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20th Anniversary of 9/11 Special
Airing LIVE Saturday, September 11th, 8:35-11:00am ET. Gather with host Brian Lehrer as we listen to parts of the anniversary ceremony and the reading of the names. We’ll talk to guests and each other to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11/2001. Guests include: Nuala McGovern, presenter
9/11 and the Rise of the NYPD | PART SEVEN: Unity
The days after September 11th are mostly remembered as a time when the country came together, where our grief turned to unity around a common cause. Parts of these memories are tainted by the rosiness of our shared identities. When people face an external threat or collective trauma like 9/11, it ca
9/11 and the Rise of the NYPD | PART SIX: The Sacrifice
Ivonne Sanchez was responding to an emergency in the Bronx when the first plane flew into the World Trade Center on 9/11. By the time the NYFD EMT was able to make it downtown, the towers had collapsed. From that moment, she rushed to help the survivors who escaped the disaster. And for the next 10