September 11, 2001 and May 1, 2011

A Collection of Newspaper Front Pages from the Terrorist Attacks and Osama Bin Laden's Death

On Tuesday September 11, our world changed forever. The United States was attacked by an unknown terrorist organization. Word of this attack spread instantaneously around the world. Billions of people woke up on September 12 to find that the front page of their local newspaper was devoted to the tragedy of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. And then on May 1, 2011 the world changed again with the news that Osama Bin Laden had been located and killed by a team of U.S. navy seals. September 11, 2001 and May 1, 2011 is a collection of over 150 front pages of major newspapers throughout the world announcing both events.

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