The story behind the famous 9/11 light memorial
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, America sought ways to memorialize the victims who lost their lives that day. Perhaps one of the most iconic is the projection…
My 9/11 story: It was the catalyst that changed the course of my life
Twenty years ago, September 11, 2001, at about 830 a.m., I was filing into my 1st period class along with a handful of other high school sophomores. As we took…
My 9/11 story: I watched from the sidelines as the world changed forever
Written by A’sha Roe On the morning of September 11, 2001, I drove to work at a hotel in Boise, Idaho. As I exited my car I briefly caught something…
We remember 9/11. Here’s why we must never forget 9/10.
When my daughter asked if she could interview me about where I was on September, 11, 2001, I didn’t hesitate with my answers. Like the rest of the country, I remember in vivid detail where I was when I heard a rogue plane had flown into the World T…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …