Sep 07 ‘Aftermath’: Photos of Ground Zero by Joel Meyerowitz By Tom LeGro In first days after 9/11, one photographer was allowed into Ground Zero in New York. Joel Meyerowitz spent months amassing roughly 8,000 images of the destruction and the heroic efforts at the site of the World Trade Center. 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 Brennan: U.S. Is ‘Without a Doubt’ Safer Than on 9/11 By Larisa Epatko The United States is "without a doubt" safer today than on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked New York City and Washington, D.C., President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan told the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff on Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 10 Years After 9/11, a Reading and Conversation with Poet Nancy Mercado Nancy Mercado reads her poem, "Going to Work," and talks to Jeffrey Brown. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 10 Years After 9/11, a Reading and Conversation with Poet Billy Collins Billy Collins reads his poem, "The Names," and talks to Jeffrey Brown about 9/11. Continue watching
Sep 07 Conversation: Amy Waldman, Author of ‘The Submission’ By Tom LeGro What if a jury selected a design for the new 9/11 memorial and then discovered that its architect was a Muslim? Ten years after the terrorist attack, the actual memorial is just about to open. But an alternative history is… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Is the U.S. Safer Now Than on 9/11? The U.S. is safer today than on Sept. 11, counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said. Continue watching
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 Architectural Challenges of Honoring 9/11 By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks with Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker and Professor at the Parsons New School of Design, about the architecture and construction of the memorial. 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