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On 9/11, My Mother Thought the World Was Ending

A Near-Miss Sparks a Daughter's Reverence for Victims and Survivors

Forgetting to turn off the iron, my mother rushed back to our home in Brooklyn, N,Y., not knowing that those minutes saved her life on 9/11.  Full story

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TALE OF TWO TRAGEDIES: Until 9/11, the Pearl Harbor incident was the most tragic attack brought onto U.S. soil from another country. Here's a snapshot of America culturally and economically 10 years after both tragedies. Credit: Evan Hollins/Howard University News Service

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MAKING IT OUT ALIVE: Survivors evacuate the North Tower at the World Trade Center as firefighters rush up a staircase on Sept. 11, 2001. Photo credit: Gift by John Labriola to Smithsonian Museum of American History

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Fire truck door of Squad One of Brooklyn from 9/11

Smithsonian Exhibit Reminds Visitors How 9/11 Changed U.S.

Smiles give way to snifflng as visitors view photos and remnants of terrorism from 9/11 at the Smithsonian  Museum of American History.

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