--- description: A portrait of resilience title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57348234d4aa7713/6988a526cf40a8c78ec44baf/facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyond 9/11 If the story of the United States has a theme so far in the 21st century, it is surely one of resilience. That was never so true as on September 11, 2001\. TIME revisited the people who led us, moved us and inspired us, from the morning of the attacks through the tumultuous years 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. PHOTOGRAPHS & VIDEO BY MARCO GROB FOR TIME ## Beyond 9/11 *  [George W. Bush](/collections/beyond-911/4476499/george-w-bush-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Valerie Plame Wilson](/collections/beyond-911/4476664/valerie-plame-wilson-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Joseph Pfeifer](/collections/beyond-911/4476649/joseph-pfeifer-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Jim Riches](/collections/beyond-911/4476653/jim-riches-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Ron DiFrancesco](/collections/beyond-911/4476502/ron-difrancesco-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Tammy Duckworth](/collections/beyond-911/4476503/tammy-duckworth-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Ali Abbas](/collections/beyond-911/4476477/ali-abbas-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Dick Cheney](/collections/beyond-911/4476500/dick-cheney-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Lyzbeth Glick Best](/collections/beyond-911/4476497/lyzbeth-glick-best-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Cristina Jones](/collections/beyond-911/4476508/cristina-jones-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [David Petraeus](/collections/beyond-911/4476648/david-petraeus-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Tom Brokaw](/collections/beyond-911/4476498/tom-brokaw-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Stanley Praimnath](/collections/beyond-911/4476652/stanley-praimnath-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [James Nachtwey](/collections/beyond-911/4476643/james-nachtwey-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Howard Lutnick](/collections/beyond-911/4476511/howard-lutnick-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Cindy Sheehan](/collections/beyond-911/4476663/cindy-sheehan-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Benamar Benatta](/collections/beyond-911/4476496/benamar-benatta-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Danny Riches](/collections/beyond-911/4476656/danny-riches-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Donald Rumsfeld](/collections/beyond-911/4476662/donald-rumsfeld-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Hermis Moutardier](/collections/beyond-911/4476641/hermis-moutardier-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Rudolph Giuliani](/collections/beyond-911/4476506/rudolph-giuliani-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Kyle Lutnick](/collections/beyond-911/4476512/kyle-lutnick-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Tommy Riches](/collections/beyond-911/4476655/tommy-riches-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Richard Fern](/collections/beyond-911/4476504/richard-fern-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Karah Jarrett](/collections/beyond-911/4476507/karah-jarrett-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [George Pataki](/collections/beyond-911/4476646/george-pataki-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Julian LaVerdiere](/collections/beyond-911/4476510/julian-laverdiere-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Daisy Khan](/collections/beyond-911/4476509/daisy-khan-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Joshua Frappier](/collections/beyond-911/4476505/joshua-frappier-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Paul Myoda](/collections/beyond-911/4476642/paul-myoda-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Felipe Pereira](/collections/beyond-911/4476647/felipe-pereira/) byTIME Staff *  [Brian Clark](/collections/beyond-911/4476501/brian-clark-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Paul Wolfowitz](/collections/beyond-911/4476665/paul-wolfowitz-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Nora Mosquera](/collections/beyond-911/4476640/nora-mosquera-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Gedeon Naudet](/collections/beyond-911/4476644/gedeon-naudet-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Jules Naudet](/collections/beyond-911/4476645/jules-naudet-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Bob Beckwith](/collections/beyond-911/4476478/bob-beckwith-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Nicholas Robinson](/collections/beyond-911/4476657/nicholas-robinson-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [James Yee](/collections/beyond-911/4476666/james-yee-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff *  [Timmy Riches](/collections/beyond-911/4476654/timmy-riches-beyond-9-11/) byTIME Staff ## Featured Videos * [Four Unlikely Survivors](/collections/beyond-911/4480028/four-unlikely-survivors/) byTIME Staff * [A Family of Firefighters](/collections/beyond-911/4480029/a-family-of-firefighters/) byTIME Staff * [The Administration: Inside the Bush White House](/collections/beyond-911/4480030/the-administration-inside-the-bush-white-house/) byTIME Staff * [A Tale of Two Pitches](/collections/beyond-911/4480031/a-tale-of-two-pitches/) byTIME Staff * [Beyond 9/11 - Portraits of Resilience (HBO Documentary)](/collections/beyond-911/4480032/hbo-documentary/) byTIME Staff Beyond 9/11 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/beyond-911/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/beyond-911/"},"headline":"Beyond 9/11","description":"A portrait of resilience","url":"https://time.com/collections/beyond-911/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:07:57.092Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:07:56.786Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":45,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57348234d4aa7713/6988a526cf40a8c78ec44baf/facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/beyond-911/","name":"Beyond 9/11"}}]}] ```