Foreword: When New York Came Back to Life |
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Preface: How AP Covered Sept. 11 |
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Introduction: Notes from a Jumbled World |
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TIMELINE OF A NATIONAL TRAGEDY |
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Chapter One The Day the World Changed |
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8:46 a.m. Sept. 11, 2001: American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into north tower of World Trade Center |
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8:50 a.m.: President George W. Bush, addressing schoolchildren in Sarasota, Florida, is notified |
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9:03 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into south tower |
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9:37 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 hits Pentagon |
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10:03 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 goes down near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers thwart hijackers |
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9:54 a.m.: Bush flies to Barksdate Air Force Base in Louisiana |
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9:59 a.m.: South tower of World Trade Center collapses |
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10:28 a.m.: North tower collapses |
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Federal authorities identify al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden as prime suspect |
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Chapter Two The Aftermath |
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Sept. 13-15, 2001: Thousands reported missing |
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Search and rescue operations begin in wreckage of World Trade Center-ground zero-as smoke and dust cover Lower Manhattan |
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Vigils, prayers and funerals across U.S. as victims are remembered and family members search on for loved ones |
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Vast, global search to uncover terrorist plot begins |
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Patriotism leads to flag shortage |
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Volunteers, rescue workers hailed |
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President Bush visits ground zero; calls for a national day of prayer |
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Legislation is passed authorizing military retaliation |
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Bush urges public not to retaliate against Arab Americans and Muslims, who fear wake of reprisals |
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Sept. 17: Unparalleled cleanup job at ground zero initiated in tandem with ongoing search for victims |
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Sept. 18: New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani praised for "finest hour" |
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FBI pieces together terrorists' plot |
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Stock markets plummet day after New York Stock Exchange reopens |
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Chapter Three The World Reacts |
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Sept. 13, 2001: NATO, U.N. say attacks in U.S. considered attacks on all |
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Millions around world unite in sympathy with Americans |
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Sept. 20: President Bush addresses Congress: blames Osama and al-Qaida for attacks, demands Taliban turn over terrorists, asks nations for support, appoints Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania as director of Office of Homeland Security |
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Sept. 24: Nations back U.N. in terrorism fight |
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Oct. 7, 2001: U.S. and British forces launch military strike in Kabul |
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Oct. 19: Bush approval rating soars in polls |
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Oct. 26, 2001: Bush signs anti-terrorism bill, U.S.A. Patriot Act |
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December 2001: U.S. pounds Tora Bora caves; searches for bin Laden, who escapes |
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Sept. 14, 2001: Federal authorities make first arrest, issue hundreds of subpoenas, FBI releases names of 19 suspected hijackers |
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Sept. 28: FBI releases photos of hijackers |
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January 2002: Prison camp built at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; interrogations begin |
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March 12: Color-coded terrorism warning system unveiled |
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Nov. 25: Department of Homeland Security created; Ridge appointed secretary |
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March 2, 2003: Al-Qaida's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, suspected 9/11 mastermind, arrested in Pakistan |
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July 22, 2004: 9/11 Commission Report released |
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May 5, 2006: Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui sentenced to life in prison |
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Nov. 13, 2009: Mohammed trial moves to NYC; protests |
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April 5, 2011: Trial moves back to Guantanamo |
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May 2: Bin Laden killed in Pakistan by U.S. Navy SEALS; his death sparks both relief and outrage |
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Feb. 4, 2015: Lawyers say evidence shows Saudi Arabia aided 9/11 hijackers |
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Sept. 11, 2020: Saudi royals to answer questions in 9/11 victims lawsuit |
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Oct. 4: Another Judge quits long-stalled 9/11 Mohammed trial |
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Oct. 13, 2001: September 11 Photo Project exhibition opens |
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Oct. 22, 2001: Concert for New York City and other benefit concerts held |
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Jan. 10, 2002: NYC nears final count of victims of World Trade Center attacks |
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March 11: Tribute in Light unveiled in NYC |
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May 29: Last steel beam at ground zero comes down |
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Sept. 4: Bush proclaims Sept. 11 Patriot Day |
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Sept. 11, 2003: Second year names read of the lost in anniversary service at ground zero |
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Sept. 12: Group burial honors 184 victims of attack on Pentagon |
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March 13, 2006: World Trade Center memorial construction begins, families protest |
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Sept. 11, 2008: Pentagon Memorial dedicated |
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Jan. 2, 2011: President Barack Obama signs James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Zadroga Act) |
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Sept. 10, 2011: Flight 93 National Memorial dedicated |
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Sept. 11, 2011: National September 11 Memorial dedicated |
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May 15, 2014: National September 11 Memorial Museum dedicated |
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Sept. 10, 2015: Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center dedicated |
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June 11-12, 2019: Jon Stewart upbraids Congress over 9/11 victims fund; House Judiciary Committee votes unanimously to extend funding |
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July 29: President Donald J. Trump signs bill extending victims fund through 2092 |
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Chapter Six The Rebuilding |
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Dec. 6, 2001: Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal announce creation of Tribeca Film Festival |
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Five months after 9/11 attacks, business flight continues in Lower Manhattan |
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May 8, 2002: Tribeca Film Festival opens |
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Feb. 27, 2003: Daniel Libeskind's spire design chosen for new World Trade Center |
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Sept. 11, 2003: Developer Larry Silverstein vows to rebuild World Trade Center |
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Aug. 30, 2016: Lower Manhattan reborn |
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September 2006: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey negotiate new lease with Larry Silverstein, who yielded his rights as landlord to planned One World Trade Center |
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Dec. 19, 2006: First steel for Freedom Tower rises at ground zero |
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Nov. 13, 2013: 4 World Trade Center opens |
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Nov. 3, 2014: One World Trade Center-the Freedom Tower-opens |
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March 3, 2016: World Trade Center Transportation Hub (Oculus) opens |
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Sept. 8, 2016: Ronald 0. Perelman Performing Arts Center design unveiled |
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August 2017: Formal lease signed for St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at ground zero |
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June 11, 2018: 3 World Trade Center opens |
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Afterword |
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The Falling Man Is Still You and Me |
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Acknowledgments |
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Picture and Text Credits |
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