Timeline: The 9/11 Decade
In the wake of 9/11 , the U.S. government radically rethought how it ensures the safety of its citizens. Take a look at our timeline to see major events in the 9/11 decade.
Students from around the country reflect on how the 9/11 attacks shaped their generation.
Check out the PBS NewsHour video quilt, NewsHour Extra video quilt and submit your own video here.
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After 9/11, the government began encouraging local police, private security and everyday Americans to report so-called “suspicious activity” that may indicate a security threat. Taking photos of landmarks, walking “nervously” and writing in a notebook are all activities that have led to people being stopped and questioned. Could you be next? Watch our Suspect America animation and then click through to read our investigation with NPR: Mall of America visitors unknowingly end up in counterterrorism reports.
New document library: Homeland Security audits and reports
After 9/11, money flowed into the newly created Department of Homeland Security. But from its inception, the department has struggled to tame bureaucratic disorganization, mismanagement and waste.
Our new document library contains nearly 2,000 internal audits and government reports from the past 10 years completed by the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Research Service and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General. They highlight problems facing the still-fledgling department.
Search the library to find how your area has handled federal homeland security grants, how prepared the government is for the next major catastrophe and where security gaps still exist that could leave the United States vulnerable to future attacks.
Get searching now by visiting our America’s War Within website.
What is a fusion center? Watch an interview with Lt. Tom Monahan, Director of the Southern Nevada Counter-terrorism Center, to learn more about these intelligence-sharing offices run by the Department of Homeland Security. Find more on our new website: America’s War Within: Homeland security and the first 10 years of the war on terror.
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Ten years ago, Americans watched in horror as their nation came under attack. In the hours that followed, NPR reporters and hosts scrambled to report on the tragic news of the day. We asked several of them to look back on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and describe what stands out to them now, a decade later.
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