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ICYMI: Lincoln's 9/11 stories of luck, survival, sadness and grief

Lincoln Journal Star
Sep 11, 2026
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In the week leading up to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Journal Star has published stories of people who were in New York and Washington, D.C.

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9/11 at 25: Looking back through the Journal Star's pages

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 1 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 3 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 5 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 6 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition for 9/11 from Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Friday, Sept. 14, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Monday, Sept. 17, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001.

Husker Extra on Friday, Sept. 21, after the Nebraska-Rice game.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B1 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B2 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B3 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B4 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B5 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B6 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B7 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B8 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B11 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B12 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B13 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B14 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

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