What you should know It is 20 years since the terrorist attacks against the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon, which occurred on September 11, 2001. A group of heroes managed to thwart a possible third attack after causing a plane to crash in Pennsylvania. Using hijacked planes as missiles, terrorists inflicted the … Read more
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said Friday that he is committed to getting more money for a federal program that provides health care to people affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks. . The deficit-facing program was created to address medical challenges that arose for those who were exposed on the … Read more
The New York Police Department (NYPD) said on Wednesday that, although there are no concrete threats against the Big Apple, security will be increased in the city ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which is commemorated shortly after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. NEW YORK – The New York Police … Read more
NEW YORK – Dorothy Morgan of Hempstead is person number 1,646, and a man whose name was not released at the request of his family is person number 1,647 to be identified through ongoing DNA analysis of unidentified remains recovered from the disaster that killed 2,753 people on Sept. 11, 2001, authorities said. Morgan’s identity … Read more
NEW YORK – President Joe Biden will visit the three September 11 memorial sites to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and pay his respects to the nearly 3,000 people who died that day. Biden will visit ground zero in New York City, the Pentagon and the memorial outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where … Read more
Over the next 42 days, the founder of a 9/11 commemoration organization plans to make a 500-mile walk from DC to New York City as the nation turns 20 years since the terrorist attack. Frank Siller founded the Foundation Tunnel to Towers after his and his family’s lives changed after his brother’s death in the … Read more