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Sept. 11: Five Years Later
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September 7, 2006
Former Pilot Describes Life After Losing His Wife on 9/11
Tom Heidenberger, who lost his wife on American Airlines Flight 77 when it hit the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, shares his story in the third installment in a series about how 9/11 has impacted lives.

September 6, 2006
Recovery Worker Recalls Emotional, Physical Turmoil
In the second in a series on lives affected by 9/11, a recovery worker talks about his efforts to bring help to those suffering physical problems from the day's events.

September 5, 2006
Marine Recruiter Reflects on Personal Impact of 9/11
Sgt. Lazaro Arocha, a New Yorker who joined the Marines one day following the Sept. 11 attacks, served in Iraq and is now a recruiter, shares his story as the first in a series on Americans changed by 9/11.

September 5, 2006
Author Dissects People, Politics Prior to 9/11 Attacks
Lawrence Wright, author of "The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and Road to 9/11" discusses his new book which describes the people, politics and roiling theology behind Islamic terrorism, including the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

September 4, 2006
Muslim Americans in San Francisco Reflect on Impact of 9/11
As part of an ongoing series on the impact of 9/11 on life in the United States, Spencer Michels talks with members of the American Muslim community in San Francisco.

September 3, 2006
Ground Breaks for New Trade Center at Ground Zero
Since planners began the process of deciding what would replace the World Trade Center buildings destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, a tempest of criticism and indecision has swirled around the site. Nonetheless, five years after the attacks, construction has begun on a memorial at the attack site, a transit hub and five buildings, including the 1,776-foot-tall Freedom Tower that will change the Manhattan skyline.

September 3, 2006
Pentagon Rebuilt in Under a Year, Memorial Takes Longer
As the charred remains of steel, concrete and Indiana limestone were being removed from the Pentagon crash site after Sept. 11, 2001, officials set an ambitious goal: staff would be back in their offices in the most severely damaged areas exactly a year after the attack.

September 3, 2006
Planners Work to Mold Field into Memorial for Flight 93
Because the last memories many of the relatives have of the passengers and crew of hijacked United Flight 93 are the sounds of their loved ones' voices on cell phones, sound will be an integral part of the Sept. 11 memorial planned for Somerset County, near Shanksville.

September 3, 2006
For Younger Americans, Sept. 11 Remains Defining Moment
The 16-to-25-year-old members of Generation Next remember the Sept. 11 attacks as a defining moment in their lives.

September 3, 2006
Health Concerns Dog Disaster Workers Five Years Later
When the twin towers of the World Trade Center fell on Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of tons of concrete disintegrated into dust, mixing with jet fuel, asbestos and other chemicals to form a wide and highly toxic pile of debris. New reports outline the lingering health consequences of the attack.

September 3, 2006
Sept. 11 Timeline Marks Connected Events
Explore the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in an interactive timeline and see analysis, interviews and source documents related to that day from the archive of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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September 11, 2003
Nation Mark Second Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Smaller ceremonies marked the second anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

September 11, 2002
One Year Later: A Nation Changed?
President Bush marked the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by remembering a year of sorrow and loss. But in his address from Ellis Island, Mr. Bush added, "in the events that have challenged us, we have also seen the character that will deliver us."

September 11, 2001
Special Coverage of the Attacks in New York, D.C.
Full coverage from the day of the attacks.

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  Main: Sept. 11: Five Years Later
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  Rebuilding in New York City
  Rebuilding at the Pentagon
  Commemoration in Shanksville, Pa.
  9/11 Profiles
  Environmental Consequences
  Reflections from 'Generation Next'
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  How Has Sept. 11 Affected You?
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  Sept. 11 Connections and Data
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