9/11: Could its disastrous legacy have been avoided?

In The News by dconlon@irishtimes.com

Sep 11, 202622:01News & Politics

Twenty five years ago al-Qaeda militants hijacked four commercial planes in the US and flew two into the World Trade Center in New York and one into the Pentagon , while the fourth crash-landed in a Pennsylvania field. A...

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