FARGO — The airborne terror attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, were so significant that the term “9/11” became shorthand for fear, anger, sadness and retribution on a national and even global scale.

But on the day of the attacks, newspapers across the region, like their readers, were just trying to grapple with what was happening.

Many daily newspapers, which were often distributed in the morning, printed a second or extra edition that day. The Rochester Post Bulletin, in an edition printed late on Sept. 11, splashed the large headline “TERROR FROM THE SKY” across its front page. “U.S. UNDER ATTACK,” said the Brainerd Dispatch’s front page.

The Dispatch directed readers to call an 800-number or visit the Dispatch’s website for th

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