9/11: Ten Years Later

9/11: Ten Years Later

Updated: September 13, 2011

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a plane sped across the New York City skyline and crashed into the World Trade Center, igniting a series of terrorist attacks that left more than 3,000 Americans dead.

Learn more about the attacks, hear memories, watch video of the original Channel One News broadcast and learn what happened that morning in our timeline.

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Slideshow: 9/11 Timeline

A minute by minute account of what happened that day.

 
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Video: 9/11: Ten Years Later

Three teens walk us through the day and share how the attack changed their lives.

 
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Video: 9/11 Memorial

This Long Island teen fought for a 9/11 memorial in his hometown.

 
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Video: 9/11 Classrooms Then & Now

A teacher looks back on how he handled the terrorists attacks on that day, and now.

 
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Gallery: Ground Zero Redevelopment

View concept photos of what Ground Zero will look like after they finish contruction on the new buildings and 9/11 memorial.

 
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Video: 9/11 Revisited

Watch video from Channel One's original broadcast on Sept. 12, 2001.

 
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Kids with Bush on 9/11 saw change sweep over him

The 16 children who shared modern America's darkest moment with President George W. Bush are high school seniors now - football players, ROTC members, track athletes, wrestlers and singers.

 
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Video: Teen Makes 9/11 Documentary

Shelby Holliday talks to a teen who went to school a few blocks from the twin towers on 9/11.

 
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Video: Remembering 9/11

A teen completes a memorial run to honor her lost father, Jessica Kumari reports.

 
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Video: 9/11: Five Years Later

Watch our award-winning show on the fifth anniversary of the attacks on America. Features an emotional montage and an interview with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

 
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Bomb-sniffing dogs named after 9/11 victims

Chicago Police Officer Nick Spencer finds the best reminder of what his job is about at the end of a leash. There, sniffing packages, garbage cans and even commuters at a downtown subway stop is Gillis - a 3-year-old black Labrador retriever named after NYPD Sgt. Rodney Gillis, who died when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed minutes after he ran inside.

 
 


 

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