September 11th, 2001 saw close to 3,000 people killed in the biggest terrorist attacks in US history. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the US. After the attack, the world has seen tremendous changes over the past ten years. A decade later, we remeber the lost ones on this anniversary.

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No end in sight 10 years on

Decade after Sept 11 attacks on U.S., its anti-terrorism war drags on with more civilian casualties and economic woes

Impact of 9/11 on US economy

The tragedy that devastated New York and shocked the entire world a decade ago is still having a lingering effect on U.S. foreign policy, and the economy.

9/11 ten years on: Wall Street´s wounds heal slowly

Memories do fade, and wounds heal, but in New York City, the pain of 9/11 has a long way to go. So what difference has ten years made in terms of business and finance? Investors have sent the safety haven of gold soaring, while Wall Street´s S&P 500 index of large-cap companies has barely moved.

Obama delivers speech at Kennedy Center at 10th anni. of 9/11

Earlier today, US President Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Healing the World Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, one of the memorial events for the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.

Impact of 9/11 on Afghans

The 9/11 attack was planned from Afghanistan, sparking the US-led invasion of the country.

Iraqis: West neeeds new approach to terrorism

To Iraq now where the 9/11 attacks hold a somewhat different significance. Iraq has changed immensely since 2001 when it was ruled by Sadam Hussein.

US troops in Afghanistan mark 9/11 anniversary

US troops based in Afghanistan also marked the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Obama lays wreath for victims of flight 93 in Pennsylvania

US President Barack Obama has placed a wreath at the memorial for the victims of United Airlines flight 93, which was hijacked and crashed.

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CCTV-NEWS brings you exclusive coverage and analysis on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Reporters in U.S. tell you how the Americans are coping with the aftermath of the attack, correspondents in Afghanistan and Pakistan bring features and analysis on how the two nations have struggled amid frequent bomb attacks.

Akbar Khan

Universtiy Lecturer

"The minute the foreigners leave, we will go back to living in the same misery like we did when the Taliban were in power."

Frank Siller

Victim´s Brother

"It’s a very emotional time still. You learn to live with it. That’s what you learn after ten years, you learn to live with it. I don’t want to forget..."

Daniel Liebskind

Ground Zero designer

"I think it will feel as though life has come back in a meaningful way to the site you will feel it in your body, you will feel it in your soul. "

Haji Sadiullah

Opium Farmer in Afghanistan

"We are aware it’s a deadly crop. We know people die from it, whether it’s muslims or non-muslims. Human beings die because of it. But we are forces to grow opium simply to provide for our families"

Susan Bennett

Senior VP of 9/11 Memorial Exhibit

"There were 3,000 people killed, that there are 3,000 families are affected, so the treagty is so much bad that you thought about. the ripple is so much enormous"

Betty Ann Ong

9/11 victim, first to report hijacking

"The cockpit is not answering, somebody´s stabbed in business class-and I think there´s Mace-that we can´t breathe-I don´t know, I think we´re getting hijacked."

Mosque visitor

Pakistani citizen

"People should come here because it´s a good place and people should see and there´s lots to see"

Sartaj Aziz

Former Pakistani finance minister

"The year 2008-9 the direct costs are estimated at $8.5 billion which is a huge cost because $8 billion in 2008-9 was 5% of our GDP"

Rolando Aguilar

Fly in a fighter jet escorting US President Bush´s plane on 9/11,2001

"I am flying with live missiles next to Airforce One. Actually that was the first time that that had happened. So it was pretty historic"

Commemoration in US
Obama lays wreath for victims of flight 93 in Pennsylvania

Obama lays wreath for victims of flight 93 in Pennsylvania

US President Barack Obama has placed a wreath at the memorial for the victims of United Airlines flight 93, which was hijacked and crashed.

US offers thanks for rescue efforts during 9/11

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has thanked local Virginia police and firefighters for their work during the September 11,attacks on the Pentagon.

Rendering of future World Trade Center released

This is a rendering of the future World Trade Center issured at the World Trade Center rebuilding update news conference held in New York, the United States, on Sept. 7. 2011.

Remembering...

9/11, Then and Now

Memorial park remembering 9/11 passengers and crew

Obama honors victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks

Ground Zero More

Review of 9/11 Detail

On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda-trained terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial airliners. The attacks caused the subsequent collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers, damaged the Pentagon, and killed approximately 3,000 people. The September 11, 2001 attacks were the most deadly international terrorist attack in history and the largest attack on United States territory since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Reviewing the Attack More

On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda-trained terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial airliners. The hijackers crashed two of the jets into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and crashed the third jet into the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C. Passengers and crew battled the hijackers for control of the fourth jet, and it crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, short of reaching the hijackers´ intended target in Washington, D.C.

8:46 a.m Airlines flight 11 hit into the North Tower of the WTC: 92 died

9:03 a.m United Airlines flight 175 hit into the South Tower of the WTC: 65 died

9:43 a.m American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon: 64 died

10:07 a.m United Airlines flight 93 crashed into a field southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 45 died

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