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The Daily Frame
Sept. 11, 2012
Zoe Koosoulis, left, and her daughter Eleni work on a painting of the lower Manhattan skyline Monday at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. Koosoulis lost her daughter Danielle during the 9/11 attacks.
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'Heart of a Soldier' Opera Chronicles Heroism, Love Amid Tragedy of 9/11
Sept. 20, 2011
Rick Rescorla saved lives during the Vietnam War, and again on 9/11, but he lost his life as a result. His story, told in the book "Heart of a Soldier" by James Stewart, has been recast as an opera in San Francisco. Spencer Michels reports.
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N.Y. Photographer Captures 9/11 Tributes in Unexpected Places
Sept. 15, 2011
New York-based photographer Jonathan Hyman knew that the 9/11 attacks would alter the lives of Americans everywhere and it was his intention to capture the nation's vernacular response.
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9/11 to Now: Ways We Have Changed
Sept. 14, 2011
The decade after the 9/11 attacks reshaped many facets of life in America. Some changes were temporary -- an immediate response out of concern for our safety -- while some proved to be more lasting transformations in American life.
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9/11 to Now: Ways We Have Changed
Sept. 14, 2011
With the 10th anniversary this week, we take a look at some of the other changes in American life.
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Watch Live NewsHour Coverage Sunday: 'America Remembers 9/11'
Sept. 11, 2011
This weekend marks 10 years since the attacks of 9/11, and people across the country -- and around the world -- will be pausing to mark the moment.
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Poet Billy Collins Reflects on 9/11 Victims in 'The Names'
Sept. 11, 2011
Billy Collins was the U.S. poet laureate at the time of the 9/11 attacks. A year later, he wrote "The Names" in honor of the victims. He read the poem before a special joint session of Congress held in New York City in 2002, and reads it again now.
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Historians Discuss What's Changed, What Hasn't After 9/11
Sept. 11, 2011
From Americans' collective outrage and response right following the 9/11 attacks to today's political divisions, Jeffrey Brown speaks with historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith about what has changed -- and what hasn't -- in the United States since the 9/11 attacks.
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Young People Reflect on How 9/11 Helped Shape Generation
Sept. 11, 2011
When terrorists struck in 2001, many young people on the West Coast learned of the attacks as they were getting ready for school. Judy Woodruff reports from California on how 9/11 helped shaped the lives and choices of many young Americans.
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Decade of War Takes Major Physical, Mental Toll on U.S. Troops, Families
Sept. 11, 2011
Millions of Americans have served in the all-volunteer military since 9/11, with many repeatedly returning to the battlefield. Gwen Ifill reports on how this past decade of war has led to increased stress on America's troops and their families, and how today's uniformed warriors are coping with previously unimagined challenges.
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How 9/11 Shaped the Lives of American Muslims
Sept. 11, 2011
After 19 Muslim hijackers attacked the United States on 9/11, many Muslims living across the country had their allegiance to America questioned and faced problems being able to practice their religion. Ray Suarez reports from Tennessee on the state of life for Muslim-Americans, 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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New Yorker, Poet Nancy Mercado Reads 'Going to Work'
Sept. 11, 2011
After the attacks of September 11th, New Yorker and poet, Nany Mercado, felt compelled to write about what she lost when the World Trade Center Towers came down. Mercado reads her poem, "Going to Work." It was included in "Poetry After 9/11: An Anthology of New York Poets."
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9/11 Victims' Family Members Write Memories, Sorrows in 'The Legacy Letters'
Sept. 11, 2011
If people who lost a family member on 9/11 wrote letters to their deceased loved ones about their lives today, their sorrow and their hopes, what would they say? Jeffrey Brown reports on a new collection titled, "The Legacy Letters," which offered victims' family members just that opportunity.
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Around U.S. and World, Victims of 9/11 Commemorated on 10th Anniversary
Sept. 11, 2011
Sunday was filled with solemn ceremonies in New York City, Shanksville, Pa., at the Pentagon and elsewhere in the world to celebrate the lives of the people who were killed in the terrorist attacks 10 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001. The NewsHour team reports on how the 9/11 anniversary was commemorated.
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Legacy Letters: 'Choose Happy' and Other Sentiments of Those Who Lost
Sept. 11, 2011
If the people who lost family members on 9/11 wrote letters to their deceased loved ones about their lives today, their sorrow and their hopes, what would they say?A new collection titled "The Legacy Letters" contains 100 such missives.
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The 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Sept. 11, 2011
Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush gathered to honor victims of the 9/11 attacks Sunday morning at the World Trade Center memorial site in New York.
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The Complexity of 2,982 Names on the September 11 Memorial
Sept. 11, 2011
When the National September 11 Memorial opens Sunday a decade after the attacks, family members will for the first time be able to see the names of the victims etched in permanent relationships to those with whom they lived, worked and died.
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9/11 in Art: Photographer Captures Tributes in Murals, Tattoos, Graffiti
Sept. 11, 2011
New York-based photographer Jonathan Hyman knew that the attacks would alter the lives of Americans everywhere and it was his intention to capture the nation's vernacular response.
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NewsHour Report From Sept. 11, 2001
Sept. 11, 2011
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer offered extensive coverage on the day of Sept. 11, 2001 and the days after as details of the attacks unfolded.
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9/11 Ceremonies, Speeches Mark a Decade Since Attacks
Sept. 11, 2011
President Obama said at the conclusion of a day of events and memorial visits commemorating the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, that the past 10 years since the terrorist attacks show that "America does not give in to fear."
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After a Day of Horror at the Pentagon, a Determined Effort to Rebuild
Sept. 10, 2011
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Then and Now: Children Draw to Cope with 9/11
Sept. 10, 2011
In a national moment of grief and panic - and during a solemn time of remembrance - artwork becomes a way for children re-interpret painful images in more familiar terms, to make sense of the unimaginable.
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Tune in Sunday for 'America Remembers 9/11,' a NewsHour Special
Sept. 9, 2011
NewsHour correspondents have traveled around the country in recent months talking to Americans about their experiences in the decade since 9/11. Here is a preview of the PBS NewsHour's 90-minute 9/11 special, which will air at 8 p.m. ET on most PBS stations and live online.
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How Do Saudis View the 9/11 Attacks?
Sept. 9, 2011
Ten years later, how do people in Saudi Arabia view the events and the aftermath of 9/11? Jeffrey Brown speaks with GlobalPost's Caryle Murphy about attitudes in the country that was home to 15 of the 19 hijackers.
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Exploring the Roots of Radical Islam in Egypt
Sept. 9, 2011
What are the lingering effects of -- and attitudes about -- 9/11 in Egypt? Margaret Warner reports on the Egyptian roots of the radical Islamic movement that led to the attacks on the United States.