15th Anniversary Of 9/11

Stories on the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks.

U.S. soldiers board an Army Chinook transport helicopter after it brought fresh soldiers and supplies to the Korengal Outpost on Oct. 27, 2008, in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. (John Moore/Getty Images)

15 Years After 9/11, A Look At War And Politics In Afghanistan

The Taliban are resurgent, and analysts say the Afghan government is fractured and dysfunctional.

Here & Now

Sep 12, 2016

The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline on Saturday in New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Photos: Nation Marks 15th Anniversary Of Sept. 11 Attacks

Ceremonies were held across the nation to mark the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Local Coverage

Sep 11, 2016

A wreath-laying ceremony was held at the permanent 9/11 memorial located at the Boston Public Garden on the morning of the 15th anniversary of the attacks. (Courtesy Boston Mayor Marty Walsh via Twitter)

On 15th Anniversary Of 9/11, Mass. Honors Those Who Lost Their Lives In Attacks

The names of the 206 people with Massachusetts connections killed in the attacks were read at the State House Sunday morning.

Local Coverage

02:14Sep 11, 2016

More than 3,000 children lost a parent in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Most of the children are adults now. But some were so young back then they have little or no memory of the parent they lost. Jackson Fyfe was 18 months old when his father, Karleton, was killed in the 9/11 attacks. (Courtesy)

Through Grief, Children Of 9/11 Victims Gained 'Strength And Life Perspective'

More than 3,000 children lost a parent in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. We speak with three from Massachusetts.

All Things Considered

08:46Sep 9, 2016

A student of the Trapeze School of New York sails through the air on Oct. 3, 2002, in downtown Manhattan in New York City. (Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty Images)

One Year After 9/11, Some Found Solace On The Trapeze

On the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we talked to New Yorkers at a trapeze school near the crash site.

Here & Now

05:51Sep 9, 2016

Visitors look over the flight path of Flight 93 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Penn., on Aug. 19, 2016. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

In Shanksville, Pennsylvania, A 9/11 Memorial Offers Solace And Peace

Trees, grass and flowers are a main part of the Flight 93 National Memorial, which marks the site where Flight 93 crashed.

Here & Now

04:01Sep 9, 2016

The September 11 Tribute in Light rises from the New York City skyline as seen from the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn Borough of New York City on Sept. 11, 2015. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Brooklyn Teachers Who Watched Towers Fall Reflect On Teaching 9/11 History

Public School 146 has a large bank of tall windows overlooking the skyline of Manhattan. Many teachers and students saw the planes strike the World Trade Center on Sept. 11,...

Here & Now

10:35Sep 9, 2016

Visitors view the display for the American flag that firefighters hoisted at Ground Zero in the hours after the 9/11 terror attacks at the Sept. 11 museum in New York. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)

15 Years After 9/11, Lessons In Mass Tragedies And Mental Health Effects

Among the things learned in the 15 years since the 9/11 attacks is how mass tragedies affect peoples' mental health.

Morning Edition

04:30Sep 9, 2016

15 Years Later And Wondering: Is Getting Used To Terrorism A Good Thing?

After 9/11, two years and 23 suicide attacks in Israel left author Alison Murphy inured to the frequency of terror strikes. Now she wonders, can she get unused to them?

Cognoscenti

Sep 9, 2016

A view of the burning World Trade Center towers from Park Place Street and West Broadway Avenue during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora via Getty Images)

Teenagers Born In 2001 Reflect On The 15 Years Since 9/11

It's often said that everyone remembers where they were during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. That's not true for Gabe Ferris, Kyra O'Connor and Erik Weibel.

Here & Now

10:50Sep 8, 2016

U.S. Army staff sergeant Chris Leota of Task Force 3-66 Bravo Company 172nd Infantry Brigade lowers the U.S. flag at Forward Operating Base Kushamond in Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2011. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

15 Years After 9/11, How Did The Attacks Affect The World?

As the 15th anniversary of 9/11 nears, Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson gets two international viewpoints on how the attacks affected the world.

Here & Now

Sep 8, 2016

Jill Gartenberg with her husband James Gartenberg, who died in the 9/11 attacks, and their daughter Nicole. (Courtesy Jill Gartenberg Pila)

One 9/11 Widow On Her Journey, And The Need To Remember

On Sept. 11, 2001, ABC News listeners heard the voice of James Gartenberg, speaking calmly and reassuringly while trapped on the 86th floor of the Word Trade Center's north tower.

Here & Now

11:06Sep 8, 2016

Naomi Scott, of Houston, stumbles upon the 9/11 memorial at Logan while taking a walk from her hotel room at the Hilton next door. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

At Logan, Some 9/11 Tributes Go Unnoticed By Most Of The Flying Public

Those tributes include American flags flying above the jetway at the gates where the two flights departed.

Morning Edition

04:16Sep 8, 2016

Albert Biatta, of Queens section of New York prays while standing front of the inscribed name of his uncle Antoine Biatta at the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Family and friends of those who died read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool)

Lawrence Wright On The Post-9/11 Rise Of Terror

Fifteen years after the attacks of 9/11, we’ll sit down with Pulitzer Prize winning author Lawrence Wright to take stock of where we’ve come, where we are in the age...

On Point

47:13Sep 8, 2016

The Boston Logan International Airport 9/11 Memorial is illuminated on Sept. 10, 2013, in Boston. The two passenger jets that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001 flew out of Logan International Airport. (Steven Senne/AP)

Remembering 9/11 Victims In Massachusetts

Back in 2011, we met with the widow of Dedham native Jeffrey Coombs in Pocasset, and the former fiancée of Amy Toyen, in Boston's financial district.

Radio Boston

05:41Sep 7, 2016

During recovery from the World Trade Center wreckage, Car 745 is swung over Car 143 by crane. (Peter Rinaldi/Shoreline Trolley Museum)

Subway Car That Survived 9/11 Finds A Home In Connecticut Museum

A special display will allow visitors to board the train for the first time in 15 years.

Here & Now

05:41Sep 7, 2016

Civilians flee as a tower of the World Trade Center collapses Sept. 11, 2001. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

9/11 Survivor Brian Clark Reflects On His Escape, 15 Years Later

While escaping the building, Clark stopped to help another man. The two got out of the building just minutes before it collapsed.

Here & Now

10:51Sep 7, 2016

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) talks to reporters about a recently released section of the 2002 House Intelligence Committee inquiry into the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 during a news conference at the National Press Club on Aug. 31, 2016 in Washington D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham Continues Fight To Prove Saudi Involvement In 9/11

Although Graham left the Senate in 2005, he fought for years to get 28 pages of a congressional report on the 9/11 terrorist attacks declassified.

Here & Now

10:55Sep 7, 2016

Welles Crowther at his graduation from Boston College in 1999. (Courtesy of The Crowther Family)

New Book 'The Red Bandanna' Remembers A 9/11 Hero

On Sept. 11, 2001 a young man led several people down the stairs to safety after a plane hit the south tower of the World Trade Center. The people he...

Here & Now

11:00Sep 6, 2016

Linda Sarsour, director of the Arab American Association of New York, poses for photos in front of a canvas painted by the association's youth group at its headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York in December 2011. (Henny Ray Abrams/AP)

In New York, American Muslims Grieve 9/11 Attacks — And The Backlash

Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, joins Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about the uneasiness the city's Muslims are feeling today.

Here & Now

09:39Sep 5, 2016