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BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 7, 2023

The story behind the famous 9/11 light memorial

Most people are familiar with the 9/11 light memorial, but fewer know it by its real name: Tribute in Light.

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 7, 2023

BYAugie Dannehl

Sep 7, 2023

My 9/11 story: It was the catalyst that changed the course of my life

9/11 was a dark day filled with death and destruction…but many of us decided to join the military in response.

BYAugie Dannehl

Sep 7, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 7, 2023

My 9/11 story: I watched from the sidelines as the world changed forever

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I drove to work at a hotel in Boise, Idaho. My life would soon be changed forever.

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 7, 2023

BYTessa Robinson

Sep 6, 2023

We remember 9/11. Here’s why we must never forget 9/10.

While the rest of the world will remember 9/11 – as we all should – I seem to always spend more time reflecting about 9/10.

BYTessa Robinson

Sep 6, 2023

BYBlake Stilwell

Mar 5, 2021

How this squeegee handle saved 6 people on 9/11

Necessity is the mother of invention. Sometimes, the military translates this axiom as “if it’s stupid and it works, it isn’t stupid.” So while the idea of this simple window washing tool saving lives sounds silly, there are six people who sure …

BYBlake Stilwell

Mar 5, 2021

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 5, 2021

8 post-9/11 heroes who should have received the Medal Of Honor — but didn’t

In the wars since Sept. 11, 2001, there have been sixteen Medals of Honor conferred, but ask any military member and they’ll likely bring up some other heroes wh…

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 5, 2021

BYBlake Stilwell

Jul 15, 2020

The only off-duty NYPD officer killed on 9/11 was hours from retiring

It’s usually awesome when life imitates art – especially when that art form is an action movie. The good guys usually overcome big odds and the bad guys usually get put away. But cop life doesn’t work out like that sometimes. In the movies, when…

BYBlake Stilwell

Jul 15, 2020

BYBlake Stilwell

May 15, 2020

The Taliban’s most wanted leader hid from the US in plain sight

In the days after the September 11th attacks on the United States and the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban leader known as “Mullah Omar” fled the state he’d helped form after fighting to liberate it from the Soviet Union. The CIA b…

BYBlake Stilwell

May 15, 2020

BYBlake Stilwell

Apr 29, 2020

The first large crowd to gather after 9/11 will probably not surprise you

The days following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a strange time for Americans. For the first time in most people’s lives, political divisions disappeared. Daily life became anything but routine, even if you lived far from Ground Zero. Even Ame…

BYBlake Stilwell

Apr 29, 2020

BYBlake Stilwell

Apr 29, 2020

Why this schoolteacher grew a beard for a decade

On May 2, 2011, a Seattle-based school teacher shaved his face for the first time in a decade. It was one of those beard-growing events you hear about athletes doing or when people grow facial hair for a good cause. But the only thing special about …

BYBlake Stilwell

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Photos show moment President George W. Bush learned of the 9/11 attacks

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, heart-wrenching images surfaced and stirred the world. Photos released by the US National Archives in 2016 show exactly when President George W. Bush learned the US was under attack.

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYVAntage Point

Apr 29, 2020

Borne the Battle: Marine veteran Todd Boeding, Carry the Load

On this week’s episode of Borne the Battle, Tanner Iskra interviews guest Todd Boeding, who shares his past, present and future as a Marine Corps veteran, as well as his involvement honoring veterans through Carry the Load. Born and raised in…

BYVAntage Point

Apr 29, 2020

BYBlake Stilwell

Dec 21, 2022

The ‘Survivor Tree’ is the only living thing to come out of the 9/11 rubble

More than a month following the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center, rescue workers found a life under the rubble, still holding on. It was a pear tree, Its roots and branches were twisted and broken, but all hope was not lost. The rescue …

BYBlake Stilwell

Dec 21, 2022