Sep 08 9/11’s Profound Effects on Air Travel Passengers at Los Angeles International Airport pass through security in 2010. File photo by David McNew/Getty Images When Denver International Airport opened in 1995, the city was particularly proud of the main terminal building. They spent a lot of… Continue reading
Sep 07 In a Post-9/11 World, China Moving Forward It may feel unseemly to ask if any nation benefited from 9/11, but it is becoming increasingly clear that China has emerged far stronger since the attacks on the United States a decade ago. In the months right after 9/11,… Continue reading
Sep 07 Pentagon Attack Widower: ‘We Need to Go on’ in Spite of Needless Suffering EmbedVideo(1414, 482, 304); For Thomas Heidenberger, the emotional scars are still fresh. His wife, Michele, was the lead flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 77, which flew into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. During a recent… Continue reading
Sep 07 ‘Engineering Ground Zero’ Explores the Challenges of Redesigning Historic Site EmbedVideo(1415, 482, 304); Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the memorial at the site of the World Trade Center towers in lower Manhattan will be dedicated on Sunday and open to the public on Sept. 12, 2011. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch Amy Waldman reads from her novel ‘The Submission’ Amy Waldman reads from her novel 'The Submission'… Continue watching
Sep 05 Flight 93 Memorial to ‘Standing Up’ Set to Open in Pennsylvania By Larisa Epatko Ten years after the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 fought back against their hijackers, driving the airplane into the ground instead of the intended target in the nation's capital, a permanent memorial will open in Shanksville, Pa. Continue reading
Aug 18 America Remembers 9/11: Your Answers on What’s Changed in 10 Years As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks draws closer, The PBS NewsHour and our public media colleagues have been seeking out your views on what's changed in the United States over the past decade. Some of you have… Continue reading
Aug 08 America Remembers 9/11: Tell Us What’s Changed, 10 Years Later We will soon mark 10 years since the attacks of Sept. 11 shook the nation, and the world. Since 2001, The PBS NewsHour has covered many of the faces, places, effects and implications of the deadly terrorist strikes. For this… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine ‘Islamaphobia,’ Obama’s Midterm Tax Cut Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze this week's top political stories, including recent anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. and the debate over extending Bush-era tax cuts. Continue watching