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Tag: World Trade Center
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Nation & World
The day of
Former Harvard students recall the confusion and fear of 9/11, the desire to do something, and the sense that everything would be different now.
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Nation & World
‘I never saw a survivor’
On the morning of 9/11, David Battat, a Harvard grad and longtime volunteer firefighter, got a call from his College roommate telling him that a plane had crashed into a tower at the World Trade Center and urging him to stay away. Battat assured his friend he would remain where he was, hung up the…
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Nation & World
New York minute
When the planes hit the twin towers, Jill Radsken was a reporter covering New York Fashion Week in midtown Manhattan. Within minutes she was a news reporter capturing a world-changing terrorist attack.
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Nation & World
Where were you when it happened?
Faculty and staff from across the University recall where they were on September 11, 2001, and how they think about the attacks 20 years later.
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Nation & World
The law before and after 9/11
Michael Chertoff, former U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, outlines the security paradigm shift in the run-up to 9/11 and the factors to consider when creating a new legal architecture to fight terrorism.
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Nation & World
‘Why do they hate us?’
The 9/11 terrorist attacks caused Americans to awaken to the disdain for the nation held by some overseas. It also brought harsh attention to U.S. Muslims and mobilized the nation toward actions it may one day rue, experts said at a panel discussion.
