Julia Worcester envisioned it differently. It wasn’t an attack, just an unfortunate freak accident. The pilot must have made a mistake, clipped the edge of the north tower.
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Julia Worcester envisioned it differently. It wasn't an attack, just an unfortunate freak accident. The pilot must have made a mistake, clipped the edge of the north tower.
A tree able to bear over 40 different types of fruit was selected as the symbol of Syracuse University Remembers, a series of events reflecting on 9/11.
In the underpass of New York City's Cortlandt Street station, local politicians and members of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority gathered in front of a luminous ceramic mural on Sept. 8 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It marked the reopening of the station's southbound platform.
Whether 7 years old or 15, many college students remember Sept. 11, 2001, as an onslaught of images and news broadcasts that our parents or teachers failed to clarify with watered down or uninformed explanations.
After the demise of Osama bin Laden, many publications ran headlines that claimed how terrorism was forever changed, that Bin Laden dragged our post-9/11 definition of the word down to the bottom of the sea with him.
Ten years ago members of al-Qaeda used four passenger aircrafts as weapons to kill nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001. The United States government's response was to answer violence with violence. In the ensuing wars, hundreds of thousands more people have been killed.
This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and with it brings a wide range of emotions for all of us. When the annual fall concert Juice Jam was scheduled for its normal weekend, it happened to coincide with this 10th anniversary. University Union immediately began working with Hendricks Chapel, Student Association and the Division of Student Affairs to ensure that the entire day is given the reverence that it deserves.
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, it is worth remembering we ought to remember another devastating act of terrorism that intimately affected our campus.