September 11, 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of a tragedy that forever and profoundly changed

the United States of America. Some of you who live in the United States and are listening right

now witnessed and experienced those changes, some of you have never lived in a world without them.

Over the course of this year, Civics 101 is going to be exploring and interrogating those changes.

How did our government, our civil liberties, our security and society,

pivot following the attacks of that Tuesday morning?

This will be an ongoing series that you'll hear intermittently throughout the year.

After all, the government and societal effects of 9-11 are not isolated to one date or one

anniversary. They've been happening for 20 years and will continue to do so.

So, every once in a while, you'll encounter an episode from the series in your feed.

And we also want to hear from you as we work through it.

How has your relationship to the US government and its leaders changed if at all in the 20 years since 9-11?

Send a voice memo to civics101 at nhpr.org. We hope to use it in these episodes.

And I remember very clearly by the end of that day, there was photographs of all the hijackers

around the room. So the airlines were sending us manifests of their passengers, whether we'd

ask for it or not, which is kind of crazy. And it was just pouring off the facts machine.

And the banks were sending us lists that they were worried about and was pouring off the facts machine.

So I have this really strong memory of this paper pile behind me just piling up with sort of unsolicited

information pouring in to one field office. So you can imagine what was happening across the country.

I'm Hannah McCarthy. I'm the Capitice. And that is the voice of Sasha O'Connell,

a woman who spent most of her career in various roles at the FBI. Because we're starting this civics 101

series with a look inside the world of the people on the inside. The federal Bureau of investigation

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