Slogans And Terms Derived From The September 11, 2001 Attack

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. (According to the 9/11 Commission report, he actually said, "roll it.")

• 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

• http://www.oilempire.us/dictionary.html (critical analysis of events)

Media slogans

• "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)

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

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