You may have noticed this new symbol on blogs and in comments across the web: ✈ ▌▌ It's a clear reference to the tragedy of September 11th. The symbol represents an airplane about to crash into twin towers. Wikipedia offers a great synopsis of the events of 9/11/2001: The September 11 attacks (often referred to as nine-eleven, written 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Islamist terrorists affiliated...Read Full Story
Families and loved ones honor the flag at a commemoration ceremony in Zuccotti Park at the site of the attacks on the World Trade Towers September 11, 2008 in New York City. Today marks the 7th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C. (Photo by Rick Gershon/Getty Images North America) Families of victims gathered at Ground Zero today to read the names of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Seven years after the...Read Full Story
It began as a normal Tuesday morning. I was driving to work listening to WFAN radio out of New York. Before "nappy headed ho's" entered his vocabulary, Imus was doing his morning schtick. It started out with a report of a plane crash into one of the World Trade Center buildings. It was 8:46 a.m. A small plane was the likely culprit they said although with a crystal clear morning, no one could figure out why. Then they brought on one time sports guy Warner Wolf who was in his apartment...Read Full Story
It has been seven years since the Sept. 11 , 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center’s Twin Tower s and the Pentagon . We look back at the key events of that fateful day. 9/11 Timeline 7:58 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 175 to Los Angeles leaves Boston’s Logan Airport with 65 people on board, including 5 suspected hijackers. 8:01 - United Airlines Flight 93 to San Francisco leaves Newark Airport with 45 people on board, including 4 suspected hijackers. Read more.Read Full Story
Has it really been that long? Yes. Seven years ago today, I can remember very clearly being in the library when the servers went down. I asked the librarian what had happened and she mumbled something about a plane crash. I went to my friend, Kim, who lived nearby and we watched CNN together for the next four or five hours. I phoned my mother because my grandmother had been in Las Vegas on vacation and I was concerned about her (she arrived safely at home the evening of September 10th). I got...Read Full Story
Lawyers for at least two Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of planning the Sept. 11 attack asked the Pentagon on Thursday to extend a deadline for pretrial motions, which could again delay a case that has been stalled by political and legal disputes for years.
Its official, Washington Township has received its last Sept. 11, 2001, artifact — a 2-foot piece of limestone from the Pentagon — that will be incorporated at the 9/11 Tribute in Red Run Park. Township employees Geoff Rickett, Gary Shatzer, and tribute design committee member Bob Backer drove to Arlington, Va., on Tuesday to pick up the piece of limestone from a secure location across from the ...
A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack, a decision that means their highly anticipated arraignment may now occur within months.
White House press secretary Jay Carney reaffirmed Tuesday that President Obama has not changed his position on the release of Osama bin Laden's postmortem photographs. The question to Carney was based on an Atlantic Wire report from earlier today on disclosure laws that may force the administration to release some of the bin Laden images whether it wants to or not. Carney seemed confused by the ...
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday admitted he could not figure out who owed money to whom in a dispute over paying for the National September 11 Museum. Clashes over financing and designing the rebuilding of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, which includes the museum, have delayed construction by years, driving costs up by billions of dollars. "I just ...
Anthony Hemstad, president and CEO of the World Trade Center Tacoma, reported Thursday that the center has added three members to its board of directors. They are:
A breathtaking photo taken from the crane on the 90th floor of 1 WTC, looking out on downtown Manhattan, the Lower East Side, and New York's East River bridges.
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The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States. On that morning, terrorists affiliated ...
(NEWSCHANNEL 3) - It is a day that Americans will never forget. On September 11 th , 2001 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial planes and killed nearly 3,000 people. Thursday, Governor Jennifer Gran