Below are the stories KPLU produced in remembrance of 9/11 and its impact on people in the Northwest ten years later:
NEW: Memories of loss, ten years later at International Fountain at Seattle Center
On Sept. 11, 2001, and the following days, more than 30,000 people gathered at the International Fountain at Seattle Center for a flower vigil that became one of many spontaneous gatherings around the world. KPLU News Director Erin Hennessey says she was happy to be among them then and glad to be among a smaller but just as meaningful group 10 years later.
Roundup of regional 9/11 Anniversary ceremonies, memorials
How 9/11 changed one college student's path to adulthood
In early September of 2001, Kevin Finch moved from his childhood home in Puyallup, Wash., to the dorms at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) to start his freshman year in college. His plan was to finish in 4 years with a degree in something related to health care, an idea that began to unravel on just his second day of class.
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Solidarity and fear, the legacy of 9/11 in local Muslim community
“Right after nine-eleven there was a peak of hostility toward Muslims. It kind of went down a bit, but over the years it’s gone up again.” That’s how local Muslim-American Jeff (Jaffar) Siddiqui summarizes the decade since the Sept. 11th attacks.
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Slade Gorton says 9/11 Commission got to the facts
On Sept. 11, 2001, former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton was at a conference in Leavenworth, Wash. He'd gone out for an early morning run when he got word a plane had flown into the World Trade Center in New York. He drove home to Seattle over a Steven's Pass, which had almost no traffic on it, trying to absorb the news of the attacks.
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More stories from our weeklong coverage:
