Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience

Photograph by Marco Grob for TIME

If the story of the United States has a theme so far in the 21st century, it is surely one of resilience. To hail that spirit on the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, TIME revisited the people who led us, moved us and inspired us, from the morning of the attacks through the tumultuous decade that followed. These astonishing testimonies — from 40 men and women including George W. Bush, Tom Brokaw, General David Petraeus, Valerie Plame Wilson, Black Hawk helicopter pilot Tammy Duckworth, and the heroic first responders of Ground Zero — define what it means to meet adversity, and then overcome it. More »

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The Definitive Photos

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Then and Now

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George W. Bush

"I was a new President and I was learning that the nature of the job is such that you can inspire people." More »
Lyzbeth Glick Best

"He said they were going to take a vote, did I think it was a good idea for him to attack the hijackers?" More »
Rudolph Giuliani

"I think we are a more realistic country than we were before September 11." More »
Dick Cheney

"I'm not obviously a big supporter of President Obama, but I gave him credit where I thought credit was due." More »
Ron DiFrancesco

"We got to about the 91st floor and realized there was no way out, that the stairwells were all locked." More »
Felipe Pereira

"The first thought you have is that you look down at your legs and say, are they still there?" More »
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In Memoriam

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Cindy Sheehan

"We need a movement for peace. We need a movement for justice." More »
Daisy Khan

"Our plans got completely misunderstood by a small group of people, even though we were trying to create a counter-momentum to extremism." More »
Julian LaVerdiere

"How do you make a memorial for something that's present? You can't explore memory when you're still in it." More »
Make History

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Portrait of a Firefighter

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A City of Ashes

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