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Before smartphones and social media: How WTOP covered Sept. 11, 2001 09/09/2021 04:14am • Reporters covering the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks told the world the who, what, where, when, how, while searching for the why — those basics haven't changed. But thinking back on how the WTOP news team and I covered the attack on the Pentagon, the ways we got the news, and got it to our audience, h Family affected by 9/11 Pentagon attack thanks nonprofit for putting daughters through college 09/08/2021 01:01pm • Many families impacted by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are still dealing with a heavy burden 20 years later. Samaria Braman; her husband, Chris, and their three daughters were among those affected. "9/11 was a really difficult day for us," Samaria recalled. "It's followed us for the last 20 9/11 artifacts share 'pieces of truth' in victims' stories 09/08/2021 05:04am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '1f02e598-5542-45c4-aa55-8dff4f579fb5' }).render("69261535f71a6771");}); NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly six years, 'We are as American as anyone else': Aftermath of 9/11 in the American Muslim community 09/08/2021 04:06am • The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were a dark time for all Americans, and for Muslims in the United States, there were more problems to come in the aftermath. But one American Muslim activist sees signs of hope. “9/11 impacted Muslims in the same way it impacted everyone else in this country,” E How 9/11 prompted the DC region to improve its emergency preparedness 09/08/2021 04:04am • The terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, motivated the D.C. area to sharpen its emergency preparedness, and one local expert said those efforts continue today. The 9:43 a.m. crash of American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon triggered the evacuation of much of the area, including the Capitol and Echoes from 9/11 grow louder as future threats emerge 09/07/2021 04:12pm • Thick black smoke poured out of the Pentagon just after 9:38 a.m. From the roof of the Voice of America (VOA) building, I saw the intense, dark column surging into the pristine, blue sky, gradually overshadowing what had been a picture-perfect morning. In New York City, at the North and South Man pushing beverage cart to NYC to honor 9/11 heroes 09/07/2021 10:57am • Paul Veneto left Boston for New York City on August 21 – but the retired flight attendant didn't board a plane. Instead, he set out on foot to walk more than 200 miles – while pushing an airplane beverage cart – to honor the flight crews who lost their lives on September 11. He started his Two sisters in Pentagon day care center on 9/11 are now in military 09/07/2021 05:57am • About 140 infants and toddlers were playing in the Defense Department's Child Development Center, approximately 30 yards from the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. Two sisters who were in the day care center that day were inspired by the h 'I do remember the bodies': DC-area firefighters reflect on 9/11, 20 years later 09/07/2021 04:00am • Arlington County firefighter Jaleel Davis at the Pentagon in 2001 and today. (Left: Courtesy Jaleel Davis; right: WTOP/John Aaron) Arlington County firefighter Matthew Herrera was racing to a call for an apartment fire in Rosslyn, Virginia, 20 years ago, when his crew was rerouted. Their new des Teaching Sept. 11 as history: 'We could do a better job' 09/06/2021 04:05am • No one who remembers seeing them will ever forget the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. But 20 years later, they’re almost as far in the rearview mirror as the Carter presidency was when the attacks happened. An entire generation of children has been born, raised and graduated high school since then, and How events such as Sept. 11 have affected our collective mental health 09/06/2021 04:00am • The Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the D.C. sniper attacks in 2002 and the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. They all caused pain and suffering on a mass scale, but a Northern Virginia psychiatrist believes they also reflected the commonality of the human experience and helped advance the cause of men September entertainment guide 2021 09/01/2021 04:47am • The summer is about to give way to fall with plenty of fun happenings around town. Which events should you mark on your calendar? Time for your September Entertainment Guide:   September Entertainment Guide: Sept. 1-5: D.C. Jazz Festival Sept. 1-6: “Fairytales in the Sun Kennedy Center, Ford's Theatre to require vaccination or proof of negative test 08/12/2021 11:43am • The Kennedy Center and Ford's Theatre announced Thursday that they will require all audience members to be fully vaccinated or provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test. The move comes after an alliance of local theater venues announced strict coronavirus standards last week, followed by a si Ford's Theatre to perform 9/11 musical 'Come From Away' at Lincoln Memorial 08/05/2021 09:52am • Next month marks the 20th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Ford's Theatre is marking the occasion with a special production of the 9/11 musical "Come From Away" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Friday, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. "We wanted to open with a bang," 'It's incredibly meaningful': 2 pieces of World Trade Center donated to DC, Va. first responders 08/01/2021 07:34pm • Two pieces of steel from the World Trade Center will now be on permanent display in D.C. and Virginia ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The words "never forget" are written on the front of a piece of steel beam unveiled during a ceremony in front of the Arlington County Po