Tomorrow, September 11th, the C-SPAN networks will offer LIVE, day-long, national coverage of events marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11 when hijacked planes crashed into New York City's World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
C-SPAN’s Live Coverage
We'll begin on C-SPAN at 6:00am ET on the Washington Journal with viewer calls, archival material, and first-person accounts from September 11, 2001. At 7:00am ET, Garrett Graff, author of "The Only Plane in the Sky," a book known as the first comprehensive oral history of 9/11, will join the program. Live coverage continues throughout the day on all three C-SPAN networks, with additional guests and viewer calls continuing throughout the day and evening.
On C-SPAN:
9:00am ET – Pentagon ceremony, including remarks by President Donald Trump and the reading of names of 9/11 victims.
1:00pm ET – Shanksville, Pennsylvania afternoon ceremony, including remarks by other administration officials.
6:00pm ET – Special 9/11 memorial concert at New York City's Trinity Church near the World Trade Center.
On C-SPAN2:
8:30am ET – New York City ceremony, including the reading of names of 9/11 victims.
12:30pm ET – Gander, Newfoundland ceremony, with American & Canadian officials, and the recollection of the unique role Canada played by sheltering thousands of stranded passengers and crew after American airspace was closed.
9:00pm ET – Ronald Reagan Presidential Library ceremony in Simi Valley, California.
On C-SPAN3:
8:30am ET – Shanksville, Pennsylvania morning ceremony, including the reading of names of 9/11 victims.
11:30am ET – Clovis, California ceremony at the California 9/11 Memorial.
2:00pm ET – Richard Nixon Presidential Library ceremony in Yorba Linda, California.
View all of C-SPAN’s September 11th programming on our gallery page.
Ready-to-Use Instructional Resources
As you remember September 11th, 2001, and its aftermath in your classrooms, consider using the following C-SPAN Classroom resources.
