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'You can't be serious': The 911 dispatchers who answered the call on 9/11 09/11/2021 04:59am • For Eric Brown, Michele Shields and Sylvia Nazario, all of whom work at the Office of Unified Communications in D.C., the workday began at 6 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001. Brown, a lead dispatcher who was working on the DC Fire and EMS side that day, recalled his supervisor getting a call and announcing Sept. 11 at 20: WTOP looks back and forward 09/11/2021 04:57am • It’s impossible to forget the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the plane crashes at the World Trade Center, in New York; the Pentagon, and into a field outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania — the scuttling of a hijacking that was likely headed for the Capitol. Whil DC school remembers teacher who died on 9/11 09/10/2021 10:55am • One day before the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a school in southeast D.C. took time Friday morning to remember James Debeuneure, a well-liked fifth-grade teacher who was killed in the terrorist attacks. "We were very close," said his daughter Jalin Debeuneure. "There are still times that are rough 9/11 Pentagon survivor looks back at the attack that almost claimed her life 09/10/2021 07:33am • Deputy chief of the Army Reserve, Col. Malcolm Bruce Westcott, comforts Pentagon employee Racquel Kelley while giving her medical aid outside the Pentagon in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Will Morris) Just back to work from maternity leave on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Rac 9/11 commission’s difficult birth shows the 1/6 panel fight isn’t new 09/10/2021 05:13am • Members of Congress, stunned along with the rest of the country by what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol only hours after the unprecedented terror attacks. “Senators and House members, Democrats and Republicans, will stand shoulder to shoulder to fight this NSO performs 'Concert of Remembrance' at Kennedy Center for victims of 9/11, COVID-19 09/09/2021 10:35am • This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most tragic days in U.S. history. The National Symphony Orchestra performs a "Concert of Remembrance" at the Kennedy Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, remembering all of the lives lost on that day 20 years ago, as well as the lives lost during t Smithsonian seeking Sept. 11 stories from public for archival record 09/09/2021 07:19am • The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is collecting stories, experiences and memories of the Sept. 11 attacks for an archive as the tragedy nears its 20th anniversary. Through its digital storytelling initiative "September 11: Stories of a Changed World," the Smithsonian seeks to Navy, Air Force will compete Saturday with their eyes on the future 09/09/2021 04:57am • Military academy football works on multiple levels. The three schools compete annually for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy — Army is the defending champ — on fields ranging from Annapolis, to West Point, to Colorado Springs, in addition to wherever Army-Navy is held (usually Philadelphia, but 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