We'll remember 9/11, but we've also got the rugby and a brilliant city.

From the shocking carnage of 9/11, the US and her allies - New Zealand among them - launched the "war on terror".

Questionable laws, dubious wars and some airport inconvenience are how the average Kiwi sums up the legacy of the 9/11 terror attacks in the US.

Ed Vulliamy was only 20 blocks away when the twin towers were attacked by al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001. Here, in this highly personal account, he recalls those devastating first moments and the eerie days that followed.

Where were you when you heard the news of the September 11 attacks?

Former Guantanamo inmate says 9/11 'disgusting' in his first interview.