9/11

A local firefighter foundation hosts a day of remembrance at Romare Bearden Park ahead of the 23rd anniversary of Sept. 11.

The families of 9/11 victims say the FBI document validates their claim that Saudi Arabia played a role in the attacks.

On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, multiple ceremonies commemorated the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on that day.

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the nation paused to remember. Ceremonies took place at memorials in New York City; in Shanksville, Pa.; and at the Pentagon.

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?

Vernon Siders Jr. was a police officer with the NYPD when the World Trade Center was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Now retired and living in Mooresville, he looks back on that day 20 years ago and how the experience changed him.