Security Warnings Went Unheeded
Airports--Security measures--United States
Airline passenger security screening
Terrorism--United States--Prevention​
A news article that discusses the many ways in which Brian Sullivan attempted to enact safer security measures at airports prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Sullivan, a former special agent for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), worked with a local television crew to expose gaps in security at Logan Airport in early 2001. Unfortunately, Sullivan's work did not provide the impetus to rework security measures, so in August 2001, he wrote a letter to Senator John Kerry to express his concerns. Kerry asked the Department of Transportation's Inspector General to investigate, but the FAA responded that they were continuing "to address security issues raised by the video presentation." Three weeks later, the September 11, 2001 attacks occurred.
Chris Hansen
NBC News
September 16, 2001
Brian Sullivan, FAA Special Agent (Retired)
Exhibit 16 Checkpoint Operators Guide
Home Depot
poem:nine one one
Five siblings on family vacation days before 9-11 events, in front of the WTC towers on Liberty Island.
Kathleen's 9-11 Memory
Matt B. perspective.
Jerry R Lucas RN
Mike Holley
Chief Mike Holley of the Nation Emergency Response Team
Day 3 in the stairwell.
MOMENT OF SILENCE
This picture was acquired at the time of the 2017, 9-11 Moment Of Silence
MSNBC clip
September 11, 2002
Vivek Sud emails
Vivek Sud
August 23, 2002
Barry's Story
Steve Navon Oral History
Interview with Steve Navon, a financial adviser who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower at the World Trade Center in New York, NY. He was late to work on September 11, 2001, and lost many of his colleagues that day.
May 2017
Rebecca Brenner
Joseph "Sepp" Scanlin Oral History
This interview documents Sepp Scanlin’s experience of September 11, 2001 and its aftermath. It explores his memories in the military on September 11, 2001, his recollection of his father-in-law at the Pentagon on that day, and how the terrorist
attacks changed his life. He decided to stay in the military, and he fought in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
October 2016
Rebecca Brenner
Annie Bratcher Oral History
Oral history interview of Annie Bratcher who had worked for the Department of Defense in the Pentagon in Washington, DC, for nearly two decades as an administrative secretary when a plane hit the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Rebecca Brenner
Shanksville
the firemen
WTC lights 9/11/06
For each anniversary, flood lights were placed at the site near the foot print of the towers. When you were close to base of the lights, you could see glowing particles drifting up to the sky. It was an amazing image.