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Plane Debris from Hijacked September 11 Attacks May Have Been Discovered Near Ground Zero

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:50:00 +0000

Investigators are looking into the possibility that a part of a landing gear from one of the planes which crashed during the September 11 attacks has been found near Ground Zero in New York City.

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Pizzeria 'Honors' 9/11 With $9.11 Pizza

Emerald Catron — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:50:40 +0000

Nothing commemorates the greatest tragedy in American history quite like a pizza sale! A pizzeria in upstate New York decided to honor the 11th anniversary of 9/11 by selling large cheese pizzas for $9.11. The uproar was predictably appropriate.

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NBC Skips 9/11 "Moment of Silence" for Kardashian Interview

Nick Romano — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:37:43 +0000

As if we needed another reason to hate the Kardashians...

At 8:46 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, most national news outlets took a break from their regular programming to air a special "moment of silence" from New York City and Washington D.C. to honor the victims of 9/11. We say "most" because, as it turns out, not everyone was a participant. While FOX, CBS, ABC, CNBC and MSNBC went quiet at this time, which was the moment 11 years ago when the first plane hit the Twin Towers, NBC continued on with the 'Today' show, which just so happened to feature an interview with Kris Jenner of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians.'

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Woman Gets Husband's Chilling 9/11 Note 10 Years After World Trade Center Attacks

Aaron Galloway — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:43:26 +0000

This is pretty unsettling. A man named Randy Scott was trapped inside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and before he died, he scribbled a note asking for help and threw it out an open window.

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9/11: Where are we today?

Mike Hendren — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:13:58 +0000

9/11-Eleven years later

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Americans Honor Victims on the 11th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terror Attacks [VIDEO]

Donald Deane — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:30:24 +0000

In what's become a grim and somber ritual for Americans, citizens will gather Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, in which Islamic extremists killed nearly 3,000 people.

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Officials See No Credible Terror Threat on 9/11 Anniversary

Donald Deane — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:00:44 +0000

On the 11th anniversary of September 11, 2001, intelligence officials say there is no "credible or specific" threat that terrorist organizations are planning an attack.

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Police Concerned About Suicide Attempts at the 9/11 Memorial

Shauna Wright — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:54:01 +0000

The focal point of the National September 11 Memorial is a pair of sunken granite pools with three-story waterfalls that mark where the fallen World Trade Center towers once stood.

And while they’re certainly beautiful, the New York City Police Department is watching them for an entirely different reason: they’re worried that grief-stricken visitors might try to use the site to commit suicide.

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Mark Wahlberg Claims He Would've Been a 9/11 Action Hero

Shauna Wright — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:52:45 +0000

After a new interview with Men’s Journal, Mark Wahlberg is under fire for perhaps taking his own image as an action star a bit too seriously.

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Study Links Traumatic Stress, Respiratory Illness in First Responders

Shauna Wright — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:00:24 +0000

In the decade since 9/11 terrorist attacks, hundreds of rescue and recovery workers on the scene that day have developed debilitating respiratory conditions they say were caused by exposure to environmental conditions such as jet fuel combustion and smoldering debris fire.

Now researchers may have found a link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the illnesses afflicting many of those people.

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Proposed Skyscrapers in South Korea May Stir Up Painful Memories of 9/11 [PHOTO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:55:39 +0000

A Dutch architectural firm is under fire after releasing a mock-up of two proposed buildings in Seoul, South Korea that look eerily like New York City’s Twin Towers just after hijackers flew planes into them on 9/11.

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9/11 Memorial Misspells Victim's Name

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:27:34 +0000

In an “oops” of epic proportions, a 9/11 victim’s name was apparently misspelled on the New York memorial unveiled this past weekend.

Jeffrey Schreier worked for financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, and was one of the many from that company killed on September 11, 2001.

When his relatives visited the memorial during the 10th anniversary commemorations on Sunday, they were shocked to see his first name had been spelled “Jeffery” instead.

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9/11: After 10 Years, Have We Really Learned Anything?

Mike Hendren — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:37:41 +0000

This morning in services at Bible Baptist Church, Pastor Mike Rucker reflected on the events of September 11, 2001. We watched Radney Foster’s “Angel Flight” during the services. The service was moving, inspirational and patriotic

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10 Years After Terrorist Attacks, 9/11 Memorial to Open [PHOTOS]

Stephanie Berning — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:02:59 +0000

The Sept. 11 Memorial is set to open exactly 10 years and one day after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center. The 9/11 Memorial will open on September 12, after being dedicated during Sunday’s remembrance ceremony in New York City.

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10 Years Later: Songs About 9/11 [VIDEOS]

Stephanie Berning — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:46:08 +0000

Getty Images After the terrorist attacks 10 years ago on September 11, the country and world came together to grieve, comfort and find hope. After the collapse of the Twin Towers, artists turned to music to express the array of emotions provoked by the attacks. Artists from all genres — from Bruce Springsteen to Aaron [...]

9/11 Widow Peg Ogonowski Reminisces – And Looks Ahead [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:30:44 +0000

Peg Ogonowski’s late husband, John, was the captain of American Flight 11 — better known as the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.

“It was that moment of before and after,” said Peg, a former flight attendant. “There was my whole life before and then everything changed. It was a real line in my life that there will always be before 9/11 and after 9/11.”

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What Did 9/11 Look Like From Space? [PICTURE]

Dylan Schenker — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:16:18 +0000

The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space.

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A Look Back at Iconic Images of 9/11/01 [PHOTOS]

Stephanie Berning — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:00:47 +0000

The images that emerged in the hours and weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks have been imprinted in many of our minds. With the 10-year anniversary of the attacks, we take a look back at some of the more iconic pictures from the attacks.

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National 9/11 Flag Touring the United States

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:54:03 +0000

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, one of the largest American flags damaged during the attacks continued to fly above the resulting wreckage during the clean-up efforts.

Seven years later, that flag, dubbed the National 9/11 Flag, was sewn back together by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas, and has also been stitched by World War II veterans, survivors of the Ft. Hood, Texas rampage, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s family.

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The 9/11 Memorial iPad App Traces World Trade Center's Past, Present and Future

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:13:59 +0000

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Steve Rosenbaum, a documentary film producer and web developer, has created an app called The 9/11 Memorial: Past, Present and Future.

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