21st Century
The 21st century saw the dawn of the war on terrorism, as the 9/11 attacks and the Boston Marathon bombing dramatically changed society. Economic issues moved to the forefront during the Great Recession. The COVID-19 pandemic upended lives and economies around the world. Awareness of social inequality grew as the killings of Black Americans, including Trayvon Martin and George Floyd, spurred widespread protests.
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In the wake of the attacks of 9/11, President George W. Bush launched an ongoing effort to thwart terrorists before they act.
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In the wake of the attacks of 9/11, President George W. Bush launched an ongoing effort to thwart terrorists before they act.
A look at some of the artifacts recovered from Ground Zero and from 9/11 victims' families.
Track the day and subsequent fallout from the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001.
United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked by members of the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001. It crashed down in a field in rural Pennsylvania, never reaching its intended target because its crew and passengers fought back against the terrorists.
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
The maritime evacuation on September 11, 2001, transported nearly 500,000 people from Lower Manhattan in less than nine hours.
Wrenching audio recordings and transcripts reveal the human cost of the historic tragedy.
Stories from ‘102 Minutes Inside the Towers’ reveal what people in the World Trade Center saw and experienced on September 11, 2001.
Hurricane Katrina, and subsequent levee failures and flooding, led to widespread death and destruction in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
Political, religious and practical considerations all played a role.
The attacks of 9/11 shocked the nation—and led to changes that altered U.S. government, travel and culture.
The cockpit voice recorder captured the sound of passengers attempting to break through the door.
Among the missteps: lack of intel-sharing between agencies, tepid responses to earlier attacks and a failure to grasp the magnitude of the terrorists' ambitions.
The harrowing decision was made during the first hour after the attacks—by Vice President Cheney.
