The US Defence Department tonight released the first video images of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the military headquarters building and killing 189 people in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

US President George Bush was to lead the nation in remembrance as it paid tribute to the lives of the more than 3,000 victims of the September 11 attacks.

Fallen heroes of the World Trade Centre terror attacks could be awarded a special posthumous medal made from metal salvaged from the ruins, it was reported today.

US law enforcement authorities have arrested a man in connection with the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.