The aftermath of the September 11 attacks have had profound and wide-ranging political, economic, health and societal effects. They also reshaped global security policies and international relations,
People stop to read from the list of the victims of the World Trade Center in New York City during the one-year anniversary of the attacks in September 2002.
New York fire department personnel examining a smashed New York City police car, during 9/11
Fires burned amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center for weeks after the attack.
A New York City firefighter looks up at what remains of the South Tower, September 13, 2001.
The cultural impact of the September 11 attacks was profound and extended well beyond geopolitics, spilling into society and culture in general. Many Americans began to identify a "pre-9/11" world and
The aftermath of the September 11 attacks caused many Americans to embrace patriotism to extreme lengths.