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What is Your 9/11 Headline? What Words Sum Up That Day?

Newspapers used a few words to sum up the shock of a nation under siege the day following Sept. 11, 2001.

For many, you were at work or at school, among peers and colleagues, when you heard the news — that, at first, may have seemed improbable. Even newscasters at the time had trouble understanding exactly what was happening to our nation. But the next day, newspapers across the country tried to condense our feelings into a few words.

Tell us in the comments: What is your 9/11 headline? How will you commemorate this day?

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