Popularity of the song increased greatly following the September 11, 2001 attacks ; at some sporting events it was sung in addition to the traditional singing of the national anthem.

Charles ' recording is very commonly played at major sporting and entertainment events, such as the Super Bowl, and WrestleMania 2 ; Charles gave a live performance of the song prior to Super Bowl XXXV, the last Super Bowl played before the September 11 terrorist attacks, as well as during Game 2 of the 2001 World Series after the attacks.

American Airlines Flight 77 was a passenger flight which was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks.

On five sides of the memorial along the top are inscribed the words " Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon September 11, 2001 ".

* Archive of American Airlines site – explaining that all aircraft are accounted for ( September 11, 2001 )

* Archive of American Airlines site with condolences for deceased ( September 12, 2001 )

Occasionally, however, the hijackers have flown the aircraft themselves, such as the September 11 attacks of 2001.

Hijackers also have used aircraft as a weapon to target particular locations ( notably during the September 11, 2001 attacks ).

On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda Islamic extremists hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 77, and United Airlines Flight 93 and crashed them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the southwestern side of the Pentagon building, and Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania in a terrorist attack.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, most hijackings involved the plane landing at a certain destination, followed by the hijackers making negotiable demands.

Ahmad Shah Massoud ( Aḥmad Šāh Mas ' ūd ; September 2, 1953 – September 9, 2001 ) was a political and military leader in Afghanistan.

He was assassinated on September 9, 2001.

He was assassinated, probably at the instigation of al-Qaeda, in a suicide bombing on September 9, 2001, just two days before the September 11 attacks that finally caused the US and NATO to intervene in Afghanistan, allying themselves with Massoud's forces.

An airport security guard and Imam, Abdulaziz al-Omari (,, also transliterated as Alomari or al-Umari ) ( May 28, 1979 – September 11, 2001 ) was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11 attacks.

On September 11, 2001, Omari boarded American Airlines Flight 11 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which was crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, as part of the coordinated attacks.

In the autumn of 2001, after the September 11 attacks, al Jazeera television broadcast a tape they claim was made by Omari.

On September 10, 2001, Mohamed Atta picked up Omari from the Milner Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, and the two drove their rented Nissan to a Comfort Inn in South Portland, Maine, where they spent the night in room 232.

Its New York offices were on the 92nd and 98th – 105th floors of the South Tower of the World Trade Center at the time of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

A former law student and muezzin, Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Nami ( Arabic: أحمد بن عبد الله النامي, ; also transliterated as Alnami ) < span dir =" ltr ">( December 7, 1977 – September 11, 2001 )</ span > was one of four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks.

On September 11, 2001, Nami boarded United 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which crashed into a field in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after a passenger uprising, due to the passengers receiving information from their families of the 3 other hijacked planes that hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a taping of Bill Maher's television show Politically Incorrect when it was flown into the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks.

Broadcast on 15 September 2007, it was written by Robin Glendinning, with Bill Wallis playing Attlee.

On September 23, 1949, Bill Veeck and the Indians buried their 1948 pennant in center field the day after they were mathematically eliminated from the pennant race.

* On September 30, 1993, Powell was awarded his second Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton.

Minor league player Bill Doran was called up in September.

In September, the government finally had the Bill formally enacted, but simultaneously postponed its implementation while the war in Europe continued.

* Templer, Bill ( 2005 ), “ Towards a People ’ s English: Back to BASIC in EIL ”, Humanising Language Teaching September 2005.

To provide such guarantees, the First Amendment ( along with the rest of the Bill of Rights ) was submitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789, and adopted on December 15, 1791.

Later, following the recommendation of the convention, the Third Amendment, along with the others that now form the Bill of Rights, was proposed by Congress on September 25, 1789.

When the U. S. Constitution was sent to the states for ratification after being signed on September 17, 1787, the Anti-Federalists argued that a Bill of Rights should be added.

The Bill was passed in the Commons at second reading on 21 April by 43 votes and third reading on 1 September by 34 votes.

However the House of Lords killed the Bill by voting against by 419 votes to 41 on 8 September.

Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Arafat during the Oslo Accords on 13 September 1993

In September 1980, independent film-maker Bill Brand installed a type of linear zoetrope he called the " Masstransiscope " in an unused subway platform at Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.

There was no release, however, and on September 17, 2006, the band ended their tenure with RCA Records and further left their manager Bill Ham, president of Lone Wolf Management.

Prime Minister of Israel | Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, President of the United States | United States President Bill Clinton, and Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) Chairman Yasser Arafat during the signing of the Oslo Accords on 13 September 1993.

* Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Prime Minister Yasser Arafat agree to the Peace Process at the culmination of the Oslo Accords, negotiated by the United States President Bill Clinton on 13 September 1993.

* September 10 – Bill O ' Reilly, American conservative radio and television commentator

* September 13 – Bill Monroe, American musician ( d. 1996 )

* September 30 – Bill Walsh, American movie producer and writer ( d. 1975 )

* September 24 – U. S. President Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

* September 9 – Bill Monroe, American " father of bluegrass " music ( b. 1911 )

* September 23 – Argentine national Guillermo " Bill " Gaede is arrested in Phoenix, Arizona on charges of industrial espionage.

* September 29 – Bill Shankly, British football manager ( b. 1914 )

Bill for partial payment of his school tuition, Grissom enrolled at Purdue University in September 1946.