Americans are commemorating Sept. 11 with sombre tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat to the country's biggest city. ET, the time when the trade centre was hit by the first of two terrorist-piloted planes. The World Trade Center site in New York smouldered for weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. A subway station destroyed on Sept. 11 finally reopened Saturday. In June, doors opened at the 80-storey 3 World Trade Center, one of several rebuilt office towers that have been constructed or planned at the site.

Source: CBC News September 11, 2018 03:56 UTC