Remembering September 11, 2001

  • Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience: Time Magazine’s commemoration of September 11 focuses on “stories from 40 men and women whose lives changed that day.” The site also includes articles from Time’s archive.
  • 9/11: Ten Years On: A special series of articles from the Boston Globe and Boston.com. You are invited to submit your memories of the day or to post a tribute on this site.
    • Family, Friends Of Sept. 11 Victims: ‘We Remember‘ — Listen to stories about victims of the September 11th attacks collected as part of National Public Radio’s StoryCorps project.
  • September 11 Digital Archive — This collection, developed by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, “uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of September 11, 2001 and its aftermath.” The site includes images, stories and emails submitted to different projects such as the Smithsonian Institution’s “Bearing Witness to History,” NPR’s “Lost and Found Sound,” “Here is New York,” and “Ground One: Voices from Post-911 Chinatown.” Personal contributions may be submitted.
  • Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive — This site, from the Internet Archive, presents a collection of national and international news broadcasts about September 11, 2001 and the week that followed, along with analysis of this coverage.
  • September 11: Reflection and Remembrance — This site from the Smithsonian Institution includes a browsable collection of over 1300 artifacts collected to “document and preserve the material record” of the immediate impact of the events of September 11, 2011. It also includes highlights from both the upcoming 10th anniversary exhibit and from the 2002 exhibit.
  • September 11: Screenshot Archive of Online News Sites, September 11, 2001 — This site from Interactive.com provides screenshots from more than 250 news websites around the world on both September 11 and 12, 2011.
  • September 11: Five Years Later — Special news section from the New York Times on the fifth anniversary of the tragedy.
  • Portraits of Grief — In the days after September 11, 2001 New York Times reporters contacted the families of the missing and began writing brief profiles of each person. All were published in the newspaper during the following months. These profiles are available now online along with recent stories about some of the victims’ families.

Helping Kids Make Sense of September 11th

  • Talking with children about the September 11th Anniversary — Tips for talking with kids about this important anniversary, suggestions for how to commemorate this anniversary, and additional resources from the 9-11 Healing and Remembrance Program.
  • How to Talk to Kids About 9/11 — A psychologist offers advice on how to help kids understand and cope with their experience of September 11th and the onslaught of media coverage on the tenth anniversary of these events.
  • Discussing 9/11 With Kids: The 10th Anniversary — Suggestions on how to talk with kids about the anniversary of September 11th and how to manage their exposure to media coverage of this anniversary from Red-Hot Parenting.com