We turn to New York City, where services marking the moment that first airplane, American Airlines Flight 11, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Donna Angelini, whose firefighter husband, Joe, died saving others at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. This piece includes tape that could be disturbing to some.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary for Homeland Security, about the state of the nation's security and the efficacy of resource allocation in the effort.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Col. Philip A. McNair, who was at the Pentagon when it was struck on Sept. 11, 2001. Please note that some might find the content in this piece graphic and disturbing.
NPR's Scott Simon reads W.H. Auden's "September, 1, 1939," a poem that resonates with the smoke and destruction witnesses in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.