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.

The Los Angeles Opera presented the opera in September 1989 under conductor Kent Nagano and with a Jonathan Miller production.

William F. Miller was interim CEO until September of that year, when Whitney G. Lynn became interim president and CEO and then continued to have a succession of CEOs including Dale Fuller and Tod Nielsen.

On September 14, in a game moved to Miller Park due to Hurricane Ike, Zambrano pitched a no-hitter against the Astros, and six days later the team clinched by beating St. Louis at Wrigley.

Hawks and Seton Miller worked on the script with Flavin for a month and filming began in September 1930.

Donald Miller died in December, 1998, Gerard Piel in September 2004 and Dennis Flanagan in January 2005.

* September 23 – Worm Miller, American screenwriter, director, actor

* September 22 – James Miller, known as the ' Fan Man ' ( b. 1963 )

On September 19, 1966, the conglomerate W. R. Grace and Company agreed to buy 53 % of Miller from Mrs. Lorraine John Mulberger ( Frederick Miller's granddaughter, who objected to alcohol ) and her family.

In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 16, 2003 Miller Baker stated:

In September 1938, the Miller band began making recordings for the RCA Victor, Bluebird Records subsidiary.

In August – September 2010, Swit starred in the world premier of the Mark Miller play, Amorous Crossings at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida, directed by Todd Booth.

This was first aired in September, 2008 on The Stephanie Miller Show.

This plot of ground was later sold to David Miller on September 1, 1780, who filed for a patent in 1790 for the " laying out of the town ," thus making Miller's Town the first town to be plotted for sale in the territory at that time comprising Perry County.

In September 1822, Miller formally stated his conclusions in a twenty-point document, including article 15, “ I believe that the second coming of Jesus Christ is near, even at the door, even within twenty-one years ,— on or before 1843 .” This document however, remained private for many years.

Converse re-released " The Weapon " classic ( which Kobe Bryant wore at least three times in 2002 and Andre Miller wore numerous times in 2002 from mid August to early September ) several times from 2001-2003 and after, " The Loaded Weapon " in 2003, " The Weapon 86 " in 2008, and " The Weapon EVO " in 2009.

Miller and Morath's first child, Rebecca, was born in September 1962.

Burke returned to his country roots with the release on September 26, 2006 of a 14-track country album titled Nashville, produced by Buddy Miller.

Burke was joined by a host of top country stars and backed by Buddy Miller and his band at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee on September 25, 2006 for a one-off concert to celebrate the release of Nashville.

Joaquin Miller was the pen name of the colorful American poet Cincinnatus Heine ( or Hiner ) Miller ( September 8, 1837 – February 17, 1913 ), nicknamed the " Poet of the Sierras ".

On September 8, 1837, their son Cincinnatus Hiner Miller was born near Liberty, Indiana.

That year, Miller married Theresa Dyer ( alias Minnie Myrtle ) on September 12, 1862, in her home four days after meeting her in Port Orford, Oregon.

Rather abruptly, Miller left England in September 1871 and landed in New York.

Miller married for a third time on September 8, 1879, Abigail Leland, in New York, New York.

In early September 2010, original band members Harold Brown, Lee Oskar Levitin, HoLowriderd Scott, and Morris Dickerson, as well as Laurian Miller, daughter of original band member Charles Miller, collectively sued Pepsi Co. for more than $ 10 million.