Blindspot: The Road to 9/11

April 20th, 2004. A quiet suburban development outside Seattle. Brand-new homes. Fresh lawns not yet grown in. Then, in the middle of the night—sirens. Flames ripping through two houses. Investigators quickly find the cause: homemade incendiary devices. And a message, left behind ...  Show more

April 18, 1806. In his study, President Thomas Jefferson signs a law that doesn’t look like an act of war. It bans imports. Leather. Silk. Glass. Playing cards. A strange list. A quiet move. But Jefferson is trying to confront one of the most powerful empires in the world, withou ...  Show more

The 9/11 attacks were so much more than a bolt from the blue on a crisp September morning. They were more than a decade in the making. Our story starts in a Midtown Manhattan hotel ballroom in 1990. Shots ring out and the extremist rabbi, Meir Kahane, lies mortally wounded. His a ...  Show more

Dans cet épisode de Crousti-History, on vous parle des attentats du 11 septembre 2001. Ou 9.11 pour le dire à l’américaine.Ce jour-là, quatre avions sont détournés par des terroristes. Un premier frappe la tour nord du World Trade Center à Manhattan. Le deuxième percute la tour s ...  Show more

Time has flattened our understanding of the 9/11 terror attacks. There’s a sense that they came out of the clear blue sky of the day itself. They didn’t. We'll revisit the evidence and question the people at the center of the story. Voices featured in this trailer include Jim O’G ...  Show more

*Thank you Michael, Jenny, Braden, Bennett and Ty for allowing me to share your family's story.*

Today’s podcast is Michael B. Wright's powerful first hand account from inside the Twin Towers during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in NYC. The audio from this sto ...