Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Shaffer, who responded to the 9/11 United Flight 93 crash, underwent successful heart transplant surgery on Monday. Shaffer, who has been waiting for a new heart for the last five months, was placed on a list last year for a heart transplant. More.

Plaintiffs involved in multidistrict litigation over the 9/11 terror attacks have launched a separate proposed class action seeking to freeze a $3.5 billion fund of Afghan assets set aside for victims, saying a few families' claims might drain the entire fund. More.

After the 9/11 attacks on New York, firefighter Rob Lopez spent five days at the smouldering ruins of the Twin Towers. Despite living in the city all his life, he has never been back to the site. He has not been able to face it. More.

The Marketing and Communications Office at College of DuPage, in partnership with COD's Homeland Security Training Institute recently announced the winners of the inaugural 9/11 Memorial Scholarship. More.

Terry Shaffer, the chief of the Shanksville volunteer fire department and a first responder at the scene of the crash of United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, has undergone successful heart transplant surgery. Shaffer’s surgery took place Monday at a UPMC facility. More.

A bill introduced in the New York State Legislature on Tuesday would provide workers compensation coverage for any illness or death incurred as a result of an individual’s participation in the 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations. More.

Two experts from Wales are leading a specialist programme to help Ukrainian counsellors deal with the psychological effects of the war. Dr Lisa de Rijk and Rhian Price are psychotherapy counsellors who specialise in a treatment developed after the 9/11 attacks. More.

Soon the wall of photographs at the National September 11 Memorial Museum on the site of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan will be complete. The single missing image has been tracked down. More.