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A collection of iconic scenes from the Sept. 11 terror attacks in which almost 3,000 people died.
A ceremony was held for the passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 at the Penn. crash site.
Remembering Sept. 11
Previously published stories
September 11, 2011
9/11: What else it taught us
From mathematics to psychology, the attacks changed what we know about the world.
- The Word Is 'ground zero' tied to 9/11 forever?
- NY Times The 9/11 Tapes: The Story in the Air
From the Globe Magazine
How 9/11 changed the way a generation is growing up
After 9/11, no parent or child wanted to be out of touch again. Technology made it possible to make an idea concrete: From this point on, one need never experience an emergency alone.
September 10, 2011
War without end, on both fronts
In Iraq, Afghanistan, and back at home, the toll on US forces in time, toil, blood, and family life has been almost incalculable — a debt repayable only in honor.
- Video Pilot recounts mission to intercept planes | Video Saying goodbye
- A casualty only a family can feel | Video
Victims remembered at Logan
About 500 people attended a ceremony at the Boston airport to remember those who perished during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
September 9, 2011
The presence of absence
For artists, 9/11 has been elusive. How does one render, or reimagine, something so universally and vividly seen?
- Graphic 9/11 in popular culture
September 8, 2011
Strangers in their own land, as they came of age
It was hard to be a Muslim child after 9/11, and it stayed hard for a while. But edges softened and the children have grown up, defining for themselves an American way. (Boston Globe)
- Video Growing up Muslim after 9/11
- James Alan Fox Inside TSA's 'No Lie Zone'
September 7, 2011
All the security money can buy; unease remains
The state, and especially Boston, has tapped the gusher of US antiterror funds, buying topnotch gear - which, in these 10 years of eerie calm, has seen little use. (Boston Globe)
September 6, 2011
The rarely noticed casualties of Sept. 11
At the ticket counter, baggage ramp, tarmac, and beyond, Logan workers were left to come to terms on their own, or to try, after the hijacked flights roared into history. (Boston Globe)
- Video Departure point | video Eric Moskowitz on the back story
- dan wasserman 9/11 stages of grief
September 5, 2011
After 10 years, Afghans know little of peace
US intervention in 2001 was cheered in the north, and the Taliban was swiftly beaten. But a returning reporter finds the Islamic extremists filtering back. (Boston Globe)
- Video A call to duty
September 4, 2011
4 families, 4 stories of loss, love, and resilience
The 9/11 attacks claimed thousands, including Rahma Salie, who was seven months pregnant, and her husband Micky, left, and the list only starts with the dead. Left behind were those for whom the years have meant building the unthinkable into every new day. (By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff)
- Photos Four families affected by the attacks
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- Video Place of peace
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- 9/11 announced change in how the world works
Akamai thrives in the spirit of its lost founder
When Akamai Daniel Lewin died in the 9/11 attacks, nobody knew whether his company would survive. Yet Akamai’s employees have been determined to preserve Lewin’s memory with a thriving business and a global network that works.
- Video Akamai remembers Lewin | Video Intro to 9/11 series | Video The Back Story | More
September 2, 2011
Joan Wickersham: Nine days before the sky fell
"Sept. 11, 2001, changed everything.’’ As the tenth anniversary approaches, a lot of experts will weigh in on that statement. But to see how an event transformed us, we need to remember where we were just beforehand. Perhaps the most striking thing about the newspapers of Sept. 2, 2001, is the absence of a perceived enemy. (Boston Globe)
- Barbara F. Meltz Having the 9/11 conversation(s) with children
September 1, 2011
Finally, World Trade Center rises from ground zero
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center, an 80-story glass and steel tower is rising like a phoenix from the ashes of Ground Zero.
