On the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, University of Michigan students, alums and faculty talk about how the world has changed.
- The eyewitness: “Suddenly, I knew I must run.”
- The Marine: “I wanted to be in combat.”
- The terrorism expert: “Today, al-Qaeda itself is dead.”
- The researcher: “The wars shrank the defense research horizon dramatically.”
- The student: “My teacher returned moments later, visibly shaken.”
- The lost: 18 Michigan alums were killed on 9/11.