September 11th Resources

This page is a collection of resources related to the events of September 11, 2001, as complied by Jessica Baumgart, Jennifer Jack, and other contributors. Links will open in new windows.

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The Buildings and Rebuilding
Changes in America since 9/11
Charities and Organizations Established for 9/11
Economic Information
Experts
Graphics, Images, and Maps
News Packages
Reports and Evaluations
Victims
Web Sites with More Sources


The Buildings and Rebuilding

Building Big: Wonders of the World Databank has some facts and figures of the World Trade Center towers: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/world_trade.html. Building Big was a five-part television series produced by WGBH for public television.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, 8/23/02

CNN has some items about rebuilding the World Trade Center with proposals and drawings from the public as well as versions of the proposals by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/wtc.ideas/.

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation is working on rebuilding the World Trade Center site: http://www.renewnyc.com/.
Leslie Norman, Bloomberg, LP, posted to Newslib 5/21/2002

Newsday's "New York Rebuilds" offers a look at the six proposed plans and other news related to New York's recovery: http://newsday.com/other/special/ny-rebuilds-main.htmlstory.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, 8/23/02

"Nova Online: Why the Towers Fell," the companion Web site to Nova's broadcast, contains information, graphics, and videos explaining the engineering and collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers as well as an explanation of the equipment firefighters use. It also provides an interview with Brian Clark, one of only a few who managed to escape from above the planes' impact: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wtc/index.html.

Skyscrapers.com has information about many skyscrapers world-wide, including the buildings of the World Trade Center. It has a basic details of the buildings, images, and a special report about September 11th: http://www.skyscrapers.com/english/worldmap/project/0.9/100329/index.html.
The Internet Scout Report, 9/6/02

Changes in America since 9/11
from the list by Andi Markely of The Free Lance-Star, Newslib on August 22, 2002

"America Responds to Terrorism" is the official White House list of actions in response to the attacks with links to Homeland Security and other key offices: http://www.whitehouse.gov/response.

"The Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism" from the Electronic Frontier Foundation chronicles the limitations on free speech since the attacks: http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism_militias/antiterrorism_chill.html.

"Libraries and the Patriot Legislation" by the American Library Association Washington Office contains some resources about how the Patriot Act effects libraries and what librarians can do about it: http://www.ala.org/washoff/patriot.html.
The Internet Scout Report, 8/23/2002.

The Poynter Institute's "Sites Track Post-9/11 Censorship Incidents" has a list of post-9/11 censorship sites: http://www.poynter.org/web/111601mike.htm.

The First Amendment Cyber-Tribune includes general information about threats to the First Amendment as well as post-September 11th threats: http://w3.trib.com/FACT.


Charities and Organizations Established for 9/11

9-11 Widows' and Victims' Families Association addresses issues relevant to the victims and their families: http://www.911wvfa.org/.

Families of September 11 and Children of September 11 promote the interests of children and families effected by the terrorist attacks: http://www.familiesofseptember11.org/ and http://www.childrenofseptember11.org/.

September 11 Scholarship Alliance coordinates various scholarship funds created to assist those affected by the terrorist attacks, like the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, September 11th Fund, Liberty Scholarship, and Big Ten 9-11 Scholarships: http://www.scholarships911.org/.

September 11th Victims Relief Fund aims to serve the long-term needs of the victims: http://www.september11.org/.


Economic Information

The Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled information about employment in the areas affected by the attacks: http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewwtc.htm.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, posted to Newslib 4/16/02

The General Accounting Office (GAO) discusses reports by key organizations on the economic impact of the terrorist attacks on the buildings of the World Trade Center in "Review of Studies of the Economic Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorists Attacks on the World Trade Center:" http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-02-700R.
The Internet Scout Report, 6/14/02

The New York City Comptroller's Office estimates the dollar amount of the damage done: http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/bureaus/bud/reports/WTC_Attack_Oct_4-final.pdf.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, posted to Newslib 4/16/02

The New York City Partnership and the Chamber of Commerce report on the economic impact of the attacks in "September 11th: Impact and Response:" http://www.nycp.org/impactstudy/.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, 8/23/02

"One Year Later: The Fiscal Impact of 9/11 on New York City" by the Comptroller of New York City reports on the financial damage to the city because of the attacks: href="http://comptroller.nyc.gov/bureaus/bud/reports/impact-9-11-year-later.pdf.
The Internet Scout Report, 9/6/02

Preliminary estimates of economic and employment loss are at http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/Nov5WTCreport.PDF and http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/Nov5WTCreport.PDF.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, posted to Newslib 4/16/02

This report by the General Accounting Office (GAO), "Review of the Estimates for the Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorists Attacks on New York Tax Revenues," discusses the lost tax revenue estimate of the New York City Office of Management and Budget and the New York State Division of Budget: http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-02-882R.
The Internet Scout Report, 8/16/02


Experts

Duke University News Service's list of 9/11 experts who can talk about the anniversary and general topics: http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/experts/list.htm.
Barbara Semonche, UNC-Chapel Hill Journalism library, posted to Newslib 7/18/02

Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government posted a list of experts who can address "international terrorism, national security, domestic preparedness, military strategy, presidential leadership, and Congressional response" related to September 11 and its anniversary at: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/press/911_tip_sheet_081202.htm.


Government Sources

9/11 New York City Services Center has a variety of resources, including information for people affected by the terrorist attacks and video of the certain ceremonies related to the clean-up: http://home.nyc.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=wtc_home&catID=1782&cc=1822&rc=1782&ndi=-1

"America Responds to Terrorism" by FirstGov contains information from government sources ranging from victims' relief to how Americans can help to travel tips: http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Usgresponse.shtml

The Central Intelligence Agency's: "The War on Terrorism" has FAQs on terrorism, incident handbooks, public statements, and more: http://www.cia.gov/terrorism/index.html

The Department of Homeland Security's Web site has the most recent information about, activities of, and documents by this office: http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) "New York: Terrorist Attack Declared September 11, 2001" site contains a wealth of information about the attacks, aftermath, and recovery: http://www.fema.gov/diz01/d1391.shtm.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) "Virginia: Terrorist Attack Declared, September 21, 2001" site contains a wealth of information about the attack on the Pentagon, and the aftermath and recovery: http://www.fema.gov/diz01/d1392.shtm.

"The September 11 Sourcebooks" compiled by the National Security Archive at George Washington University have a variety of primary source material from the United States government related to terrorism and the September 11th attacks: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/sept11/

"September 11: U.S. Response" by C-Span has a massive, searchable/browseable (by topic, date) collection of 9/11 video coverage of press briefings, speeches, etc: http://www.c-span.org/terrorism/.
Gary Price, 9/5/2002

U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Office Web site includes information on terrorism and counterterrorism: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/


Graphics, Images, and Maps

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s "News Photos" has images of the aftermath http://www.fema.gov/diz01/d1391p1.shtm.

Graphic of the World Trade Center towers showing which tenants were on which floors, from the 9/24/2001 Wall Street Journal: http://interactive.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Tenant-Map.html.
Paul Grabowicz, New Media Program Director, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, posted to Newslib on 7/24/2002

List of World Trade Center tenants, from CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/tenants1.html
Paul Grabowicz, New Media Program Director, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, posted to Newslib on 7/24/2002

Perry-Castaneda Library's "Maps Relating to September 11 and Later Events" links to maps and diagrams of the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the hijacked planes, the war in Afghanistan, and the anthrax scares:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/wtc.html


News Packages

The BBC's "America's Day of Terror" focuses on the attack on the World Trade Center and contains such resources as eyewitness interviews, lists of WTC tenants by floor, and a timeline of the day's events: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1535000/video/_1538186_wtc_firstcrash_vi.ram.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, 8/23/02

The Business 2.0 Web Guide on terrorism has useful links:http://www.business2.com/webguide/0,,68967,00.html
Shirl Kennedy, 8/22/02

CNN's "Day of Terror," part of their "War on Terror" section, provides a myriad of resources, including interviews with survivors, a timeline, and galleries: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/day.section.html.

The Indianapolis Star's "The Day Everything Changed" focuses on the terrorist attacks and the immediate aftermath with lots of links to supporting and background materials: http://www.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/national/2001/sept11/index.html. The timeline on this site is up-to-date.

U.S. News and World Report has several briefings related to Sept. 11, like the "War on Terrorism," "Understanding Islam," "Journalists at Risk," and "Aviation Security" at http://www.usnews.com/usnews/briefings/nbhome.htm. The briefings include links to U.S. News articles, government reports and sources, and contextual pieces.

The Washington Post's "America at War" covers the terrorist attacks and the resulting War on Terror: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/attacked/.


Reports and Evaluations

The Foundation Center is tracking foundations and corporations that are contributing to funds to assist with 9/11 issues: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/911/index.jhtml. Their reports include information about donors as well as the amount of donations.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, 8/23/02

The full-text of the McKinsey & Company study of the New York City Fire Department's 9/11 response is now online via the FDNY web site: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/home2.html.
Full-Text of "McKinsey Report - Increasing FDNY's Preparedness": http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/mck_report/toc.html
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's Press Release: http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2002b/pr223-02.html
Note: The reports "list of supporting documents" contains several timelines that might be useful: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/mck_report/exhibits.html.
Gary Price, posted to Newslib, 8/19/02

Federal Emergency Management Agency's report "World Trade Center Building Performance Study Executive Summary, Findings, & Recommendations:" http://www.fema.gov/library/wtcstudy.shtm.
Gary Price, posted to Newslib 5/21/2002

The United States Fire Administration details the February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/applications/publications/tr076.cfm.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, 8/23/02

Victims

Associated Press' list of confirmed and unconfirmed dead: http://165.1.59.109/results.asp?FormType=QUERY&PageSize=100&LastName=&RestNa me=&Prefix=&City=&StateProvinceCountry=&Citizenship=&Occupation_JobTitle=&Co mpany=&GLE=%3E+0+and+Age+%.
Elizabeth Donovan of the Miami Herald, 7/15/02, posted to Newslib

9/11 New York City Services Center names those people who have been reported missing, but who's remains have not yet been identified: http://home.nyc.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=wtc_subpage&catID=1787&cc=1787&rc=1782. Information is also included in Spanish.
Elizabeth Donovan of the Miami Herald, 7/15/02, posted to Newslib

"The Human Toll: Pentagon" from The Washington Post provides background on almost all of the 189 people who died in the Pentagon attack: http://a188.g.akamaitech.net/f/188/920/30m/www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/attacked/victims/viclist.html.

"Nations Whose Citizens Died in the September 11 Attacks" lists the countries the victims came from based on information from the now-defunct White House Coalition Information Center: http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/fp/projects/terrorism/othernations.pdf.
Tim Rozgonyi, 9/10/02, posted to Newslib

"Remembering September 11, 2001" provides some information about the people who died during the attacks: http://www.legacy.com/LegacyTribute/Tribute.asp. Legacy.com, its host, is a unique site dedicated to commemorating people's lives.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, 8/23/02

September 11, 2001 Victims, http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htm, lists the people confirmed or reported dead and missing because of the September 11th events. Information about the people may include a photograph, their location, and e-mailed comments about him or her.
Alan Messmer of the Christian Science Monitor, posted to Newslib 8/8/02, and Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, posted to Newslib 8/14/02

"September 11: A Memorial" is a special section produced by CNN that provides a record for those who died in the attacks: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/index.html. The list is organized in different ways, like by employer, residence, name, and age. Additional information about the victims is at: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims.section.html.

Summary of the Vital Statistics of New York combines the World Trade Center deaths with other vital statistics about New York City: http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/pdf/vs/2001sum.pdf.

Web Sites with More Sources

"9-11-2001 News and Legal Resources, Information and Related Services" has many resources, including lists of news articles and links to 9/11 organizations, besides legal information: http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm.

The Brookings Institution's "America's Response to Terrorism" site has resources about the War on Terrorism and post-9/11 America as well as a list of experts: http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/fp/projects/terrorism/terrorism.htm.
Ric Sznajder of the Toronto Star, 8/23/02

The Congressional Quarterly Press' "Recent Terrorism Events: Background and Context" has material from CQ Press sources related to the terrorist attacks: http://www.cqpress.com/context

"Covering the Attack" by the Poynter Institute has a gallery of front pages from the week of September 11 as well as a myriad of articles written about journalism-related issues following the attacks: http://www.poynter.org/Terrorism/.

"Frontline: Campaign Against Terror" is the companion Web site to the PBS program broadcast with maps of key battles, an assessment of operations in Afghanistan, a timeline of key military events and diplomatic maneuvers, and interviews with U.S. military commanders and combatants as well as officials, policymakers and commentators: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/.

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) has terrorism-related resources on the right side of their homepage: http://www.ire.org/.

LookSmart's "War on Terrorism" leads to a variety of additional 9/11 resources: http://www.looksmart.com/eus317836/eus317916/eus147927/eus269889/eus10020270/r?l&.

The Newslib thread following the September 11, 2001, attacks is at: http://www.ibiblio.org/journalism/NWSworldtradecenter.html. Barbara Semonche archived and organized this thread. It includes many resources and facts from that date and the days following.
Barbara Semonche, UNC-Chapel Hill Journalism library, posted to Newslib on 7/18/02

ResearchBuzz's pages contain links organized by topic to pages such as forums, news coverage, pictures, and maps: http://www.researchbuzz.com/911/index.html.

"September 11 and Beyond" from the Librarians' Index to the Internet has resources for a general audience: http://www.lii.org/search/file/attack_and_aftermath.

The September 11 Digital Archive, a collaboration of several institutions, including the Smithsonian and the New York Historical Society, works to preserve, collect, and showcase the terrorist attacks: http://911digitalarchive.org/.

"September 11: Internet Sites" from American University links to bibliographies, maps, government sites, and a number of news and research sites, including photo essays: http://www.library.american.edu/subject/september_11/internet.html

The September 11 Web Archive is maintained by The Internet Archive, aka WayBackMachine, and includes archived Web pages from a variety of sites like whitehouse.gov, redcross.org, and international news sources that include the weeks following September 11th as well as that day: http://september11.archive.org/

"Special Report: Terrorist Attacks" from The Journalist's Toolbox includes a plethora of helpful resources, from the news media and from other sources: http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/newswriting/wtccrisis.html.

University of Michigan Documents Center's "America's War Against Terrorism" links to an unbelievable amount of resources about 9/11, terrorism, Afghanistan, airlines, military efforts, John Walker Lindh, Richard Reid, Zacarias Moussaoui, and anything else related to the terrorist attacks and their aftermath: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html




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