This word cloud was made in Worldle using editorials from a number of national newspapers, including The New York Times, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times.
9/11 Encyclopedia (New York Magazine )
New York Magazine's editors chose the encyclopedia format to explore topics as diverse as missing person posters, the people who jumped, the PATRIOT ACT, the families, the memories of the kindergarteners at the nearby school, the hijackers, the flight attendants, counting the dead, the artifacts left behind, and more.
9/11 Mystery Solved
Ten years later, one of the greatest mysteries arising from 9/11 has been solved: the guy who faked the 'tourist guy atop the WTC while the plane approaches' picture has come forward.
9/11 Ten Years Later (Scientific American)
"The attacks on September 11, 2001, profoundly influenced the direction of science and technology," including the forensic investigation of building failures, new knowledge of the fallibility of even "flashbulb" memories, and more.
9/11 Ten Years On: 15 Titles (Library Journal)
"With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks quickly approaching, several upcoming books look back at that day and at the years since, taking a range of approaches, from the personal and emotional, to the academic and analytical, to the contrarian. As a group, these books show what we have learned—and can still learn—from those tragic events."
Drawing Lessons from 9/11, Ten Years Later (NPR)
Transcript and audio of a lengthy discussion about what we learned from 9/11, "about intelligence, diplomacy, politics and ourselves." The speakers are former secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, former chair of the House Intelligence Committee Jane Harman,, former National Intelligence Director John Negroponte, and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.
Not Replaceable
We lost not only irreplaceable people that day, but the irreplaceable knowledge they possessed and were not given the time to pass on.
Portraits of Grief (NY Times)
One of the all-time great exercises in journalism, the well-drawn word portraits of each of the victims of the WTC attacks shows us what we lost that day: not horrendous, anonymous statistics, but living, breathing people, with jobs, passions, and people who loved them.
Rise from the Ashes (Sydney Morning Herald)
The September 11 attacks spelt the end of the 'systems novel' and the rise of a more diverse and meaningful literary landscape. The systems novel has been put to the test here and although it predicted the world we would live in, it cannot be used to capture it today. This end of the systems novel is, however, not such a bad thing; it marks a necessary end to a fiction about a kind of fiction. ... it bears repeating: the end of the systems novel is a good thing because it is a chance to remind American readers that the most interesting things often happen at the margin. In this case the margin would be at the fringes of American power.
The September 11 Attacks, 10 Years Later (Time)
Includes interviews with key players and survivors of the attacks, links to ten years of Time's's articles about the events and their consequences, and several galleries of images: of never-before-seen photos of 9-11, of the twin towers from 1970 to 2001, of 300 rescue workers, and of children's art about the attacks.
September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance
"We encourage you to serve or support a cause on 9/11 as a way of paying tribute to the victims and heroes of 9/11, and remembering the remarkable way that so many rose up in unity and service following the attacks. Here are some ways to get started." Search here by town and/or zip code for service opportunities near you.
Understanding 9/11: a Television News Archive
In addition to newscasts you'll probably remember seeing on network, cable and local TV stations in the US, the archive provides broadcasts you have probably never seen, from France, Japan, Russia, Iraq, and China. Voices of September 11th
The 9/11 Living Memorial is dedicated to "commemorating the lives of those lost and preserving the stories of September 11, 2001."
Wikipedia Entry: The September 11 Attacks
An excellent, thoroughly referenced overview of the attacks, the attackers, the responses of our governments, and the lasting effects on American society.
World Trade Center Disaster Investigation (NIST)
This final report, the work of more than 200 engineers and other technical experts who analyzed the original engineering and construction of the World Trade Center, explains why the buildings were unable to survive when the jumbo jets crashed into them. This is an overview of how the commission went about its study, and a summary of its findings. Follow the links to photos and simulations used in the investigation, and to the final report itself.
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