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Paranoia in Prime Time

As the new fall tv season begins, Kurt Andersen is intrigued by the number of 9/11-themed shows hitting the airwaves.

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — An electrician-turned-photographer, an unlikely cover, Pixar's rainbow, parsing The Simpsons, and the silliest skate video ever made (intentionally).1. The Curious...

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The World Trade Center Rises: View From the Top and a Trip to the Sandwich Shop

Infrastructure geeks, don't miss these gorgeous and moving photos by our colleague, Stephen Nessen.Stephen's been up in the Freedom Tower as recently as last week.WNYC began visiting the World Trade...

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Reconstructed Fulton Transit Center, Partly Damaged on 9/11, Starts Opening

Looking up from below-ground through the frame of partially built oculus tower at the Fulton Transit Center. (Photo by Stephen Nessen / WNYC.)(New York, NY - WNYC) At one time it was hoped that the...

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The Lessons of 9/11

When two planes struck the World Trade Center in 2001, two teachers, Holly Epstein Ojalvo and Annie Thoms, were just beginning their day at Stuyvesant High School, four blocks from the twin towers....

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Our 9/11: Growing Up in the Aftermath

To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, WNYC formed a partnership with the 9/11 Memorial and Museum to share the stories of six young people from the region who are part of the last generation of young...

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"There Was No Playbook" -- Air Traffic Controllers Remember 9/11

Air traffic controllers receiving reports about hijacked planes 30 minutes before the first plane struck the World Trade Center were one of the first groups of people who realized what was happening on...

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Subway Station Severely Damaged on 9/11 Now Fully Restored

 NY MTA Chairman Jay Walder (center) cuts the ribbon on newly restored Cortlandt Street subway station. (Photo by NY MTA.) Also pictured (L to R) Assemb. Daniel Squadron, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY),...

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3,500 Classes With Too Many Students

The first full week of school in the 2011-12 begins today. Here's what was in the news over the weekend:The New York Post reports that seven city schools have been added to the state's list of...

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Behind the Scenes with Spike Lee’s 9/11 Tribute

Spike Lee, the director, gave some children from P.S. 8 in Brooklyn and P.S. 22 in Staten Island (and a few others) starring roles last weekend in a commercial he did for State Farm that featured a...

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Post 9/11 Security Upgrade To NYC Transit Lags

(New York, NY - WNYC) A new report says the first phase of the NY MTA's security upgrade after 9/11 won't be done for another two years, and that the cost keeps rising.NY State comptroller Thomas...

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On bin Laden Anniversary, Romney and Giuliani Visit 9/11 First Responders

A year to the day after a team of Navy SEALs stormed Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, Mitt Romney was visiting firefighters in New York.On the anniversary of the al-Qaeda leader’s death, Romney...

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9/11 First Responders and Recovery Workers Honored

he National September 11 Memorial and Museum has marked the 10th anniversary of the end of cleanup operations at the site with a tribute to recovery workers and first responders.Mayor Michael...

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Kurt Eichenwald on 500 Days

Kurt Eichenwald recounts the first 500 days after 9/11, looking closely at the decisions, deceptions, and delusions of the 18 months that changed the world forever, as leaders raced to protect their...

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Port Authority Board Gets an Earful from Public Over 9/11 Memorial, Community...

One World Trade Center (photo by Kate Hinds)(New York, NY -- WNYC) The day after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey released a consultant's report lauding the agency's newfound zeal for...

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Kurt Eichenwald on the Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars

Kurt Eichenwald recounts the first 500 days after 9/11, looking closely at the decisions, deceptions, and delusions of the 18 months that changed the world forever, as leaders raced to protect their...

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Something in the Air

On today's show: We're replaying some of our favorite interviews from the past year. Kurt Eichenwald looks at how some of the decisions made in the first 500 days that followed the 9/11 attacks have...

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12 Years Later, 9-11 Remains Still Making Their Way to Families

Twelve years after the September 11th attacks, the loved ones of 9/11 victims are still getting calls from the New York City Medical Examiner's Office about identified remains.Sandra Grazioso from...

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Permanent Memorials to 9/11

Sylvia Laudien-Meo, art historian and tour leader with the Municipal Art Society, discusses the permanent memorials in remembrance of September 11, both within the city and throughout the tri-state...

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Tragedy + Time = Advertising

AT&T tweeted a 9/11 themed ad today designed to celebrate the majesty of a recovered New York while subtly reminding social media users about AT&T's elegant,affordable smartphones. The...

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