As the United States commemorates the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a look back at Denver Post coverage:
Darkest hour: Thousands die as hijacked jets strike World Trade Center, Pentagon
Sept. 12, 2001
In the most devastating terrorist attack in U.S. history, hijackers crashed two passenger jets Tuesday into the World Trade Center in New York City and one into the Pentagon near Washington, killing thousands and leaving the nation feeling horrified and vulnerable.
Atrocity stops Coloradans in their tracks; workers sent home, stores shutter doors
Sept. 12, 2001
Colorado joined the rest of the nation on hold Tuesday, taking a collective breath to wait for news of loved ones on the East Coast and to see just how far the country would plunge into a wartime atmosphere. Parents picked their children up from school soon after dropping them off, in part to try to explain before someone else could why buildings exploded in New York and Washington, and why no one would say where the president was.
Paige: A modern day lives in infamy, and we must band together
Sept. 11, 2001
Amid the fire and smoke and rubble and chaos in New York as the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed, Miss Liberty still held her head high. But there were tears in her eyes.
Green: World of beauty, mystery dashed in mad stroke
Sept. 11, 2001
Humanity turned into horror today as untold hundreds or thousands of lives were claimed in what was certain to become the deadliest terrorist attack in history, hitting at the very nerve centers of American commerce and national defense.
Editorial: A nation stunned
Sept. 12, 2001
The horrific strikes on and collapse of the World Trade Center’s twin towers and the flames spewing from the Pentagon weren’t from some Hollywood script. They were a nearly incomprehensible reality. America has been attacked in a manner that our nation has not experienced since Pearl Harbor.
Veteran lifts spirits by lifting flag
Sept. 12, 2001
He was one man, conducting a personal demonstration of his anguish and resolve. But by simply waving an American flag on an Interstate 25 overpass for four hours Tuesday, Howard Coachman tapped into the patriotism and strength of hundreds of Denver motorists in the aftermath of the East Coast terrorist attacks.
NORAD’s 10-minute warning
Sept. 13, 2001
The North American Air Defense Command, which monitors the nation’s airspace from inside Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, learned of a plane hijacking 10 minutes before the plane slammed into the World Trade Center.
Green: Ideals we share will face big tests
Sept. 14, 2001
America needs to brace itself for the next chapter in the World Trade Center tragedy, and it won’t be the pursuit and capture of the terrorists who perpetrated the horror in New York. It will be the gradual, grisly discovery of thousands of bodies buried beneath the millions of tons of wreckage from the twin towers.
