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Why the 9/11 attacks were a turning point in American history
PBS NewsHour
September 10, 2026
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While the United States has lived through traumatic events before, does anything compare to what happened on Sept. 11, 2001? "We want some parallel to help us know where we're standing. But nothing quite worked, to be honest," historian David Blight told PBS News' Judy Woodruff.
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