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# Twin Towers

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# Twin Towers
Here's how the US is marking 20 years since the September 11 attacks
The US and other countries, including Ireland, are remembering the victims of 9/11 on its 20th anniversary.
# Guantánamo Bay
Trial date set for alleged mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in Guantanamo Bay prison camp will go on trial in January 2021.
# come from away
A musical about 9/11: 'It has allowed me to define what happened in a way I never thought possible'
The show opened last night at the Abbey Theatre.
# World Trade Centre
22,000 pieces of human remains still being tested in the hope of identifying 9/11 victims
Today marks 17 years since two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers in 2001.
# World Trade Centre
Waterford 9/11 memorial to be made out of steel girder from Twin Towers
The memorial would be located in the Viking Triangle part of the city.
# Twin Towers
'I reacted to the dark arts and ended up getting sent off and losing the game'
Kieran Donaghy reflects on his battle with Aidan O’Shea in the All-Ireland semi-finals.
# physically sick
The effects in this film are being called 'a really bad trigger for vertigo'
The visuals in ‘The Walk’ have been too much for some who have already seen it.
# good girl
The last remaining 9/11 rescue dog just celebrated her 16th birthday in style
Bretagne the golden retriever was a key figure of the search through the rubble in the aftermath of the World Trade Centre collapse.
# Thwarted
More than 20 terror attacks have been prevented in New York since 9/11
But the city’s police chief said the risk remains “greater” than in years.
# Going Up
This is what it will look like inside a lift in the new World Trade Centre
It includes the destroyed Twin Towers.
Voices
Opinion: The Irish handprints on the world's most symbolic site – One World Trade Centre
Many Irish and Kerry men spent more than five years working at the resurrected World Trade Centre site.
# halloweenies
19-year-old British girls criticised for Twin Towers Halloween costumes
They won a local fancy dress contest with outfits which featured flames
# September 11
Authorities resume search for human remains in New York's 9/11 debris
Eleven years after the 2001 attacks, about 60 truckloads of debris are again being searched for the remains of missing victims.
Voices
Column: Here's Irish pride - my family are rebuilding the World Trade Center
Kerry O’Shea describes the experience of her father and brother, working dozens of storeys up on the new towers.
# september 11th
Cancer rates ‘triple among NYPD officers’ after 9/11
New statistics show that the number of police officers applying for cancer-related disability pensions following the 9/11 terrorist attacks has tripled.
# 9/11
“I was due in the Pentagon”: High-profile Irish figures recall 9/11
“Where were you when you heard?” Some well-known Irish figures with a link to the US remember the moment they realised what had happened in New York – and what it meant to them.
# 9/11
Watch Live: America remembers 9/11 ten years on
Watch live as memorial ceremonies continue in the US on the anniversary of 9/11…
# 9/11
Ceremonies in memory of 9/11 get underway
A multi-faith ceremony will take place in Dublin this morning, while memorials have already taken place in Australia, Malaysia, Japan and at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand…
# 9/11
Obama calls for national unity ahead of 9/11 remembrances
In his weekly address, a day before the 9/11 anniversary, Barack Obama pays tribute to how a “resilient nation” reacted.
# 9/11
9/11 conspiracy theories: the alternative accounts of September 11
No planes, controlled demolitions, holograms and missiles – just some of the theories surrounding 9/11.
Voices
Column: ‘The worst thing was the smell’ – an Irish man’s 9/11 experience
Bob Ó Mhurcú was asleep in New York when the first plane hit. Here he describes what happened next.
# 9/11
9/11: New video emerges of aftermath Flight 93 crash in Pennsylvania
The video shows the aftermath of the plane crashing in Pennsylvania.
# September 11
Gallery: Powerful new photos show aftermath of 9/11 attacks
Photographer Nicola McClean was in New York as the twin towers fell – and these previously unseen images show the devastation.
# In Numbers
In numbers: Bin Laden, September 11, and the War on Terror
3,520 days between the September 11 attacks and bin Laden’s death – with up to a million civilian deaths in between.
# 9/11
Unseen aerial footage emerges of 9/11 attacks
Video posted online shows aerial footage taken by the NYPD after planes struck the World Trade Centre in the infamous 11 September 2001 attacks.