Bush’s compared what he called the unity of Americans after the attacks on September 11,2001,with the disunity of the present day.
Americans are not renowned for their subtlety,but the occasion was restrained and dignified. The focus was on paying tribute to victims,not politics.
For anyone in New York on 9/11 it was only day one of many days that proved to be traumatic and challenging.
On the eve of the 20th anniversary ceremony,those whose lives were changed forever have made their way to the memorial to the Twin Towers.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton is on a mission to fix Australia’s complacency regarding China,but our nation must also look within to address the many threats to the lucky country.
An eyewitness transformed,a grieving son,a student stifled under Taliban rule - they all remember what they were doing when they heard about the attacks.
A New York posting was to be a new chapter in the lives of one Australian couple. And after the September 11 terror attacks it proved to be exactly that – in an altogether unexpected way.
After 9/11 novelists responded in different ways in their fiction.
Today on Please Explain,North America correspondent Matthew Knott joins Nathanael Cooper to look at what has occurred in the past two decades since the September 11 attacks.
Loose Change,a 2005 documentary on the terror attack,was one of the first viral hits of the still-young internet. It encouraged millions to question what they were told.
Within 12 hours of the attacks on September 11,2001,an ADF specialist was devising a way for Australia to respond to a similar threat. The resulting capability is in operation today.