Airborne terror attacks shatter American aviation
The tragedy of September 11, 2001, began with what is arguably the most far-reaching aviation event since the Enola Gay released its burden over Hiroshima.

The tragedy of September 11, 2001, began with what is arguably the most far-reaching aviation event since the Enola Gay released its burden over Hiroshima. That moment, 56 years ago, defined the onset of a new era, an age overshadowed by the specter of global thermonuclear war, and life was never the same.

As the shock of the hijackings and death and destruction in New York City, Washington and rural Pennsylvania begins its slow fade, it is replaced by the sad realization that the liberty of our everyday lives is threatened, and access to those spacious skies can never again be as free as we have become accustomed to.