Ken Stanford

Churches all across the U.S. paused Sunday to remember 9/11 on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

A man instrumental in starting one of the volunteer fire departments in Jackson County has passed away.

As the nation and the world mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Associated Press journalists are tracking down the most salient details of the day, and capturing the mood, from ground zero to Afghanistan and everywhere in between.

On a day of serenity and remembrance, President Barack Obama honored the dead of Sept. 11 with his quiet presence Sunday at the three most tangible reminders of both the incredible loss and dauntless resilience of a country rebuilding a decade later.

President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, placed a wreath at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Sunday, arriving at the site to pay respects to the 40 passengers and crew who died a decade ago Sunday.

President Barack Obama read a psalm about refuge and strength and the names of the Sept. 11 dead echoed across a transformed ground zero Sunday as the nation and world marked 10 years since the worst terrorist attack on American soil.

Sixth-grade social studies classes at C.W. Davis Middle School near Flowery Branch recently collaborated on a project to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Nearly 80 American soldiers were wounded and five Afghans civilians were killed in a Taliban truck bombing targeting an American base in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday, a stark reminder that the war in Afghanistan still rages 10 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks against the United States.

People in Gainesville and Hall County were no less shocked than their fellow Americans and many people around the world ten years ago when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon.

Austin Trosper remembers panic on Sept. 11, 2001, as his mother and other parents emptied his 2nd grade class, fearing an attack on the Army post where he went to school.