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9/11 at 25: Mike Johanns recalls a day that 'changed our world'

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9/11 at 25: Mike Johanns recalls a day that 'changed our world'

ANNA KLEIBER Lincoln Journal Star
Sep 7, 2026
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Nearly 3,000 people died on Sept. 11, and at least 9,400 more people have since died from 9/11-related illnesses - more than triple the original death toll.

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Mike Johanns, who served as Nebraska's governor from 1999 to 2005, was in the small town of Jackson looking at tornado damage when he received news that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center's North Tower.

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9/11 at 25: Looking back through the Journal Star's pages

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 1 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 2 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 3 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 4 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 5 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11, 2001 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page 6 of a Lincoln Journal Star Extra Edition for 9/11 from Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Friday, Sept. 14, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Monday, Sept. 17, 2001.

Page 1 of the Lincoln Journal Star on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001.

Husker Extra on Friday, Sept. 21, after the Nebraska-Rice game.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B1 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B2 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B3 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B4 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B5 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B6 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B7 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B8 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B9 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B10 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B11 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B12 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B13 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

9/11, 2011 Journal Star Edition Scans — Page B14 of a 9/11 10-year-anniversary Lincoln Journal Star edition on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

Contact the writer at akleiber@journalstar.com or 715-370-4567. On X @annakleiber03

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