Tuesday, September 11, 2012
More and more people are visiting the Flight 93 Memorial and the two new World Trade Center towers that are being built in lower Manhattan
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
More than 200,000 people are expected to visit the Flight 93 National Memorial this year - almost double the number in 2011, according to an Associated Press report. New construction at the site is scheduled to begin next year. United Flight 93 was traveling from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco when it was hijacked by four terrorists in 2001. The 9/11 Commission says terrorists likely aimed to crash the plane into the White House or the U.S. Capitol, but passngers fought back and the jet went down in a field near Shanksville, Pa. Will you visit any of the 9/11 sites? Tell us in the comments section below. At the new multi billion-dollar World Trade Center, two towers are nearing completion and once again dominate the lower Manhattan …
A tree that survived the 9/11 attacks has been returned to the World Trade Center site and continues to grow in the shadow of the new twin towers
A pear tree that was reduced to one living branch in the 9/11 attacks is now a feature of the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. The scorched tree, about eight feet tall and covered with ash, was recovered from the World Trade Center and replanted in a Bronx park, where a nursery manager didn't expect it to survive. But new growth sprouted in spring 2002 and the tree managed to survive another calamity when it was uprooted in a storm in March 2010. The tree is now more than 30 feet high and is anchored by special cables at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. It was replanted at the World Trade Center site in December 2010.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Share your memories and pictures of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Whether you were directly touched by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, or were miles away from it, there was no escaping its lasting effects. A decade later, people from all over the country have told their stories to Patch, and those stories have been collected in a fascinating mosaic meant to commemorate this day. See it now on Huffington Post. And you, too, can share your story and photos of how 9/11 changed your life, or not. Below are links to our local stories. Feel free to leave comments, post your story or upload your pictures. Salisbury Family Copes With Loss A Decade After Sept. 11 What to Know About The National September Memorial & Museum How did 9/11 Impact You? George DeVault, acting Fire Chief with Citizens' Fire Co. How did 9/…
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Vertel Martin led effort to resolve thousands of missing-persons reports in the months after attack.
New York Police Lt. Cmdr. Vertel Martin, commanding about 100 Internal Affairs Bureau officers from Queens, arrived at the World Trade Center 25 minutes after the South Tower collapsed. Three minutes after their arrival, the North Tower came down. Not long after, something else terrifying: An airplane heading toward Ground Zero. “Is it the enemy?” Martin asked. “’Arm yourselves! Take cover!’ We scatter. We hold on to the injured and with our bodies cover them. “Our adrenaline is pumping. Our hearts are about to jump out of our chests. And just when we thought we couldn’t take the suspense anymore – guns drawn and pointed – we see it: The Stars and Stripes. ‘Hooray! It’s us! It’s ours!’ ” Martin, now retired from the NYPD and a criminal …
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12:43 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
I am running two bus trips to the memorial in the next few weeks. So, I am taking 110 people to the memorial. We will also be visiting St. Pauls church, across from the site. The church is a memorial to the search and rescue, then search and recovery workers. Anyone going to the 9/11 Memorial should not miss St. Pauls church. It is a very moving experience! more ›