It was twenty years ago, September 11, 2001. Under the eyes of the whole world, two planes crash into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York (United States). They collapsed a few hours later when two other planes were hijacked. One hits the Pentagon in Washington and the other in Pennsylvania after a fight between pirates and passengers…
These attacks, coordinated by 19 jihadists affiliated with al-Qaeda, caused the deaths of 2,977 people. The United States then plunged into a war on terrorism that would dominate international relations for two decades. This new issue of “: SCAN” magazine traces that tragic day, but also the months and years that followed, until the Taliban’s return to Afghanistan in August 2021.
Stories and Testimonies
With many testimonies from people who lived this day after which the world turned upside down:
– Bruno Dellinger, a French survivor of the World Trade Center (North Tower, 47th floor).
– Mary Jose, a survivor of the World Trade Center (South Tower, 78th floor).
– Will Jimeno, a policeman who survived the first collapse, who was trapped under the rubble.
– Daniel Nigro, New York fire chief in 2001.
– George Pataki, Governor of the State of New York in 2001.
– John McLaughlin, Deputy Director of the CIA in 2001.
-Richard Myers, Chief of Staff of American Armies in 2001.
РEtienne Leenhardt, former correspondent of the France 2 newsroom in the United States, present during the attacks; he is currently editor-in-chief of the Investigations and Reports service of the national editorial board of France T̩l̩visions.
> this number of “: SCAN” was produced by the France Télévisions Washington office with Agnès Vahramian, Loïc de La Mornais, Juliette Poissonnier and Ludovic Lavieille.
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