September 11

The Amazing, Untrue Story Of A Sept. 11 Survivor

NPR Staff — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:50:00 +0000

Tania Head had one of the most tragic and inspiring stories to come out of the Sept. 11 attacks.

She was in the south tower, on the same floor that the second plane hit. She saw horrific carnage and was handed a wedding ring by a dying man who requested that she give it to his wife. Then she was led to safety by Welles Crowther, the famous "man in the red bandanna," who lost his own life rescuing others. And finally, she woke up in a hospital burn unit six days later, only to find out that her husband had been killed in the north tower.

Head became the face of the Sept.

Hollywood's 9/11

Virginia Prescott — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Film critic Garen Daly talks about how 9/11 has played out (and hasn't) on film.

More Than a Thousand Flock to Prayer Service

Trish Anderton — Fri, 14 Sep 2001 21:05:50 +0000

An overflow crowd turned out in Concord today to honor victims of this weeks terrorist attacks. As part of the Governor's Day of Prayer and Remembrance, more than a thousand people prayed and sang inside, and outside, Saint Paul's Church.

NHPR's Trish Anderton prepared this audio postcard.