Residents reflect on 9/11

Sept. 11, 2001 was a day that embedded itself in the hearts and minds of Americans. The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were coordinated suicide missions carried out by the militant Islamic network al-Qaeda. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists — directed by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden — hijacked four commercial airliners mid-flight while they were…