Slogans and terms derived from the September 11, 2001 attack

September 11, 2001 attacks

Timeline

Background history

Planning and execution

September 11, 2001

Rest of September

October

Aftermath

Victims

Casualties

Missing Persons

Survivors

Foreign casualties

Rescue workers

Effects

US government response

World political effects

World economic effects

Airport security

Closings and cancellations

Movies and TV shows

Response

Rescue and recovery effort

Financial assistance

Memorials and services

Perpetrators

Responsibility

Organizers

Miscellaneous

Communication

Slogans and terms

Misinformation and rumors

Opportunists

Table of contents

1 Various terms and catchphrases 2 Media slogans 3 US government

Various terms and catchphrases

• Nine-eleven (or 9/11 in the US date notation for September 11th)

• "Let's roll"—the last known words of Todd Beamer.

from the recovery workers:

• Ground Zero—the area of the disaster recovery effort, covering Lower Manhattan around the site of the World Trade Center complex
• the pile—the million-ton pile of rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center towers
• the pit—the excavated foundations of the World Trade Center

Media slogans

Various slogans and captions appeared on various media to brand coverage of the terrorist attack, its after-effects, and the response. The slogans for United States media appeared on the bottom of the television screen, in an patriotic red, white, and blue motif, sometimes with an explicit graphic of the American flag.

Examples:

• "America Attacked", "A Nation United" (ABC)
• "Attack on America", "A Nation Challenged", "Day of Terror", "Portraits of Grief" (The New York Times)
• "America's New War", "War Against Terror" (CNN)
• "War on Terror" (FOX News)
• "America on Alert" (MSNBC)

The Onion parodied this phenomenon with their own slogan, "Holy Fucking Shit: Attack On America" and a fake TV schedule parodying the coverage.

US government

• Enduring Freedom—name for US-led military response
• Infinite Justice—original name for US-led military response, dropped after religious overtones were pointed out by a reporter at a press briefing