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  • Tributes and tears for victims

    Ten years after the attacks, Barack Obama joins thousands of Americans to honour the 2,977 who died
  • Freedom tower

    September 11: ten years on

    A decade after the 9/11 attacks, a towering monument to US resilience is finally joining the Manhattan skyline
  • Interactive

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    Day of terror

    Terrorists hijack four planes, flying three into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. The fourth crashes in a field. Nearly 3,000 die
  • In pictures

    View from a helicopter as smoke and ash engulf lower Manhattan on 9/11.

    Under attack

    New York descends into chaos as the twin towers of the World Trade Centre collapse after terrorist fly hijacked planes into the landmark buildings
  • One year on

    9/11 - a survivor

    How we changed

    We talk to a widow, a fire chief, an al-Qaida suspect, and more than 100 others about how their lives were changed by 9/11
  • Five years on

    9/11 - struggling with loss

    A child's grief

    Audio slideshow: Ed Pilkington talks to the son of one the 343 firefighters who died in the attacks about his struggle with loss

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