9/11

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and it comes less than two weeks since the last U.S. troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan

Saturday marks 20 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 killed almost 3,000 people in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The effects of those events rippled all the way to the North Country, transforming the region’s largest military base into one of the most active in the country.

On 9/11, it was impossible to connect the dots for adults, nevermind children. Here are some books that can help kids try to understand that fateful date 20 years later.

In the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, NPR set up a phone booth in New York City and invited people to leave voicemails for someone they lost that day. Here's what they had to say.

It has been 20 years since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Current high school students were not alive then. But for many teachers, the day is more than just a page in a textbook, it is a vivid memory.

These books provide a detailed accounting of events that have defined the U.S. role in the world in the first part of the 21st century. None makes for cheery reading, but all offer sobering lessons.

Two victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, were recently identified through DNA analysis.

This week on Public Radio Presents: "Blindspot: The Road to 9/11" brings to light the decade-long “shadow struggle” that preceded the attacks. This 2-hour special is hosted by WNYC reporter Jim O'Grady and draws on interviews with a range of sources. Listen Sunday, September 5 at 7 p.m. on WRVO, on-air and online.

A day after the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a star-studded roster of comedians will perform at a benefit to raise money for victims and their families.