9/11 Anniversary Revives Debate

The United States is marking 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four planes, hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and crashed Flight 93 in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back. The attacks killed 2,977 people, and commemorations are revisiting New York’s response, the CIA’s post-9/11 shift, survivors and the victims’ compensation fund. The Trump administration issued classroom guidance for students born after the attacks, while most states still do not require 9/11 history to be taught.