The 9/11 terror attacks on New York City and Washington DC were the defining event of the early 21st century and anyone who was alive at the time remembers where they were when they heard the news. As America and the world looks back on the events of that day 25 years later, staff from The Independent share their stories. From foreign correspondents to kindergarten students, the impact of the attacks is still remembered vividly throughout our US and UK newsrooms as the world still wrestles with the consequences of that fateful day.

As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, we want to hear from readers about where you were and what you remember of that historic moment in 2001

I looked up a few seconds before the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. I saw it go in, cookie-cutter style, and red flames leap around its shape at the…

The 2001 attacks unfolded across New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people and permanently changing American life.