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September 11, 2001

Post coverage of the worst terrorist attack on American soil.

September 11, 2001
The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind New York's Empire State Building.
Marty Lederhandler -- AP
Terrorists Hijack 4 Airliners, Destroy World Trade Center, Hit Pentagon; Hundreds Dead
Terrorists unleashed an astonishing air assault on America's military and financial power centers yesterday morning, hijacking four commercial jets and then crashing them into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania countryside.
 
Eight Years Later
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On the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, this Washington Post series examined how the terror strikes changed the nation's politics, society and culture.

Series: Eight Years Later

Remembering Sept. 11
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On the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, this Washington Post series examined how the terror strikes changed the nation's politics, society and culture.

Series: Five Years Later

Galleries

The 10 days between Sept. 11 and Sept. 20, 2001 marked a crucial turning point in the country's history as the U.S. confronted the threat of international terrorism. This washingtonpost.com photo gallery tells how the president and his principal advisers settled on a strategy aimed at destroying the terrorist threat.
• 10 Days in September
• The World Reacts

Video Features

• Flash: Fall of the Twin Towers

Graphics

• Attack on the Pentagon
• Attack Sequence: New York
• Animated Flight Paths of Hijacked Planes
• The Plot
• Full Archive of graphics, maps and images searchable by topic.

Audio

• Audio Tapes Released Read a complete collection of transcripts of the EMS and Fire Department records of 911 calls from the World Trade Center.
Nation Shuts Down as It Lives Its 'Darkest Day': City Leaders Urge Calm as Shock Ripples Through Country (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
New York: 'I Saw Bodies Falling Out -- Oh, God, Jumping, Falling' (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
New York: A City Turned Upside Down: Fires Rage, Hospitals Appeal for Help; National Guard Fans Out in Manhattan (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
The Day of the Attack: Cheney Authorized Shooting Down Planes (Post, June 18, 2004)
 
Bush Confronts a Nightmare Scenario: Crisis Looms as Defining Test Of President's Leadership (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
'Magnitude Beyond Anything We'd Seen Before': Towers Built to Last But Unprepared For Such an Attack (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
'A Sense of Deep Mourning': A Nation Puts Its Games on Hold Because 'This Doesn't Mean Very Much Today' (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Flight 11: At Logan Airport, Nobody Saw Plane's Sharp Turn South (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Security Experts Knew a Major Attack Was Possible: Lax Measures at Airports Cited Often Over Years (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Air Travel System Grounded for First Time: Travelers and Carriers Face Day of Chaos, Future Questions (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
An Icon of Capitalism: 'Now It's All Gone': World's 5th-Tallest Buildings Housed Offices, Retail Shops (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Loud Boom, Then Flames In Hallways: Pentagon Employees Flee Fire, Help Rescue Injured Co-Workers (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Jet Crash Victims' Stories Start To Emerge: Loved Ones Describe Lives, Last Contacts (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Muslims Condemn Acts, Fear Reprisals: D.C. Area Islamic Groups Urged to Take Precautions (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Trading on Wall St. Comes to Standstill: World Markets Tumble on News Of Attacks (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Attack Shatters Beefed-Up Security: Without Knowledge Of Terrorists' Intent, Barriers and Bills Useless, Experts Say (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Symbols of Freedom, Arms of Family Provide Solace for a Shaken City (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
Under a Cloud of Evil: Their Remaining Innocence in Shreds, People Shudder and Carry On (Post, September 12, 2001)
 
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