The organizers of the 9/11 Memorial Ride announced Friday morning on social media that the 2021 ride will happen. The group’s Facebook post said both the state House and Senate have passed a bill exempting the ride from state Department of Transportation liability requirements. The requirements effectively blocked the 2020 ride from occurring. More.

Recalling the events of 9/11 to children who were unborn at the time of the terrorist attacks, memories resurfaced of her elders recalling to her the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. “We try to relate to the kids that history is a moving thing, and that it means something special to each one of us,” said Kathy Musgraves. More.

With more than 600,000 Americans dead of COVID-19 and questions still raging about the origin of the virus and the government’s response, a push is underway on Capitol Hill and beyond for a full-blown investigation of the crisis by a national commission like the one that looked into 9/11. More.

Time is running out for individuals and families of loved ones who have been previously diagnosed with an illness related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to file a claim through the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. More.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s 9/11 Never Forget Mobile Exhibit will be at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris June 19 and 20. The mobile exhibit is a tribute those who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001, including 343 members of the Fire Department of New York City. More.

Twenty years ago come Sept. 11, Hope Courtney, then a fourth grader, was sitting in class at T.O. Smith Elementary. She already knew the day, Sept. 11, 2001, wouldn’t be normal based on the urgent phone call her mom had received earlier that morning from a friend advising her about about some sort of incident in New York City involving airplanes. More.

Vanderbilt University Public Safety is partnering with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive on Friday, July 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the VUPS Training Annex, 115 28th Ave. S. The event is part of “Remembering the Badges,” which commemorates the 20th anniversary of 9/11. More.

With each passing year, the events of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack fade a bit more from public memory. That fateful day may be stamped forever in the minds of those who were alive to witness it, but more than 70 million Americans have been born in the intervening decades. More.