Good morning. It's Friday, Sept. 11, and we're covering 9/11 ceremonies, the first woman to lead a major Wall Street bank, and the start of the NFL season. Have feedback? Let us know at [email protected].

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America Remembers

The US will recognize the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks today, with a number of memorials being held in New York City and across the country. The tradition of reading aloud the name of each of the nearly 3,000 victims will be slightly altered this year—only families will be able to gather at the plaza while a prerecorded listing is played and streamed online. After an initial cancellation, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum will cap the ceremony with its now-iconic Tribute in Light (see video).

The attacks—which killed 2,977 and directly injured thousands—remain the deadliest terrorist attacks in US history (see gripping day-of photos here). Proving to have been intricately planned, the strikes sparked an intense focus on global counterterrorism efforts that continue to this day. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have come full circle, with the US having just cut troop levels to 3,000 in Iraq and attempting to guide a nascent peace deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government.

Both President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will visit Shanksville, Pennsylvania—the site of Flight 93, which crashed after passengers realized it had been hijacked. The crowd-free ceremony will be livestreamed here (9:45am ET)

See newspaper headlines from around the country the day after the attack.

Wall Street Milestone

Banking executive Jane Fraser will replace Michael Corbat as the CEO of Citigroup Inc., company officials said yesterday. The decision makes the 53-year-old Fraser, who was running the company's consumer banking division, the first woman to ever lead a major Wall Street bank. Fraser had been with the company since 2003, rising quickly through its ranks. In addition to her role in the consumer division, she was tapped as president a year ago, replacing outgoing Jamie Forese—a move reportedly made to keep her from being poached by other firms.    

Citigroup is the country's fourth-largest bank (see list), with close to $2T in assets. Corbat—credited with resuscitating the bank after the 2008-09 financial crisis—had been expected to stay on until 2022. 

See some of the other most powerful women on Wall Street. 

NFL Kicks Off

The NFL kicked off last night, with the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans getting things started early with a 34-20 Chiefs win. Star quarterback Patrick Mahomes was held to just 211 yards, but became the first QB to throw for three touchdowns and no interceptions in three straight season openers. Some fans booed a pregame moment of silence, in support of racial justice demonstrations, led by Mahomes and Texans QB Deshaun Watson.  

The season is proceeding mostly as planned despite the pandemic, with a full slate of Sunday games (see schedule)—fan capacity will be decided on a team-by-team basis. Only the Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars opted to allow a limited number of fans for the home opener. On the field, top storylines include how Tom Brady will fare in Tampa Bay, whether Cam Newton will flourish as Brady's replacement in New England, and how star rookie QB Joe Burrow will handle his first start in Cincinnati. The NFL also debuts in Las Vegas this season with the newly relocated Raiders.

The Chiefs open as favorites to repeat and win Super Bowl LV—assuming the coronavirus doesn't upend the season beforehand. 

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IN THE KNOW

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Dame Diana Rigg, Tony and Emmy Award-winning English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years, dies at 82 (More)

> “Saturday Night Live” returns to live studio Oct. 3; will mark nearly seven months after the show’s last in-studio appearance (More)

> Major college football kicks off in earnest this weekend; see full season predictions (More) | ... and see schedule here (More)

Science & Technology

> New study finds that young adults aged 18-34, while less likely to develop severe COVID-19 symptoms, have a 2.7% mortality rate if they reach the point of hospitalization (More) | See striking photos of the virus up close on cultured respiratory surfaces (More)

> The 2020 Breakthrough Prizes announced; winners include biologist who discovered the neural circuitry linked to good parenting in mice (More)

> Inexpensive and nontoxic nanofluid shown to significantly increase the yield of extra-heavy oil extraction from deposits; the oil type makes up 70% of global reserves, but is challenging to recover from wells due to high viscosity (More)

Business & Markets

> US stock markets down (S&P 500 -1.8%, Dow -1.5%, Nasdaq -2.0%) as tech sector resumes decline (More)

> Connected fitness giant Peloton sees quarterly sales surge 172% as at-home workouts increase amid pandemic, shares up 10% in after-hours trading (More)

> Facebook launches Facebook Campus, college-focused social network (More) | Twitter unveils plans to flag, delete posts that question election integrity (More)

Politics & World Affairs

> Microsoft security researchers say Russia, China, and Iran have stepped up hacking efforts and cyberattacks against political groups, including both the Trump and Biden campaigns (More)

> Scaled-down stimulus package fails in a nearly party-line vote in the Senate; Democrats say package didn't go far enough (More) | Federal court says undocumented immigrants must be included in census counts used for mapping congressional districts (More)

> More than 500,000 people—or nearly 10% of the state population—forced to evacuate in northwest Oregon as wildfires grow (More)

IN-DEPTH

Who Was the Falling Man?

Esquire | Tom Junod. (From 2003, updated 2016) Behind the search for the identity of a man, whose final seconds—captured in a photograph—encapsulate the visceral horror of 9/11. Worth a second read if you've already seen it. (Read)

Running Toward Danger

Newseum/Vimeo | Staff. Stunning and powerful B-roll footage documents journalists running toward the twin towers in real time, not knowing what was about to unfold. (Watch)

Editor's note: Shown on loop at the now-closed Newseum in Washington, DC, we highly recommend this 13-minute video, though it may contain sensitive content.

How the Coronavirus Attacks the Brain

NYT | Apoorva Mandavilli. About half of COVID-19 patients report some form of neurological symptoms, and a new study shows in some cases, the virus can hijack brain cells, starving neighboring cells of oxygen. (Read)

The Democracy Factory

California Sunday | Jesse Baron. Voting by mail has increased in recent years—one-quarter of all ballots, or 33 million, were sent by mail in 2016—but it largely stayed out of the spotlight. Then came 2020. (Read)

ETCETERA

San Francisco's apocalyptic smoke-filled skies from a drone.

The science behind the six-foot rule.

Bring us moon rocks, NASA says.

Comedian mom captures all parents' confusion over hybrid schooling. (w/video)

Postcard stamped in 1920 finally gets delivered.

Engineers develop interactive paper.

Checkout Maserati's newest supercar.

Wisconsin farmer plants 2 million sunflowers.

Clickbait: Jasper the hairless, eyeless cat is adorable nightmare fuel (he is actually a well-cared for, well-loved pet).

Historybook: Legendary college football coach Bear Bryant born (1913); Chilean President Salvador Allende dies by suicide in midst of coup d'état (1973); Pete Rose breaks baseball’s all-time hits record (1985); US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya attacked resulting in death of four Americans (2012).

"So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart."

- Billy Collins*

*The final line from the poem, "The Names," US poet laureate Billy Collins' ode to the victims of the 9/11 attack

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