Today in History revisits the September 11, 2001 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story about the 9/11 attacks. Continue reading for more details.

Bush vows to find plotters

WASHINGTON — In a staggering attack on the United States, terrorists struck Tuesday at the symbols of American financial and military might, using hijacked jetliners as suicide missiles to level the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and blast into the Pentagon beside Washington, D.C.

President Bush vowed “to hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.”

Hours later, explosions rocked Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan and the host country for the prime suspect behind Tuesday’s attacks.

The United States quickly denied any involvement in the violence in Afgha

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