Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, a new generation of New Yorkers has grown up without direct memory of the Twin Towers, but with the permanent mark of these events on global security and politics. The title "There is clearly a before and an after" synthesizes the transformative impact the attacks had on contemporary history.
João Vaz was in New York to prepare the launch of the North American edition of the newspaper Correio da Manhã when he witnessed the attacks. He was present in the city on that fateful day, watching the impact of the planes against the Twin Towers and the subsequent shutdown of New York.
The September 11, 2001 attacks caused profound changes in international security, giving rise to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and significantly altering the way countries approach terrorism and surveillance. The memory of those events continues to shape geopolitics and domestic policies of various countries to this day.
