Nation Commemorates Anniversary of Attacks
In the two years since the Sept. 11 attacks, how has, or hasn't, the United States changed? Jim Lehrer examines this issue with a panel of six experts including authors, professors and cultural observers.

Update: Marked by tears and moments of silence, ceremonies in New York and at the Pentagon commemorated the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed more than 3,000 Americans.

Also, Susan Dentzer revisits burn victim Navy Lt. Kevin Shaeffer, who was injured in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon.
Read the extended interview with Lt. Shaeffer.

RealAudio: At the State Department, Secretary of State Colin Powell read President Bush's proclamation remembering those lost.

Text: White House proclamation

RealAudio: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke at a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. (9/11/03)

LOOKING FORWARD: BUILDING PLANS

The Pentagon Memorial
With the Pentagon's rebuilding effort complete, plans for a permanent memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 attack are progressing. Plans are also taking shape for a future memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Rebuilding New York
In March 2003, architect Daniel Libeskind's plans for rebuilding the World Trade Center site won the Lower Manhattan Development Commission's design competition. View images of the architect's winning proposal, entitled "Memory Foundations", and read about his vision for the site.

Architect Daniel Libeskind and New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger discuss the design proposals for the World Trade Center memorial. (12/25/02)

The Recovery Effort
Sept. 11, 2001 - Video: The News Summary from September 11
Sept. 13, 2001 - Search Efforts at Ground Zero
Sept. 18, 2001 - New York Recovers: A Photo Essay
Nov. 9, 2001 - Ground Zero: Two Months after the Attacks
Dec. 28, 2001 - Robert MacNeil on the New York Times' Portraits of Grief
Sept. 9, 2002 - One Suburb's Struggle to Recover One Year after the Attacks

World Trade Center
American Airlines Flight 11
United Airlines Flight 175

The Pentagon
American Airlines Flight 77

United Airlines Flight 93 (Crashed in Pennsylvania)

Source: The Associated Press

September 11: Two Years Later

A New York City Student Recalls the Attacks

Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources

Frontline: Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero

New York: The Center of World

NOVA: Why The Towers Fell