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- BBC News: America's Day of Terror
Timeline, pictures, audo and video recordings, the four planes involved, and other information.
- BBC News: 11 September: 5 years on
A retrospective.
- Building on Ground Zero
"View an audio slide show of the events leading up to the World Trade Center collapse, read a firsthand account from Twin Towers' survivor Brian Clark, find out why the design of the towers was so revolutionary, see what firefighters wear in response to a fire in a high-rise building, and more." PBS NOVA program tie-in.
- Christian Science Monitor: A Changed World
" The stories, commentary, slideshows, interactive explainers, and chat transcripts available here cover the war against terrorism for the year, from the Sept 12, 2001 edition, which covered the devastating attacks, to the Sept 12, 2002 edition, which covers anniversary memorials around the world."
- CNN: Special Report: War Against Terror
Articles, maps, photos, and more relating to the 9/11 attacks and the war in Afghanistan against al Qaeda and the Taliban.
- Debunking the 9/11 Myths
Article from Popular Mechanics magazine in which "PM examines the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September 11."
- Frontline: Hunting Bin Laden
Report from 1999 (modified Sept. 2001) about Osama bin Laden.
- Frontline: Looking for Answers
"What explains the hatred behind the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history? And why has radical Islam sprung from Egypt and Saudi Arabia - two of America's key Middle East allies?"
- Frontline: Return of the Taliban
"Nearly five years after the Taliban were toppled, Al Qaeda and the Taliban continue to use Pakistan as a de facto base, virtually unchallenged and far out of America's reach."
- Great Buildings: The World Trade Center
Architecture site with information and photo of the World Trade Center.
- Library of Congress: September 11 2001 Web Archive
From the Library of Congress and other contributers.
- Lower Manhatten: Information to Build On
The WTC re-building project.
- The Memory Hole: 9/11 Transcripts and Police Reports
"Documents previously withheld by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. These transcripts of phone calls and radio transmissions, and copies of police reports..." are now available to the public.
- National Geographic: Inside 9/11
"Go beyond what has been reported and get a clearer picture of the day that redefined our nation."
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- The 9-11 Commission: Audio Coverage
Audio recordings, commmentary, links to the official report, etc. from NPR.
- The 9/11 Report
From the NY Times: "Examining the F.B.I. and C.I.A. before and after the attacks."
- PBS: America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero
Retrospective from PBS a year after the disaster.
- PBS: Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero
Explores the questions: "Where was God on Sept. 11? What is the nature of evil? Is religion itself to blame, or is it our last refuge? What faith can be salvaged from Ground Zero?"
- The Peacemakers Speak
Nobel Peace Prize winners talk about September 11.
- Pentagon Memorial Project
"A memorial commemorating ... the 184 lives lost in the Pentagon and on American Airlines Flight 77."
- Scholars for 9/11 Truth
"A non-partisan association ... dedicated to exposing falsehoods and to revealing truths behind 9/11. ... S9/11T members are convinced their research proves the current administration has been dishonest about what happened in New York and Washington, D.C."
- September 11: Bearing Witness to History
From the Smithsonian.
- The September 11 Digital Archive
Images, stories, audio, video, documents, more.
- September 11, 2001 Documentary Project -
American Memory Collection from the Library of Congress.
- September 11 Victims List
Victims' names, statistics, brief biographies, poems, songs, and other tributes.
- September 11 News Archive
"Sept. 11th archived news, photos, graphics, images, webs, and newspapers.
News archives from September 11, 2001 and the years that followed 9/11/01."
- September 11 Remembered
Works on 9/11 from leading cartoonists.
- Snopes.com: Rumors of War
Distinguishes urban legends from true stories.
- University of Michigan Documents Center: American's War Against Terrorism
Documents relating to 'World Trade Center/Pentagon Terrorism and the Aftermath".
- Yahoo! Directory: September 11th Attacks
Information by topic.
Last updated May 16, 2008