Brenda Berkman, who sued the city of New York to ensure that women could become firefighters, has fought to raise awareness of the women first responders on the frontlines during 9/11.

Photographer Lucas Foglia was 19 during the summer of 2002 when he made portraits of NYC residents.

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Nearly 3,000 people were killed during coordinated terrorist attacks 20 years ago. One Charlotte woman who lived and worked near Ground Zero shared her reflections about what she experienced and how it shaped her life thereafter.

After the attacks, barriers and thigh-high cement bollards sprouted up seemingly overnight in Washington, D.C. But new threats show the need for adaptability.

Just hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush said, "The resolve of our great nation is being tested." So here we are 20 years later. Have we passed the test?

For centuries, Wall Street was where some of the biggest banks in the world were based. Today, it's home to Uber and Spotify, and new residents have poured in.

Saturday marks 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. Life as we knew it then changed forever. WFAE wants to know what you remember from that day and how your life has changed.

I was in Windows On The World the day before 9/11. It took me two years and folding a thousand origami cranes before I could write this essay; it's taken another 18 years for it to be published.

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the coordinated terrorist attacks. There will be a remembrance in Cornelius, and Peter Blaich will be there. He retired from the New York City Fire Department after more than two decades of service.

In 2001, as the nation mourned those killed on 9/11, the government tried to find its footing to prevent more terrorist attacks. In the 20 years since, the nature of those threats has evolved.

Students today have no memory of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, so this year's anniversary poses unique challenges for educators and caregivers trying to explain what happened and why.