September 11 attacks 10th anniversary
#1: Bin Laden’s Death: Mission Accomplished? (September 11 Attacks and Aftermath in Pictures)
Ten years ago today, tragedy befell the United States when four planes were hijacked, three of which were crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and another crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers, aware of the fate of the other three planes, attempted to retake the plane. With the death of Osama bin Laden earlier this year, is the mission finally accomplished? Read the rest of this entry »
#2: Unfurling the Flag and Honoring the Victims (September 11 Attacks and Aftermath in Pictures)
Today, we take a pictorial journey through some of the tributes to the victims of the attacks—beginning with this act of defiance atop the smoldering Pentagon building outside Washington, D.C., the day after the attacks. Read the rest of this entry »
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
At the time of the September 11 attacks, there was immense concern about the potential damage to the protection of human rights that would result from the response to the attacks. Some of this has proven to be well-founded. However, ten years hence I would like to focus on two positive features that would not perhaps have been expected. Read the rest of this entry »
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)
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, makeshift memorials and information boards were set up near the World Trade Center site in New York City. As we put together our pictorial review of 9/11, it was a heart-wrenching experience, and no single photo brought tears to my eyes more than this one—and continues to do so every time I see it. Read the rest of this entry »
“We Are All Americans”: Reflections on 9/11
Encyclopaedia Britannica contributing editor Gregory McNamee was traveling in Europe when the attacks of 9/11 occurred. He recounts the blossoming of sympathy and friendship that ensued for Americans there in the days that followed—and the cooling that came when George Bush declared that one was either for the United States or against it. Read the rest of this entry »
Reflections on 9/11: International Law Professor Malcolm N. Shaw
The effects of 9/11 were instantaneous, says barrister and professor of international law Malcolm N. Shaw QC. It was one of those moments that everyone realized at once would change and define an era. Read the rest of this entry »
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)
The term hero gets thrown around quite a bit, often inappropriately. For hundreds and thousands on 9/11 and in the days after, however, there is no other way to describe them as heroes. In this series of photographs, we honor the recovery and rescue workers in New York City who put their lives at risk at the World Trade Center site. Read the rest of this entry »
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