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
Sep 06 Watch Pentagon Attack Widower: 'We Need to Go on' in Spite of Needless Suffering Pentagon Attack Widower: 'We Need to Go on' in Spite of Needless Suffering… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch How Has Skyscraper Design Changed Since 9/11? The collapse of the Twin Towers served as a stark and stunning reminder to architects and engineers of the value of using concrete to protect skyscrapers from the ravages of fire. Miles O'Brien reports on how the design of skyscrapers… Continue watching
Sep 06 Moby Reflects on 9/11 In the days that followed 9/11, musician and DJ Moby wrote about the experience of living just a mile from Ground Zero on his blog, which was one of the first by a musician at the time. It was an… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch Amy Waldman reads from her novel 'The Submission' Amy Waldman reads from her novel 'The Submission'… Continue watching