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Long Shadow - Trailer: Long Shadow: 9/11's Lingering Questions

Many of us watched the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 unfold right before our eyes. In the years since, law enforcement, congressional inquiries and the press have successfully uncovered more about what happened that day. But now on the 20th Anniversary of the attacks, many mysteries remain. Hosted by bestselling author and reporter Garrett Graff, Long Shadow answers those lingering questions and explores other enduring mysteries that still surround 9/11, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Premiering this August, produced by Long Lead and Goat Rodeo.<br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Trailer: Long Shadow: 9/11's Lingering Questions

We all know what happened on September 11th, 2001.

If you're just joining us, the breaking story that we're following out of New York City,

two separate planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the rescue operations underway.

Millions of Americans watched as the attacks unfolded live.

Oh my goodness, we're looking at a live picture from Washington

and there is smoke pouring out of the Pentagon.

And you can see the two towers are huge explosion now raining debris on all of us.

We've spent the two decades since trying to make sense of that day's tragedy.

In the years after the media, the government and law enforcement pieced together answers.

We know of course who was behind the attack and we can all see how it changed our world.

It will not end until every terrorist group has been found and defeated.

But now on the 20th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on US soil,

Explosive claims from the man known as September 11th's quote 20th hijacker.

Did some know an attack was coming and not stop it?

The April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School hurtled the United States into an era of mass shootings. Now, a quarter century later, the horrors of that day have become an almost regular facet of American life, and gun violence a record-smashing epidemic. Clad in both camouflage and Kevlar, 21st-century America is a bastion of freedom where workplaces require active shooter protocols, schools run lockdown drills, and the Second Amendment has become a religion unto itself.Guns are a uniquely American problem, but the U.S. wasn’t always like this. LONG SHADOW: IN GUNS WE TRUST explores the story of the people — some names you'll know, some you won't — who changed the way America relates to guns, for better or worse. This season, host Garrett Graff, in collaboration with The Trace, chronicles how firearms moved from being an ordinary part of the background of rural life to a menacing element of modern American life.Crackling with rich archival tape and riveting eyewitness and expert interviews, this narrative podcast examines threads of history that are vitally relevant to our current political climate. In LONG SHADOW’s first season, Graff, a Pulitzer-finalist and a best-selling author and historian, examined the lingering questions of 9/11, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Season two chronicled how bloody tragedies at the hands of federal agents led to the rise of American far-right extremism and ultimately the January 6 insurrection. Season three will help listeners understand how simply carrying firearms has become its own act of defiance, and how a very specific, carefully manufactured fear has driven explosive demand for guns across America. How did we get here? Subscribe and listen to LONG SHADOW to find out.LONG SHADOW: IN GUNS WE TRUST is produced by <a href="https://www.longlead.com">Long Lead</a> and <a href="https://www.campsidemedia.com">Campside Media</a> in collaboration with <a href="https://www.thetrace.org">The Trace</a>, and is distributed by <a href="https://www.prx.org">PRX</a>.

0:00.0	We all know what happened on September 11th, 2001.
0:04.0	If you're just joining us, the breaking story that we're following out of New York City,
0:09.0	two separate planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the rescue operations underway.
0:14.0	Millions of Americans watched as the attacks unfolded live.
0:19.0	Oh my goodness, we're looking at a live picture from Washington
0:24.0	and there is smoke pouring out of the Pentagon.
0:27.0	And you can see the two towers are huge explosion now raining debris on all of us.
0:33.0	We better get out of the way.
0:37.0	We've spent the two decades since trying to make sense of that day's tragedy.
0:42.0	In the years after the media, the government and law enforcement pieced together answers.
0:48.0	We know of course who was behind the attack and we can all see how it changed our world.
0:56.0	Our war on terror begins with al-Qaeda.
0:59.0	But it does not end there.
1:01.0	It will not end until every terrorist group has been found and defeated.
1:08.0	But now on the 20th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on US soil,
1:14.0	what do we not know?
1:16.0	What questions spill linger?
1:20.0	And which answers don't add up?
1:24.0	Who knew about the attack and when?
1:27.0	Explosive claims from the man known as September 11th's quote 20th hijacker.
1:32.0	Did some know an attack was coming and not stop it?
1:36.0	Your government failed you.
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Trailer: Long Shadow: 9/11's Lingering Questions

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