Looking Back on the World Trade Center Attacks—Here Are Newspaper Front Pages Covering 9/11
First: On September 12, 2001, the Philadelphia Inquirer announced: "U.S. Attacked: Hijacked Planes Destroy Trade Towers, Hit Pentagon; Thousands Feared Dead."
Ten years later, the Inquirer wrote, "Sorrow and Strength."
"Act of War: World Trade Center destroyed; many dead"
"My Son: Dad finds his boy's name at new 9/11 memorial"
"'Today, our nation saw evil': Bush: Worst-ever attack on U.S. will not break nation's resolve"
"9-11: A day we must not forget"
"U.S. Attacked: Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers and Hit Pentagon in Day of Terror"
"The Reckoning: A Decade After 9/11"
"America's Darkest Day: Terrorists will be hunted down, Bush tells the nation"
"9/11 Ten Years Later: Life, love could not be defeated"
"War at home: Shaken nation awaits tally from Pentagon, Trade Center attacks; Bush vows to track down terrorists and 'bring them to justice'"
"9/11 A Decade Later: 'Each name here is a life'
"Terror Hits Home: Hijackers ram 2 airliners into World Trade Center; 3rd plane slams into Pentagon, 4th crashes near Pittsburgh; hundreds die"
"September 11, Ten Years On"
"Outrage: Thousands dead, a nation staggered as terrorists strike New York, Washington"
"Lives altered forever"
"'Our nation saw evil': Hijacked jets destroy World Trade Center, hit Pentagon; Thousands feared dead in nation's worst terrorist attack"
"We remember: It's time for us to shed the fear"
"Darkest hour: Thousands die as hijacked jets strike World Trade Center, Pentagon; Bush promises retribution for terrorists 'and those who harbor them'"
"Beyond tragedy: Americans pause to examine how the 9/11 attacks touched nearly every aspect of daily life and to wonder what the coming years will hold."
"Devastation: Hijacked planes destroy World Trade Center towers; Third jetliner slams into Pentagon; Thousands feared dead in worst U.S. terror attacks"
"Md. dedicates memorial to 9/11"
"New day of infamy: Thousands feared dead after planes hit towers, Pentagon"
"Up From the Ashes: Ten years later, and that day remains brilliantly let yet deep in shadows, its meaning a work in progress—for the nation, for the world, and each of us"
"Terrorists Hijack 4 Airliners, Destroy World Trade Center, Hit Pentagon; Hundreds Dead"
"When Everything Changed"
"Terror: Trade Center destroyed by hijacked jets"
"'Breathtaking' day as memorial opens"
"Terrorists Attack New York, Pentagon: Thousands Dead, Injured as Hijacked U.S. Airliners Ram Targets; World Trade Center Is Destroyed"
"9/11, Ten Years After: Out of the smoke and fire of tragedy came a day that forever changed people, families, nations and the world. Some are too young to remember. Others can't forget."
On Sept. 12, 2001, newspapers across America sounded the news of the worst terrorist attack in American history on their front pages. "America's darkest day," read one paper; "Terror hits home," said another. Ten years later, many papers dedicated their covers to the anniversary of the attacks: "Sorrow and strength," one headline said; "Lives altered forever," another read.
On the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, look back on some of the newspaper front pages that covered the grisly events—and how the same papers followed up a decade later.
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