Timeline beyond October following the September 11 attacks

The following list contains certain dates beyond October 2001 involving the September 11 attacks.


2001

November

Thursday, November 1, 2001

Friday, November 2, 2001

Monday, November 12, 2001

Monday, November 19, 2001

December

Morning and television sitcoms broadcast dedications.

2002

February

March

Monday, March 11, 2002

Tuesday, March 12, 2002

May

Tuesday, May 28, 2002

June

Tuesday, June 4, 2002

August

Monday, August 19, 2002

Tuesday, August 20, 2002

Tuesday, August 27, 2002

September

Saturday, September 7, 2002

Tuesday, September 10, 2002

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

Thursday, September 26, 2002

Friday, September 27, 2002

2003

February

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

2004

July

Thursday, July 22, 2004

Two beams of light represent the former Twin Towers of the World Trade Center during the 2004 memorial of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

2006

September

Monday, September 11, 2006

Between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and midnight on September 11, 2006, on CNN, viewers could watch CNN footage of the attacks, as it happened as it was broadcast on that day. At 8:49 a.m. ET, during American Morning, CNN rebroadcast the first minute of its coverage, as it was the moment it broke the news.[3]

MSNBC broadcasts national NBC News coverage from 8:52 to 12:00 ET, branding it as a "Living History Event". They would do it again annually since then.

2008

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI made a visit to the World Trade Center Site during his visit to the United States. He is the first pope to visit the site since the attacks.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

George W. Bush dedicates the Pentagon Memorial to the public on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

2011

Monday, May 2, 2011

Osama bin Laden, the founder of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda who was responsible for the September 11 attacks, was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The death of bin Laden was announced by the President of the United States Barack Obama in a nationwide address.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

The tenth anniversary of the attacks was the anticipated final display of the Tribute in Light, though it continued past this date. Dedication of the World Trade Center Memorial (the new One World Trade Center building at the World Trade Center site in New York City was originally supposed to be dedicated and opened at this time, but that will not occur until around 2013). The dedication of the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania took place on September 10, 2011.

References

  1. Stanley, Jane (5 June 2002). "Empire State dons Jubilee colours". BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2007.
  2. 1 2 Kugler, Sara (February 27, 2003). "Complex of Angular Buildings with Spire Chosen to Replace World Trade Center". Associated Press.
  3. "CNN.com - Transcripts". cnn.com.
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