An interactive timeline of events (including phone calls and first hand accounts of September 11th) from 

From memory to history: How America will remember Sept. 11 on 20th Anniversary

Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors

Afghanistan casualty report by New York Times detailing Taliban continued attacks in 2020

 to learn more about the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and to watch an incredible video of the 9/11 Memorial and Tribute in Lights

Why We Never Forget

What to Always Remember

What To Know

“Jules, this is Brian—listen, I’m on an airplane that’s been hijacked. If things don’t go well, and it’s not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you, I want you to do good, go have good times, same to my parents and everybody, and I just totally love you, and I’ll see you when you get there. Bye, babe. I hope I call you.”

Brian Sweeney, calling his wife Julie while on United Airlines Flight 175.

American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center's North Tower

United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the World Trade Center's South Tower

 American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon

 United Airlines Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, Pennsylvania 

2,753 in New York (including 343 firefighters & 23 police)

Since the attack, hundreds (if not thousands) more have died due to 9/11-related illnesses & injuries: 

"Researchers have identified more than 60 types of cancer and about two dozen other conditions that are linked to Ground Zero exposures" (Scientific American).

9/11 mastermind & al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was killed by the U.S. in 2011.

After many delays, the pretrial for five men accused of helping to plot the attacks, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will resume on 

The men were captured in Pakistan & are held at Guantánamo Bay, where the pretrial is being held. 

 Pres. Bush announced attacks by the U.S. and allies on al-Qaeda and the Taliban in 

 U.S. service members have fought in the “Global War on Terror.” More than 

have been killed in action & tens of thousands injured.

The post-9/11 wars are estimated to have cost American taxpayers 

, according to Brown University's Costs of War project. 

As the nation marks the 21st anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in NYC will hold a ceremony beginning with a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. The names of those lost will then be read by their families, pausing at the times when each subsequent hijacked plane struck the nation and when each WTC tower fell. As the sun sets, the 

 (88 lights arranged in two large squares atop the Battery Parking Garage in NYC) will shine two beams reaching four miles into the sky, symbolizing the twin towers. The lights will shine until dawn, celebrating the 

On This Day

OTD: September 11, 2001

An interactive timeline of events (including phone calls and first hand accounts of September 11th) from 9/11 Memorial Museum

From memory to history: