A panel of experts and clinicians in the field of trauma, grief and disaster mental health are convening next month at Rutgers University as part of a symposium examining communities devastated by mass violence and terrorism. More.

Grace Farms has announced its first round of space grants that will allow local, state and national not-for-profit organizations to use the facilities of the 80-acre space. The grants were awarded to 42 not-for-profit organizations whose programs focus nature, arts, community, justice and faith. More.

To help families heal after losing a loved one to mass violence, it is critical to first recognize that the experience and needs of each family member are unique and continue to evolve for many years. More.

New Canaan-based Voices of September 11th will hold its seventh annual Always Remember Gala on Nov. 5 at Guastavino's in New York. The evening's program features a keynote conversation with Thomas H. Kean, chairman of the 9/11 Commission, and former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, former chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Norah O'Donnell, co-host of "CBS This Morning," will serve as moderator. More.

Thirteen years ago, as USA TODAY's Page One deputy editor, I typed those three simple words into my keyboard, as flames devoured the Pentagon, as ash-covered first responders in Manhattan clawed through rubble searching for survivors, as the world learned that Flight 93's final destination was a quiet field in Shanksville, Pa. More.

Thirteen years after a tragedy that changed the world, town officials, emergency responders and residents gathered outside the New Canaan Police Department Thursday morning to remember those who lost their lives and those who rescued others in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Dozens of people, including many emergency responders, attended the annual ceremony, which began promptly at 9:59 a.m. More.

Once again Thursday, at the ceremony marking the anniversary of the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the national anthem was sung, bells tolled and the names of the victims were read aloud one-by-one. But the long morning at Ground Zero never gets easier for Josephine Acquaviva, who read the name of her son, Paul, a Cantor Fitzgerald executive who died that day. He was 29 years old. More.

Zelfs dertien jaar na de terroristische aanslagen van 11 september in New York worden er nog slachtoffers geïdentificeerd. Het gaat veelal om botresten van mensen die omkwamen in de Twin Towers.