How has the world changed since 9/11?
asap examines the lingering effects of that day in a multimedia package stretching from Afghanistan to London to New York. There are wide-angle stories, tightly focused essays and examinations of the attacks' influence on culture and travel.
Also see below for a series of 9/11 diaries -- short essays by AP reporters recalling how they experienced Sept. 11, 2001.
Public freedom vs. public fearCrowded trains, downtown libraries, baseball stadiums: After 9/11, they all feel different. HILLARY RHODES looks at what's changed in public places.
Flying on Sept. 11, 2006Can you ever put the memories of 9/11 behind you -- at 33,000 feet? CHELSEA J. CARTER boards a plane to find out.
Essay: Drawn to the news on Sept. 11Sept. 11, 2001, was the defining moment in HOWIE RUMBERG'S life, and his career. And a trip to a concentration camp put those memories into perspective.
Terror risks in Middle AmericaFar from skyscrapers and busy airports, America's heartland protects the nation's resources. CARYN ROUSSEAU examines threats to some key national assets.
Art in reactionRYAN PEARSON offers a video look at the cultural response to this historical moment.
Ground zero: the street vendors' taleStreet vendors are a fixture near the Trade Center site, just steps from where the towers fell. STEPHANIE HOO tells their stories in an asap podcast.
My neighbor, ground zeroSHAZNA NESSA's apartment sits in what was once the World Trade Center's shadow. In this essay, she talks about what it feels like to go to sleep each night in a neighborhood watched by the world.
Ground Zero, tourist trap?Even without a memorial, hundreds of thousands flock to the World Trade Center site. LISA TOLIN takes a look at disaster tourism.
9/11 Diaries
9/11 Diary: In Kabul on Sept. 11'Like being at the center of a vortex, blind to what was careening around you': the AP's KATHY GANNON shares what it was like to be in Afghanistan on 9/11.
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