ago

Watch live: US flag unfurled from Pentagon roof to mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch live as a United …

5 bizarre 9/11 conspiracy theories that refuse to die out
1 year, 6 months ago

5 bizarre 9/11 conspiracy theories that refuse to die out

Hindustan Times  

Since the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11, a tidal wave of conspiracy theories has emerged over the past two decades. In this file photo smoke billows from the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, New York on September 11, 2001. A proposal to allow alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks to plead …

America pays tribute to 9/11 victims on 22nd anniversary of terror attacks
1 year, 6 months ago

America pays tribute to 9/11 victims on 22nd anniversary of terror attacks

India Today  

American citizens and leaders across the US on Monday paid tributes and honoured the memories of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the horrific September 11 terrorist attacks as the US commemorates 22 years of the tragedy. The victims of the 9/11 terror attacks were honoured during a solemn ceremony at the site of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum …

Where were world leaders when they heard about 9/11?
1 year, 6 months ago

Where were world leaders when they heard about 9/11?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When a reporter asked if he’d heard about the …

I Sheltered In An Apartment With A Total Stranger On 9/11. Two Weeks Ago, I Finally Found Her.
1 year, 6 months ago

I Sheltered In An Apartment With A Total Stranger On 9/11. Two Weeks Ago, I Finally Found Her.

Huff Post  

At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, I was startled awake by a loud boom. During the initial few weeks she’d lived in the apartment, neither of us had ever noticed that the World Trade Center could be seen from her large window until the night of Sept. 10. Off to the left you could see the eastern edge of …

9/11 Terror Attacks: Joe Biden To Commemorate 21st Anniversary With Speech At Pentagon As Tributes Pour In
2 years, 6 months ago

9/11 Terror Attacks: Joe Biden To Commemorate 21st Anniversary With Speech At Pentagon As Tributes Pour In

ABP News  

New Delhi: 21 years after the deadliest terrorist assault to ever occur on American soil, Americans are remembering 9/11 with silent moments, reciting the names of the victims, volunteering, and carrying out other tributes on Sunday. US President Joe Biden will commemorate the 21st anniversary of the attacks on Sunday, while first lady Jill Biden will give a speech in …

9/11 attacks: US President Biden to mark 21st anniversary, tributes pour in
2 years, 6 months ago

9/11 attacks: US President Biden to mark 21st anniversary, tributes pour in

Hindustan Times  

As America remembers 9/11 with moments of silence, US President Joe Biden will mark the 21st anniversary of the attacks at the Pentagon on Sunday. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband are due at the World Trade Centre in New York, new agency AP reported. File image of the annual 'Tribute in Light' that marks the anniversary of the …

21 years of 9/11 attacks: Wrenching to remember, impossible to forget - collapse of the World Trade Center
2 years, 6 months ago

21 years of 9/11 attacks: Wrenching to remember, impossible to forget - collapse of the World Trade Center

India TV News  

Highlights Five men accused of 9/11-related crimes still sit in a US detention center in Guantanamo Bay The September 11 attack day was a day of indelible images — apocalyptic, surreal, violent, ghostly Street scenes charted escalating horror as people stared and wept at the burning skyscrapers 21 years of 9/11 attacks: On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were …

'America is under attack': When White House chief of staff whispered to George W. Bush on 9/11
3 years, 6 months ago

'America is under attack': When White House chief of staff whispered to George W. Bush on 9/11

Hindustan Times  

Americans are commemorating the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives and resulted in a years-long war in Afghanistan and Iraq. US President George W. Bush listens as White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card informs him of a second plane hitting the World Trade Center. Then White House chief of staff Andrew Card, who …

Photos: 20 years later, a 9/11 image connects the photographer & survivor
3 years, 6 months ago

Photos: 20 years later, a 9/11 image connects the photographer & survivor

Hindustan Times  

Photos: 20 years later, a 9/11 image connects the photographer & survivor At 9:59 am on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center South Tower fell. 20 years later Stapleton and Bergeron reunited over the 9/11 picture as Stapleton decided he wanted to meet her and in June 2021 he went down to Georgia.. 1 / 8 View Photos in …

Photos: 20 years later, a 9/11 image connects the photographer & survivor
3 years, 6 months ago

Photos: 20 years later, a 9/11 image connects the photographer & survivor

Hindustan Times  

Photos: 20 years later, a 9/11 image connects the photographer & survivor At 9:59 am on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center South Tower fell. Not very far away, the head of public relations for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Kayla Bergeron had just made her way down 68 darkened and flooded flights of stairs. …

Conspiracy Theories That Surround 9/11 Attacks To This Day World Trade Centre QAnon Al-Qaeda
3 years, 6 months ago

Conspiracy Theories That Surround 9/11 Attacks To This Day World Trade Centre QAnon Al-Qaeda

ABP News  

New Delhi: Almost every event in history has had its share of conspiracies theories, so it is not surprising that tragic big events like the 9/11 attacks had various conspiracy theorists churning out "truths" within a few hours of its occurrence. Here are some of the famous theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks: The Bomb Theory: Many people believed that the …

9/11 attacks failed to drive our nations apart: UK PM Boris Johnson
3 years, 6 months ago

9/11 attacks failed to drive our nations apart: UK PM Boris Johnson

India Today  

The Sept. 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks in the United States failed to divide those who believe in freedom and democracy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a video message marking the 20th anniversary of that day. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, including more than 2,600 at the World Trade Center in New York, after hijackers seized control of …

9/11 Terror Attacks: From World Trade Centre To The Pentagon, How These Sites Look Now
3 years, 6 months ago

9/11 Terror Attacks: From World Trade Centre To The Pentagon, How These Sites Look Now

ABP News  

The world has changed after the horrific 9/11 attacks and so has America! Almost two decades ago Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked planes to attack the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, killing almost 3,000 people. On the 19th anniversary of the deadly 9/11 attacks that …

Photographer who captured heart-wrenching images of 9/11 revisits the scene on the 20th anniversary
3 years, 6 months ago

Photographer who captured heart-wrenching images of 9/11 revisits the scene on the 20th anniversary

Daily Mail  

The photographer who captured some of the most heart-wrenching images of the September 11 terrorist attacks called on Americans to come together like they did that day as he revisited the scene to mark the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. The spire of St. Paul's chapel rises into the sky 20 years apart Photographer Phil Penman returned to Ground Zero …

11 images that bring back the horror of 9/11 attacks
3 years, 6 months ago

11 images that bring back the horror of 9/11 attacks

India Today  

On the morning of September 11, 2001, exactly two decades ago, al-Qaeda terrorists used commercial planes as missiles and crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. A person falls from the north tower of New York's World Trade Center Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center …

Though it happened 20 years ago, the repercussions of 9/11 are still felt.
3 years, 6 months ago

Though it happened 20 years ago, the repercussions of 9/11 are still felt.

The Hindu  

On September 11, 2001, four aeroplanes, hijacked by terrorists, rammed into buildings in the U.S. — one crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania — and left a trail of death and devastation, whose effects are felt to this day. The twin World Trade Center Towers constructed in 1973, were a New York landmark. In October 2001, the U.S. led …

Pentagon survivors recall horror of 9/11 attack, reflect on war
3 years, 6 months ago

Pentagon survivors recall horror of 9/11 attack, reflect on war

Al Jazeera  

Twenty-nine people inside the Pentagon were killed when Flight 77 carrying 64 including five hijackers crashed into it. “It was just a beautiful, normal day coming to work at the Pentagon.” said Army Colonel Marilyn Wills, a congressional affairs officer who was sitting at a conference table in a meeting when a commercial airliner struck the Pentagon. “I walked down …

Two decades on, the story of 9/11 will shock you anew
3 years, 6 months ago

Two decades on, the story of 9/11 will shock you anew

Daily Mail  

More than eight years before the terrible events of 9/11, in February 1993, a 1,500lb bomb exploded underneath New York’s Twin Towers. In 1996, from his base in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden and his right-hand man, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, began planning ‘the Planes Operation’ Pictured: Taliban fighters on top of a Humvee parade along a road …

9/11: The moment George W Bush learned the attack had happened
3 years, 6 months ago

9/11: The moment George W Bush learned the attack had happened

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Three years later, this muted reaction became a liability for Mr Bush when Michael …

Hundreds gather at Ground Zero to commemorate the 18th anniversary of 9/11 that took 2,983 lives
5 years, 6 months ago

Hundreds gather at Ground Zero to commemorate the 18th anniversary of 9/11 that took 2,983 lives

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump observed an emotional moment of silence and recalled his horror watching the second plane hit the World Trade Center in the 9/11 attacks - as thousands across the nation gathered for remembrance ceremonies on the 18th anniversary of the tragedy that took 2,977 lives and scarred America. Meanwhile in New York: Hundreds gathered at Ground Zero in New …

9/11 attacks: Air traffic controllers reveal horror of day in book detailing graphic accounts
5 years, 6 months ago

9/11 attacks: Air traffic controllers reveal horror of day in book detailing graphic accounts

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The plane’s being hijacked.” The pilots on United 175 also heard Atta’s commands, and reported to New York air-traffic control: …

World Trade Centre Attack: US commemorates 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, mourns deaths of thousands
5 years, 6 months ago

World Trade Centre Attack: US commemorates 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, mourns deaths of thousands

Firstpost  

Some 9/11 memorials elsewhere already included sickened rescue, recovery and cleanup workers, and there is a remembrance wall entirely focused on them in Nesconset, on Long Island. World Trade Center Attack: Americans are commemorating 9/11 terror attack with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to “never forget” and rising attention to the terror attacks’ extended toll on responders. “People say, ‘Why do …

9/11: When Trump bragged he now had 'tallest building' in downtown Manhattan hours after World Trade Center collapsed
6 years, 6 months ago

9/11: When Trump bragged he now had 'tallest building' in downtown Manhattan hours after World Trade Center collapsed

The Independent  

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9/11: Recordings of dramatic phone calls reveal true horror of World Trade Center terror attacks
6 years, 6 months ago

9/11: Recordings of dramatic phone calls reveal true horror of World Trade Center terror attacks

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Melissa Doi Businesswoman Melissa Doi, 32, worked on …

A History Of Donald Trump’s Tasteless Comments About 9/11
6 years, 6 months ago

A History Of Donald Trump’s Tasteless Comments About 9/11

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This is an updated version of an article first published in 2017. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down,” Trump said at a campaign rally. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down,” Trump said on ABC’s “This Week.” The …

9/11 anniversary: Rare images show aftermath of World Trade Center attack that killed 2,997
6 years, 6 months ago

9/11 anniversary: Rare images show aftermath of World Trade Center attack that killed 2,997

The Independent  

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Americans still worried about major terrorist incident 16 years after 9/11 attacks[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 6 months ago

Americans still worried about major terrorist incident 16 years after 9/11 attacks[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

A New York City Police Department officer pauses at the edge of the south reflecting pool at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum during ceremonies marking the 16th anniversary of the attacks in New York, US, September 11, 2017. NEW YORK - For 64-year-old New Yorker Gary Gonel, who came to the World Trade Center every year on Sept 11 …

Rare 9/11 images show aftermath of attacks inside Pentagon
7 years, 6 months ago

Rare 9/11 images show aftermath of attacks inside Pentagon

Daily Mail  

It's been 16 years since the horrific September 11th attacks that left 2,996 people dead and more than 6,000 others wounded in America. Larry A. Simmons The powerful photos include candid shots of then-President George Bush as the devastating attacks were unfolding A burned and melted telephone along with other items sit on top of an office desk inside of …

Trump readies for first Sept 11 commemoration as president
7 years, 6 months ago

Trump readies for first Sept 11 commemoration as president

China Daily  

A visitor photographs the National September 11 Memorial and Museum on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Manhattan, New York, US, on September 11, 2016. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will preside over his first 9/11 commemoration in office on Monday, a mostly solemn and nonpartisan occasion that may highlight his muddled claims about the worst terrorist attack …

ISIS celebrate 9/11 in sickening tributes while Al-Qaeda threaten repeat attack
8 years, 6 months ago

ISIS celebrate 9/11 in sickening tributes while Al-Qaeda threaten repeat attack

Daily Mail  

Al Qaeda's leader threatened to repeat the 9/11 attacks 'thousands of times' while terror supporters praised the events in sickening online tributes. Terror chief Ayman al-Zawahiri posted a video on YouTube Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of the assault that claimed 2,977 lives. Terror chief Ayman al-Zawahiri posted a video on YouTube Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of the assault …

September 11 attacks: The 102 minutes that changed America
8 years, 6 months ago

September 11 attacks: The 102 minutes that changed America

Firstpost  

The Al-Qaeda plane hijackings of 11 September, 2001 — the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries — ruptured a sense of safety and plunged the West into wars still being fought today. Here is the timeline of the events that fateful morning, which reshaped the course of US history: 8:46 am - The first strike …

9/11: New photos show George W Bush's response to September 11 attacks
8 years, 10 months ago

9/11: New photos show George W Bush's response to September 11 attacks

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Following 11 September 2001, Mr Bush launched the …

Memories of 9/11 terrorist attack
10 years, 6 months ago

Memories of 9/11 terrorist attack

India TV News  

Image Source : INDIATV 1/7 People run from a collapsing World Trade Center tower in New York. Image Source : INDIATV 3/7 The National September 11 Memorial and Museum, shows a pair of high heel shoes worn by JoAnne JoJo Capestro while descending 87 floors of stairs to escape a World Trade center tower on Sept. 11, 2001. Image Source …

From the archives:: World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11, 2001
11 years ago

From the archives:: World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11, 2001

LA Times  

An explosion rips through the south tower of the World Trade Center as smoke billows from the north tower. Clyde Ebanks, vice president of an insurance company, was at a meeting on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center’s south tower when his boss said, “Look at that!” He turned and saw a plane go past and hit the …

Ten interesting facts to know about 9/11 terror attacks
11 years, 6 months ago

Ten interesting facts to know about 9/11 terror attacks

India TV News  

New Delhi: On September 11, 2001, the world looked on in horror as terrorists flew hijacked passenger planes into New York City's mighty twin towers, destroying the iconic buildings and killing thousands of people. Here are some interesting facts to know about this terror attack: * 9/11 was not the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. * Passengers …

Chronology of 9/11 terror attacks: The day the world trembled
11 years, 6 months ago

Chronology of 9/11 terror attacks: The day the world trembled

India TV News  

New Delhi: It has been 12 years since the attacks of September 11, 2001. 7:59 am – American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people aboard, takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport en route to Los Angeles. 8:46 am – Mohammed Atta and the other hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 crash the plane into floors 93-99 …

Terrorists attack America
13 years ago

Terrorists attack America

China Daily  

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. "A plane has crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center." NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHER: "The World Trade Center Tower Number One is on fire. Can you see a guy at about four thousand feet, about five east of the …

Terrorists attack America
13 years ago

Terrorists attack America

China Daily  

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. "A plane has crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center." NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHER: "The World Trade Center Tower Number One is on fire. Can you see a guy at about four thousand feet, about five east of the …

9/11 Memorial Plaza In NYC To Open To Public
13 years, 6 months ago

9/11 Memorial Plaza In NYC To Open To Public

India TV News  

New York, Sept 12: The plot of land that has been known for a decade as “the pile,” “the pit” and “ground zero” is opening to the public Monday for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001, and visitors will find a place transformed from the gray ruins so seared into our collective imagination. The 9/11 memorial planned …

9•11事件被劫持飞机残骸在华盛顿展出
13 years, 6 months ago

9•11事件被劫持飞机残骸在华盛顿展出

China Daily  

Cell phones and pagers, airplane engines, a door from a police squad car, a mother's wallet and credit cards. Those items survived when terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center towers in New York City during the September 11 attacks. The Newseum selected 60 pieces of evidence the FBI had in storage for use in terror trials, including …

World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11, 2001
23 years, 6 months ago

World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11, 2001

LA Times  

An explosion rips through the south tower of the World Trade Center as smoke billows from the north tower. Clyde Ebanks, vice president of an insurance company, was at a meeting on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center’s south tower when his boss said, “Look at that!” He turned and saw a plane go past and hit the …

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