They were some of 9/11’s biggest names. Where are they now?

Rudolph Giuliani was a leader earlier helium was a punchline. Lisa Beamer was a woman and parent earlier she became a awesome of Sept. 11 — and though her personage passed, her widowhood cannot.

In the aftermath of the planes falling from the sky, America and the satellite were introduced to an array of personalities. Some we had known well, but came to spot successful antithetic ways. Others were thrown into nationalist consciousness by unhappy happenstance.

Some, similar Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammad Omar, are dead. But others person gone connected to pb lives that are postscripts to Sept. 11, 2001. Here are a fewer of the boldface names of that tumultuous clip — what they were then, and what has happened to them since.

RUDOLPH GIULIANI

THEN: Mayor of New York City, helium was a leader of the infinitesimal — empathetic, determined, a absorption of the nation’s grief and a changeless beingness astatine crushed zero. “The fig of casualties volition beryllium much than immoderate of america tin carnivore ultimately,” helium said connected Sept. 11. Oprah Winfrey pronounced him “America’s Mayor”; Time mag declared him “Person of the Year.”

SINCE: After suggesting that his expiring word beryllium extended owed to the 9/11 exigency — an thought that was roundly dismissed — Giuliani went into backstage life, but not each that private. He launched a profitable information steadfast and ran abortively for the Republican information for president successful 2008. His adventures arsenic a protagonist of and cause for President Donald Trump are good documented, and resulted successful the suspension of his instrumentality licence successful his location state.

BERNARD KERIK

THEN: New York City’s constabulary commissioner. Bald and stocky, helium ne'er near Giuliani’s broadside successful the days aft Sept. 11 — and followed the politician aft helium near office, joining the Giuliani information firm.

SINCE: President George W. Bush appointed Kerik arsenic Iraq’s interim curate of the interior successful 2003 during the Iraq war, and nominated him to caput the U.S. Department of Homeland Security successful 2004. He withdrew from information erstwhile it was revealed that helium had employed an undocumented idiosyncratic arsenic a nanny and housekeeper; determination followed a bid of ineligible troubles, including convictions for morals violations and taxation fraud. He was pardoned by President Donald Trump successful 2020.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THEN: The 43rd president of the United States, Bush was informed of the 9/11 attacks portion speechmaking “The Pet Goat” to 2nd graders successful Sarasota, Florida. He spoke to the federation that nighttime and visited crushed zero 3 days later, grabbing a bullhorn to declare: “I tin perceive you! The remainder of the satellite hears you! And the radical – and the radical who knocked these buildings down volition perceive each of america soon.” His enactment successful the polls reached 85 percent.

SINCE: The War connected Terrorism begat the wars successful Iraq and Afghanistan, and Bush’s request that the Taliban “hand implicit the terrorists, oregon … stock successful their fate.” He had agelong retired to lipid coating successful Texas erstwhile Navy SEALs killed bin Laden, and erstwhile President Joe Biden pulled U.S. forces from Afghanistan. In August, helium said helium was watching developments determination “with heavy sadness.”

RICHARD CHENEY

THEN: While the Secret Service played “hide the president” with Bush connected Sept. 11 — helium was shuttled to subject bases successful Louisiana and Nebraska, for fearfulness of violent attacks — his vice president hunkered down successful a “secure, undisclosed location,” a bunker wrong the White House wherever helium helped nonstop the government’s actions. Cheney became a fierce advocator of an unbridled effect to the attacks, utilizing “any means astatine our disposal.” He pushed for the 2003 warfare successful Iraq. The interrogation method known arsenic waterboarding was a due mode to get accusation from terrorists, helium said — not torture, arsenic its critics person agelong insisted.

SINCE: After 5 bosom attacks and a 2012 bosom transplant, Cheney has lived to spot his daughter, Liz, triumph his aged legislature spot successful Wyoming and go GOP persona non grata due to the fact that of her disapproval of Donald Trump.

COLIN POWELL

THEN: A erstwhile caput of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell was confirmed unanimously arsenic caput of authorities successful 2001. He would spell connected to marque a persuasive lawsuit earlier the United Nations for subject enactment against Iraq, claiming that Saddam Hussein was gathering weapons of wide destruction. The warfare was waged, Saddam was toppled and killed, Iraq was destabilized; nary specified weapons were found.

SINCE: Powell has consistently defended his enactment of the Iraq War. But the lifelong Republican had small usage for Trump, endorsing Hillary Clinton successful 2016 and speaking successful enactment of Biden astatine the 2020 Democratic convention. He near the Republican enactment aft the Jan. 6 battle connected the Capitol.

CONDOLEEZZA RICE

THEN: National information advisor to Bush. In the summertime of 2001, she met with CIA Director George Tenet astatine his petition to sermon the menace of al-Qaida attacks connected American targets. The CIA reported that “There volition beryllium important violent attacks against the United States successful the coming weeks oregon months.” Rice would aboriginal accidental that the accusation was old.

SINCE: Rice succeeded Powell arsenic caput of authorities and has since returned to Stanford University arsenic provost, past arsenic a module member. In 2012, she besides became 1 of the archetypal 2 women allowed to articulation the Augusta National Golf Club.

JOHN ASHCROFT

THEN: Attorney wide during Bush’s archetypal term. In the aftermath of 9/11, helium was the administration’s premier advocator of the USA PATRIOT Act, which gave the authorities wide powers to analyse and prosecute those suspected of terrorism. But successful 2004, portion lying successful an intensive attraction portion with gallstone pancreatitis, helium refused the administration’s entreaties to overrule a Justice Department uncovering that the Bush home quality programme was illegal.

SINCE: After leaving bureau successful 2005, Ashcroft became a lobbyist and consultant. His appearances arsenic a gospel vocalist (and songwriter — his tune “Let the Eagle Soar” was performed astatine the 2nd Bush inauguration) person tailed off.

JOHN YOO

THEN: As lawman adjunct lawyer wide successful the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Yoo provided overmuch of the ineligible underpinning for the War connected Terrorism. He argued that “enemy combatants” captured successful Afghanistan request not beryllium fixed captive of warfare status; that the president could authorize warrantless wiretaps of U.S. citizens connected American soil; that the usage of “enhanced interrogation techniques” similar waterboarding was wrong the powerfulness of the president during wartime.

SINCE: Yoo is simply a prof astatine the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He remains a beardown protagonist of statesmanlike prerogatives; successful 2020, his publication “Defender successful Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power” argued that Trump’s imaginativeness of the presidency was successful enactment with that of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton.

KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED

THEN: Leading propagandist of al-Qaida, labeled the “principal designer of the 9/11 attacks” by the 9/11 Commission. He was captured successful 2003 by the CIA and Pakistan’s concealed police, past spirited to CIA prisons successful Poland and Afghanistan and yet to Guantanamo. Under duress — immoderate called it torture — helium confessed to engagement successful astir each large al-Qaida operation, including the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, the sidesplitting of writer Daniel Pearl, the 2001 attacks and others.

SINCE: His proceedings day has been postponed again and again. He remains astatine Guantanamo, indefinitely.

HAMID KARZAI

THEN: Interim person and past elected president of Afghanistan successful the aftermath of Sept. 11, helium managed the delicate balancing enactment of remaining connected affable presumption with the United States and the West portion unifying his country’s galore factions — astatine slightest for a time. More than once, helium called the Taliban “brothers,” and the aboriginal years of his presidency were marked by friction with the United States.

SINCE: Karzai has survived galore assassination attempts, but erstwhile his 2nd word expired successful 2014, the transition of powerfulness to his successor, Ashraf Ghani, was peaceful. Ghani would pb the state for astir 7 years, until helium fled successful the look of the Taliban’s triumphant return.

HOWARD LUTNICK

THEN: The president of the banal trading institution Cantor Fitzgerald would person been successful the company’s offices astatine the apical of One World Trade Center, but helium took his lad Kyle to the archetypal time of kindergarten. A full of 658 of the company’s employees — 2 thirds of its New York City workforce, including Lutnick’s member Gary — perished. Within 3 days, Lutnick had established the Cantor-Fitzgerald Relief Fund for his company’s victims.

SINCE: The money has disbursed much than a 4th of a cardinal dollars, including wealth for different victims of coercion and disasters. Twenty years later, Lutnick remains the company’s chairman.

LISA BEAMER

THEN: After 9/11, Lisa Beamer became the look of the day’s mourners, and a reminder of the day’s heroism. Her husband, Todd, a erstwhile assemblage shot and hoops player, is believed to person led different passengers successful an onslaught connected the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 that brought the level down earlier it could clang successful Washington. His exhortation of “Let’s roll!” became a rallying cry. His widow made 200 nationalist appearances successful the six months aft the attacks.

SINCE: Lisa Beamer co-wrote a book, “Let’s Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage,” and established a instauration successful her husband’s memory. Donations dwindled, and Beamer receded from nationalist view. The mates had 3 children, and each attended Wheaton College, wherever their parents met. All are athletes, similar their dad: Dave, 3 years aged erstwhile his begetter died, was a shot quarterback; Drew, who was 1, played soccer, arsenic has Morgan, calved 4 months aft the attacks. Morgan was her father’s mediate name.

Jerry Schwartz, exertion astatine ample for The Associated Press, wrote the AP’s main communicative connected Sept. 11, 2001. He has written extensively astir the aftermath of that day, and besides served arsenic an exertion connected the Iraqi War desk.