September 11 attacks 10th anniversary
#1: Bin Laden’s Death: Mission Accomplished? (September 11 Attacks and Aftermath in Pictures)
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#2: Unfurling the Flag and Honoring the Victims (September 11 Attacks and Aftermath in Pictures)
![Firefighters and rescue workers unfurling the largest authorized military flag on the Pentagon on September 12, 2001, the day after the September 11 terrorist attacks.](https://web.archive.org/web/20130214180949im_/http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/25/151725-004-130BC43E.jpg)
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Britannica Remembers 9/11 and the World Trade Center (Video)
New York City has been America's cultural and financial capital (apologies to other cities), and the World Trade Center, along with Wall Street, were iconic symbols of America's financial clout. It was no wonder, then, that terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in 1993 and made it central to their attack plans on September 11, 2001. As the 10th anniversary of the attacks approached, Britannica's editorial and media team put together this brief video tribute.
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Reflections on 9/11: International Law Professor William Schabas
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Reflections on 9/11: Political Scientist George J. Andreopoulos
Nothing will constitute a more fitting tribute to all those who lost their lives that day than a commitment to reaffirm our common humanity in response to an act of extraordinary inhumanity.
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#3: “I Looked For You My Baby Brother!” (September 11 Attacks and Aftermath in Pictures)
![Memorial to Matthew Diaz, who died at the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, from his brother. Part of the message reads, “I looked for you my union brother. I looked for you my baby brother!”](https://web.archive.org/web/20130214180949im_/http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/0000151744-sepatt047-050.jpg)
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“We Are All Americans”: Reflections on 9/11
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Reflections on 9/11: International Law Professor Malcolm N. Shaw
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Reflections on 9/11: Historian Bernard A. Weisberger
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, historian Bernard A. Weisberger feels "radical outrage" and "sadness, not merely for the victims but for the entire United States."
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#4: Heroes of 9/11 (September 11 Attacks and Aftermath in Pictures)
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