Digital History
Digital History: September 11, 2001
This site has a comprehensive overview of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., including information on Osama bin Laden's background, the formation of Al Qaeda, the attacks themselves, the US response, civil liberties and national...
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive
Watch minute by minute coverage of the events of 9/11 and the week following, from 20 television news agencies around the world. The site also offers analysis of the news coverage by several scholars. From the top navigation bar, choose...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Flight 93
The terrorists' takeover of Flight 93 was part of the Attack on America, 9/11. The Park Service has made the crash site of Flight 93 into a national monument in honor of the passengers who developed a plan of action to regain control of...
CNN
Cnn: September 11 Memorial
This site was established by CNN to serve as an "evolving record" of and "living memorial" to those who perished in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Other
Consensus 9/11: Point Pc 1: The Alleged Call of Todd Beamer, Flight Ua 93
A resource reviewing the phone call from Todd Beamer to GTE on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Other
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Passenger: Todd Beamer
An brief biography of American hero, Todd Beamer, for his plan to save Flight 93 from the terrorists on September 11, 2001. The plane he was a passenger on crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
A&E Television
History.com: How United Flight 93 Passengers Fought Back on 9/11
The cockpit voice recorder captured the sound of passengers attempting to break through the door. Like the three other planes hijacked on September 11, Flight 93 was overtaken by al-Qaeda intent on crashing it into the White House or the...
A&E Television
History.com: Flight 93
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history took place when four commercial airliners were hijacked by members of the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda. The fourth hijacked plane, United Airlines...
A&E Television
History.com: What Was Flight 93's Target?
When the plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field on September 11, it was 20 minutes flying time from the nation's capital. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 46 minutes into United Airlines Flight 93, a nonstop flight from Newark, New...