NPR Coverage Day by Day
On-Air Reports About The Attacks and Their Aftermath

The following is an audio archive of NPR's coverage of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and the events that unfolded in their wake. Audio is indexed by show, with the most recent shows listed first.

Sept. 19, 2001

All Things Considered

Terrorism Investigation
NPR's Mike Shuster reports that Federal agents have detained another three suspects in their search for associates of the hijackers who attacked New York and Washington last week. The three, of North African origin, were picked up in Detroit as the FBI was searching for a fourth man believed to part of the al Queda organization of Osama bin Laden.
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Government Support for Terrorism
NPR's Ted Clark in Washington reports the scale of last week's attacks in New York and Washington has prompted a debate among anti-terrorism experts regarding whether the hijackers had support from a foreign government.
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Profiling Terrorists
NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on changes in how the FBI and CIA are profiling terrorists. They can no longer concentrate solely on young, desperate, uneducated people, but must also consider those who seem to blend into American society.
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Identifying Victims
Robert Siegel talks with Mark Blair, the Air Force chief of mortuary affairs at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, about the task of identifying remains of the victims recovered from the damaged area of the Pentagon.
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Foreign Nationals
NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the foreign countries whose citizens were killed in the terrorist attacks. Among the hardest hit was Britain, which is holding a memorial event Thursday in New York.
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U.S. Economy
NPR's John Ydstie reports that economists are still trying to gauge the economic impact of the terrorist attacks. The airline industry has already announced tens of thousands of layoffs and today, aircraft-maker Boeing said it will cut 30,000 jobs because of a reduced demand for jets.
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The Free Market
Robert Siegel talks with Alan Sinai, chief global economist and president of decision economics, a consulting firm.
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Town Meeting
NPR's Brian Naylor reports on a town hall meeting held in Newport News, Virginia, a town near the large Navy installation at Norfolk. The meeting was organized by two members of Congress. The participants voiced their concerns about America's response to the terrorist attacks, and what kinds of sacrifices they are willing to make.
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Operation Infinite Justice
Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about the mobilization of American forces. The Pentagon is ordering military aircraft sent to the Middle East.
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Pakistan
NPR's Michael Sullivan in Islamabad reports that Pakistan's president appealed for support from his countrymen in a nationwide broadcast today as the country braces for possible American military action in neighboring Afghanistan.
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International Cooperation
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri met with President Bush at the White House today and conveyed her country's condolences for the events of last week. Megawati is the first leader from a predominately Muslim state to meet with Bush since the terrorist attacks. Meanwhile, NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports that Russian officials have been meeting with U.S. counterparts in Moscow and Washington to discuss ways the two countries can cooperate in the war against terrorism. President Putin today renewed his call for a global battle against terrorism, but his administration has been cagey about how far it is prepared to go in supporting the U.S. effort. Russia sees the former Soviet republics in Central Asia as its sphere of influence and is anxious about these states lending the U.S. airspace or territory to stage attacks on suspected terrorist bases in Afghanistan.
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Peace Activists
As the U.S. prepares for a war against terrorism, peace activists are beginning to mobilize. They say justice, not war, should be the goal. NPR's Lynn Neary has this report on the burgeoning anti-war movement.
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Cease-Fire Day Two
NPR's Guy Raz in Gaza reports that while many Palestinians have voiced sorrow over last week's terrorist attacks in the U.S., some hard-liners say there should be no cooperation with the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism.
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Talk of the Nation

Hour 1: Challenge to Civil Liberties
Host Neal Conan and guests discuss how expanded federal law enforcement resulting from the terrorist attacks could erode the basic freedoms and civil rights of all Americans.
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Hour 2: The Intelligence Failure
As the Pentagon prepares for a military response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Host Neal Conan and guests discuss why U.S. intelligence failed to detect this complicated plot.
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Morning Edition

Investigation
Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Barbara Bradley about the ongoing investigation into last week's attacks.
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Congress Returns
NPR's David Welna reports from Capitol Hill on the shift in legislative priorities since last week's terrorist attacks. Congress has already approved $40 billion to help with recovery efforts and improve security. This week, members are likely to approve billions more in emergency federal relief for the nation's airlines.
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Middle East Developments
NPR's Guy Raz reports that Palestinians and Israelis exchanged gunfire last night, despite a ceasefire declared by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after terrorist attacks in the U.S. Militant Palestinians say the ceasefire amounts to surrender. Still, Israeli tanks are pulling back, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he's considering a meeting between his foreign minister and Arafat.
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Taliban Schools
NPR's Rob Gifford reports on schools in Afghanistan that are run by the Taliban.
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Boeing Layoffs
Guy Nelson of member station KUOW reports on the string of layoffs that has hit the airline industry. Boeing is the latest company to announce that it will be laying off workers.
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Terrorist Tribunals
NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on tribunals. The Bush administration is considering using tribunals to try suspects of last week's terrorist attacks. But there are disagreements about the rules surrounding their use.
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Anti-Arab Discrimination
Last week's terror attacks have enraged millions of Americans. Commentator Judy Miller worries that anger may lead to racism.
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Airline Bailout
NPR's Peter Overby reports that disaster-relief measures for the cash-strapped airline industry have stalled on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers say they're still moving forward on relief, but not everyone is eager to come to the aid of the airlines, which have been criticized for laying off thousands of workers since last week's disasters.
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What We're Reading
NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg says last week's terrorist attacks have readers focusing on particular writings. Not only are people buying books on-line, but bookstore sales have also increased. especially books about the Middle East.
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Pakistan
NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on Pakistan's role in the investigation and impending military action.
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War on Terrorism
NPR's national security correspondent Tom Gjelten reports on the war against terrorism. The Bush Administration wants Osama bin Laden at all costs, but there are a lot of challenges to overcome to make that happen. Officials are even having problems deciding whether it is worth bombing the Taliban.
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Religious Leaders
NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg discusses the dilemma of forgiveness with the leaders of 3 different religious faiths: Monsignor Kenneth J. Fiedler; Rabbi Jan Brahms; and Dr. Ahmed Ali, the president of the Islamic community in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Arabs on bin Laden
NPR's Kate Seelye reports from Beirut on the reservations Arab leaders have about joining an American-led coalition to retaliate for last week's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. They're afraid that U.S. military strikes in Afghanistan might kill innocent civilians and destabilize moderate governments across the Middle East. They also want the United States to distinguish between the attacks in the U.S. last week and Palestinian resistance to Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Airport Security Problems
NPR's John McChesney reports on lax security at American airports and the difficulties that lawmakers have faced in trying to strengthen the system.
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Flight Attendant's Memorial
Leda Hartman attended a memorial service for flight attendant Sandy Bradshaw in Greensboro, North Carolina yesterday. Bradshaw was aboard United Airlines flight 93, which hijacked and crashed outside of Pittsburgh last Tuesday.
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Clear Channel Playlist
NPR's Rick Karr reports on a list of 160 songs that have been deemed "inappropriate" in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks. A senior executive at Clear Channel Broadcasting distributed a list of the songs to its 1,200 radio stations across the country with the suggestion that the songs not be played on the air. The list includes John Lennon's "Imagine", and "Come On, People", by the Youngbloods.
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Greatest Generation
Joan Murray, Poet in Residence at the State University of New York in Albany, reads her poem, The Greatest Generation, a tribute to working people everywhere, whose lives have changed because of last week's terrorist attacks.
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Obituaries
Bob Edwards shares remembrances of some of those who died in last week's terrorist attacks.
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New York Scene
Host Bob Edwards talks with Maryanne McCune of WNYC in New York about the continuing rescue and clean up efforts as the city slowly gets back on its feet after last week's attack
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White House
Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about President Bush's upcoming events. Today, the President meets with the President Megawati of Indonesia and the foreign ministers of Russia and Germany.
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Military Intelligence
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy about the state of military intelligence in the wake of the airplane hijackings.
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National Guard
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Major General Raymond Rees of the National Guard about how guard units have and will be deployed as the country moves from recovery efforts to look at possible military responses.
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