September 11

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Biden and Harris, Trump and Vance attend Sept. 11 memorial events

5:00am September 11, 2024

In a surprise joint appearance, President Biden and Vice President Harris joined former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance at Ground Zero for a Sept. 11 memorial event.

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Danielle Booker hugs her mother, Sharon Booker, as the two remember Sean Booker, Danielle's father and Sharon's husband, at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum during a ceremony on Saturday in Manhattan. Sean Booker was a technician on the 93rd fl

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Photos: Scenes From 9/11 National Memorials

5:01pm September 11, 2021

On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, multiple ceremonies commemorated the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on that day.

Her Brother Died On Flight 93. She Still Sees Him Surfacing In Small Ways

2:20pm September 07, 2021

Richard Guadagno died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on 9/11. His memory is scattered through his sister Lori's house in items that continue a conversation between the siblings 20 years later.

Osama bin Laden is seen at an undisclosed location in a television image broadcast on Oct. 7, 2001.

Osama Bin Laden Biography Goes Inside Al-Qaida Leader's Final Hideout

4:34pm August 04, 2021

by Dave Davies

Journalist Peter Bergen visited bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, before it was demolished. His new book, The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden, draws on materials seized in the raid.

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Razor wire and a guard tower stands at a closed section of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay on Oct. 22, 2016.

What Might Happen To Guantánamo Now That U.S. Troops Are Leaving Afghanistan

5:42pm July 10, 2021

by Sacha Pfeiffer

The U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was created to hold people captured in Afghanistan and the broader war on terror. As the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan, what happens to its detainees?

A U.S. Flag hanging from a steal girder, damaged in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, blows in the breeze at a memorial in Jersey City, N.J., Sept. 11, 2019 as the sun rises behind the One World Trade Center building and the re-develop

'The Only Plane In The Sky' Offers A Powerful, Graphic Narrative Of Sept. 11

1:00pm September 11, 2019

by Scott Detrow

When today's children someday ask what Sept. 11 was really like, Garrett Graff's book will be the answer: He vividly recounts the most upsetting and totemic moments — and critical, little-told others.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) attends a Youth Climate Strike on March 15 in Washington. On Thursday, the New York Post incited criticism by featuring a partial quote by Omar with an image of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

'New York Post' Denounced For Publishing Sept. 11 Photo With Rep. Ilhan Omar Words

2:36pm April 12, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The newspaper's cover featured an image of the 2001 terrorist attack and a partial quote by Omar about the incident. Fellow lawmakers and activists expressed outrage at the paper's editorial decision.

A protester holds a sign at San Francisco International Airport during a demonstration on Jan. 28 to denounce President Trump's executive order freezing immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries.

Unlike Bush, Trump Invokes Terror Threat And Gets Pushback, Not Deference

6:26am February 11, 2017

by Greg Myre

President Bush faced little resistance when he stiffened immigration rules. But after 15 years and few attacks, politicians, the public and the courts are pushing back against President Trump.

Young American Muslims Face Pressure, Are Optimistic Of Increasing Tolerance

11:56am November 29, 2015

by NPR Staff

Many Muslims feel pressure – sometimes a responsibility — to defend their faith when there's an attack carried out in the name of Islam. Young American Muslims share how they handle the scrutiny.

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