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The 9/11 Commission interviewed over 1,200 people in 10 countries and reviewed over two and a half million pages of documents, including some closely guarded classified national security documents. The commission also relied heavily on the FBI's PENTTBOM investigation. Before it was released by the commission, the final public report was ...
The 9-11 Commission: An Audio Chronicle - NPR; Congressional Research Service, 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status, Dec. 2006; Stonewalled by the C.I.A. Op-Ed piece written by Thomas Kean and Lee H. Hamilton in the January 2, 2008 edition of The New York Times; 9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable - from CBS
The broadcast serves a historical document to highlight national sentiment as the attacks were taking place. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Other radio presenters have recounted the whiplash that occurred to those in the business having to move from their daily program to documenting, reporting and fielding phone calls about the disaster in real time.
The 9-11 Commission uses the phrase, "performed poorly" to describe FDNY radios during the incident. [30] Oral history files show that at least four channels were employed at WTC: [31] Channel 5, (possibly also called Command 5), was to be used for Command in both Towers. Tactical 1 was to be used for Operations in the North Tower.
Newspaper covers from the days following the 9/11 attacks give a glimpse into the confusion and anger felt not just by the U.S., but also around the world.
The document was then sent to congressional leadership and on July 15, 2016, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence approved publication of the newly declassified section. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] This declassification followed years of lobbying by families of those killed in the September 11 attacks, insurance companies and others.
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris after the September 11 attacks. The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center elicited a large response of local emergency and rescue personnel to assist in the evacuation of the two towers, resulting in a large loss of the same personnel when the towers collapsed.
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center complex, researchers responded immediately by traveling to ground zero where they began collecting data. Among the first was the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), who together formed a Building Performance Study Team to understand how the building structures failed and why.