How Our Predictions for the 9/11 Decade Panned Out
The Atlantic ran an essay in early 2005 imagining what September 11, 2011, would look like. Now that we're here, how did we do?
1974 Twin Towers Tightrope Stunt
In 1974, just a year after the Twin Towers were completed, French tightrope artist Philip Petit set out to achieve his ultimate goal: to string and walk a wire between the Towers. The original CBS News broadcast documents the unimaginable feat.
NASA's Great Zoom Out: Twin Towers to Planet Earth
In April of 2001, scientists and animators at the Goddard Space Flight Center drew on data from numerous spacecraft to create this continuous super zoom that begins with the Twin Towers in Manhattan and ends framing the Earth.
The Soldier and the Rap Star: A Tale of Two Post-9/11 Students
At a high school near Ground Zero, the attacks sent the student-body president and vice president on very different life paths.
10 Years Later: How We Won
The war against al-Qaeda is over, but continuing to fight terrorism will require understanding what we did that worked - and what didn't
'Always a Family' Remembers a Father's Last Phone Call on 9/11
StoryCorps records true stories as told by real people and then brings them to life with animation. Always a Family is the heartbreaking story of a father who called his family on the morning of September 11 from the 103rd floor of the North Tower to say goodbye.
'In the Throes of Creation': Color Photos of New York from the 1940s
A set of rare images captures the city's classic buildings along with its timeless spirit
Intervention, Libya, and the Future of Sovereignty
International law -- and the governments that bring it into being -- are the process of redefining the definition of sovereignty
Surviving 9/11: Photos of the Lucky Ones
As we remember a day marked by images of death, it's worth taking another look at the people who survived
The Cinematic Cameos of the Twin Towers
Cartoonist Dan Meth's epic mashup of movie scenes featuring the Twin Towers, spanning 1969 to 2001
Remembering Why Americans Loathe Dick Cheney
As the former vice-president releases his memoir, it's useful to recall the many reasons Americans disapproved of his tenure.
Who Killed the War on Terror?
The U.S. government's most controversial post-9/11 policies died years before Osama Bin Laden did -- and for good reason
Beautiful Digital Rendering of the New 9/11 Memorial and World Trade Center
This architectural animation reveals the finished 9/11 Memorial and Museum, as well as the new World Trade Center. Two reflecting pools fill the footprints of the Twin Towers, surrounded by a sustainable forest.
Time-Lapse of 9/11 Memorial Construction 2004-2011
This one-minute time-lapse video documents the construction of the 9/11 Memorial over the course of 2004 to 2011. In it, you can see the twin square pools being constructed inside the footprints of the towers, and a sustainable "forest" spring up around them.