'AMERICA'S DARKEST DAY': See newspaper headlines from around the world after 9/11
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The day after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, newspapers captured the shock and horror.
New York Post
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2025-09-11T17:22:55Z
Thursday is the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The day after, newspapers around the world captured the sadness, shock, and horror people felt.
We compiled international front pages to show what people woke up to on September 12, 2001.
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks happened 24 years ago.
For many people, the attacks were the biggest news story of their lifetime. Almost all who experienced it can remember where they were when they heard of the attacks.
Many people who remember that day also recall the following morning, when newspapers around the world captured the horror, shock, and sadness people felt.
The Newseum, once a museum in Washington, DC, that chronicled the history of media, archived more than 100 newspapers from September 12, 2001, the day after the attacks. The front pages of these newspapers, bearing headlines like "ACT OF WAR" and "AMERICA'S DARKEST DAY," underscored the impact the attacks had on the American psyche.
Here is what newspapers looked like on September 12, 2001.
The New York Times
The New York Times' front page read "U.S. Attacked."
New York Times
New York Post
The New York Post used a full-page image of the second plane nearing the tower.
New York Post
New York Daily News
The New York Daily News also used a full-page image of a smoldering tower.
New York Daily News
The Washington Post
The Washington Post wrote "hundreds dead" before the full toll — 2,977 — was known.
Washington Post
USA Today
USA Today wrote, "America's sense of security is shattered."
USA Today
The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, which started publishing as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution later that year, declared, "Outrage."
Atlanta Constitution
The Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times captured the chaos in a series of images.
Los Angeles Times
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press featured an image of the rubble at the World Trade Center.
Detroit Free Press
The San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Examiner showed the towers on fire.
San Francisco Examiner
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune led its front page with a quote from President Bush.
Chicago Tribune
Newsday
Newsday is a newspaper in Long Island, New York.
Newsdya
People
People's Sept. 24 issue showed smoke over the skyline and the second plane.
People
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle Post Intelligencer reported at least 300 firefighters were among the dead. The number reached 343.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Canada's The Globe and Mail
"A day of infamy" declared Canada's Globe and Mail.
Globe and Mail
London's The Daily Telegraph
The UK's Daily Telegraph's headline read "War on America."
The Daily Telegraph
London's The Times
The UK's Times showed the scene at 10:02 a.m.
The Times
Melbourne's Herald Sun
North Carolina's Herald Sun also showed the towers under attack.
Herald Sun
