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9/11: Five Years Later

On a sparkling morning in September 2001, America and the world changed. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 altered the country's political landscape, immediately changing the nation's attitude about just how safe we are within our own borders. Like Dec. 7, 1941, the date is now a pivotal chapter in the American story. U.S. News has compiled a collection of stories and photos that remind us of the chilling day and its aftermath.

Photo Galleries: Then & Now

From Ground Zero and the Pentagon to Shanksville and beyond, these images fuel America's resolve.

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  9/11 Retrospective Slide Show
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  Five Years Later
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  Around America

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  Returning to Ground Zero
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  Rebuilding the Pentagon
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  Shanksville, Pa.

New Perspectives

Charlie Archambault for USN&WR

Slide Show

• Moving forward, looking back

Web-Exclusive Coverage

• Paul Bedard's Blog: Eerie 9/11 mixed with politics
• BYU takes on a 9/11 conspiracy professor

Sept. 11, 2006 Issue

• Five years later: Accepting 'The New Normal'
• Inside the U.S. Special Forces abroad
• What's fueling conspiracy theorists' claims?
• Remembering and rebuilding on Wall Street
• The first responder and a victim's family
• Signs of progress at Ground Zero

Views from 2001

David Butow-Redux for USN&WR

Sept. 24, 2001 Issue

• The U.S. under siege
• Search and destroy: America strikes back
• 'You're either with us or you're not'
• Honoring the dead, embracing the living
• After a national tragedy, what next?

Oct. 1, 2001 Issue

• A test of America's will
• 'I will not yield. I will not rest.'
• Meet the CEO of Terror Inc.

Oct. 8, 2001 Issue

• In mourning for lost innocence

Nov. 26, 2001 Issue

• Struggling for emotional balance

Dec. 10, 2001 Issue

• The Pentagon attack: Its heroes, victims