Local residents pause to remember attacks
Web-posted 9/11/2003
Memories of a horrible day are still strong, even two years later.

Augustans sing of unity, patriotism
Web-posted 9/11/2003
Louise Guffey had more than one reason for attending Augusta's United We Sing remembrance of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Sheriff, other officials say Augusta still keeps watch
Web-posted 9/10/2003
Miles away from New York and Washington and two years after the terrorist attacks, officials say Augusta is still on alert.

Churchgoing tide has abated, ministers say
Web-posted 9/10/2003
AIKEN - The anxiety and grief that packed the pews of the Rev. Eddie Leopard's church in the immediate aftermath of 9-11 may have subsided, but some say a feeling of vulnerability continues to nag at the public psyche.

Sept. 11 Area Memorial Events
Web-posted 9/10/2003
A variety of local programs are planned to commemorate the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks:

Two years later, the world has changed in ways big and small
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- Yellow is still yellow, orange is still orange, red still red.

Spurred by Sept. 11, many have transformed their lives
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- After terrorists killed more than 3,000 people two years ago, Americans dreamed of traveling across the country to rescue survivors, New Yorkers thought of grabbing weapons and going to war, victims' relatives regretted ever wasting a precious day.

Frequently asked questions about attacks and aftermath
Web-posted 9/10/2003
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and what followed:

Sept. 11 put some in the spotlight. Where are they now?
Web-posted 9/10/2003
The terrorist attacks vaulted public officials and ordinary people into the international spotlight. Here are some of the people we came to know - and where they are now.

Health effects plague World Trade Center rescuers
Web-posted 9/10/2003
WASHINGTON -- When Dan Kochensparger was on his hands and knees sifting through cement, metal and other debris at the World Trade Center site in New York, specks were floating in the thick air. He didn't think about what they were.

Comfort, sadness as remains are still identified
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- Grass grows over the plots where families buried empty coffins after memorials long ago. No trace of a body has been found for nearly 1,300 victims of the World Trade Center attack.

Remains of about 1,520 people have been identified at WTC
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- For now, 42 people are listed as missing - not dead - on the World Trade Center death toll.

Trade center architect aims to protect his vision
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- When his plan for rebuilding the World Trade Center won an international contest in February, architect Daniel Libeskind became the public face of the world's most emotionally freighted real estate project.

Families of victims protest rebuilding at ground zero
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- About 15 people who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center attack tried to block a gate into ground zero in a protest against rebuilding on the footprints.

Hundreds of families face difficult choice on compensation
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- Since his wife was killed in the World Trade Center attack, Charles Wolf has filled a desk and three storage boxes in his Greenwich Village home with paperwork. Yet even as he carefully added to the files supporting a claim for government compensation, he questioned the fairness of the system and anguished over whether to apply.

How people coped with Sept. 11 attacks
Web-posted 9/10/2003
In the days after the terrorist attacks, even people thousands of miles away seemed suddenly focused on making life more meaningful. Many changed careers, found religion, got married.

Small Sept. 11 charity thrives in thinning field
Web-posted 9/10/2003
RED HOOK, N.Y. -- It started with bits of ribbon looped by Karen Jerro and Maggie Oyen in the despairing days after the World Trade Center towers fell.

Artists learn to work in a post-Sept. 11 world
Web-posted 9/10/2003
At the start of Sara Paretsky's new novel, "Blacklist," private eye V.I. Warshawski recalls her feelings right after terrorists attacked the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.

Aware of its vulnerabilities, city tries to put Sept. 11 behind
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- Not long after the World Trade Center attack, a boutique called Safer America opened in what had been the shadow of the twin towers, selling $1,499 parachutes for high-rise office workers and $445 "escape hoods" for children.

More businesses shrug off fears of new terrorist attack
Web-posted 9/10/2003
CHICAGO -- Scott Bushkie still worries sometimes about what would happen to his business if terrorists struck again like they did on Sept. 11, 2001. Back then, "everything just absolutely stopped."

Two year later, investors not as quick to push panic button
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- In the first year after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the mere hint of another assault sent stocks tumbling.

Alive, far away, but changed by Sept. 11 nevertheless
Web-posted 9/10/2003
Boiled down, it becomes simple and stark. There is before, and there is after.

Related major developments before, during, after Sept. 11 attacks
Web-posted 9/10/2003
Chronology of some key events in U.S. relations with Islamic groups and with Osama bin Laden before Sept. 11, 2001, and of the Sept. 11 attacks and aftermath:

Hunt for bin Laden has still come up empty
Web-posted 9/10/2003
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Nearly two years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Pakistani troops have begun moving - gingerly - into a remote tribal belt where Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida fugitives might be hiding.

Despite progress, terrorism fight far from over
Web-posted 9/10/2003
WASHINGTON -- By conventional standards, the war on terrorism is going well. Al-Qaida leaders have been captured or killed, homeland defenses have been strengthened and no major attacks have occurred on U.S. soil in two years.

Many Americans, Iraqis unsure how road from Sept. 11 led to Baghdad
Web-posted 9/10/2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- When the picture of a jetliner slicing into the World Trade Center flashed on the television in Rabia Ibrahim's Baghdad apartment, his friend exclaimed "God is great!" - a superpower had been humbled.

Communities nationwide to remember Sept. 11 victims
Web-posted 9/10/2003
TAMPA, Fla. -- A nation still horrified by the Sept. 11 attacks will mark the second anniversary with moments of silence and bursts of patriotic song, by gathering in peaceful memorial gardens and busy public squares, and by reaching out to each other.

Companies to commemorate Sept. 11 with day of service
Web-posted 9/10/2003
NEW YORK -- Douglas Bowen did not lose any co-workers on Sept. 11, 2001, but he wanted his company to find a way to honor the 3,000 people who died.

Bush to take part in events commemorating terror attacks
Web-posted 9/10/2003
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- President Bush will attend a prayer service of remembrance and observe a moment of silence to mark the second anniversary of the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001.