The stories of 9/11, 25 years later
Journalists revisit the attacks, the people who lived through them and the ways Sept. 11 continues to shape the world
It was 25 years ago — Sept. 11, 2001 — when the world changed.
A routine late summer Tuesday morning turned into a nightmare as we watched in disbelief while smoke billowed out from both of Manhattan’s Twin Towers after planes were deliberately flown into them.
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