Sam Gladding, who counseled the survivors of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, died Monday in Winston-Salem. He was 76. Gladding, a professor in the department of counseling at Wake Forest University, died of complications of brain cancer at Trellis Supportive Care, said his wife, Claire Gladding. More.
Sam Gladding, Wake Forest professor who counseled relatives of 9/11 victims, dies at 76
Rise, St. Petersburg’s 9/11 memorial, is dedicated
Rise St. Pete, the city’s memorial to the lives lost on 9/11, was dedicated in a brief ceremony Sunday afternoon. A crowd of approximately 100 gathered near the intersection of 22nd Street and 5th Avenue South as the $500,000 project’s founders talked about its beginnings, and the process of bringing it to fruition. They also discussed the symbolism in the memorial’s design. More.
Hannibal American Legion hosts 9/11 flag dedication
For many Americans, 9/11 will always be a day they can never forget no matter where they were when it happened, but for others it is a memory that is fading. That is why the American Legion in Hannibal hosted a flag dedication Thursday with a flag from the 9/11 Memorial in New York that is printed with all the names of victims from the attacks. More.
More Sept. 11 Victims Who Sued the Taliban Want Frozen Afghan Funds
A fight is breaking out among lawyers for different groups of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks over who can try to seize $7 billion in Afghan central bank funds deposited at the New York Federal Reserve — money the Taliban now claims is theirs. More.
NYPD sergeant sentenced to 2 months in prison for lying about work sifting through Ground Zero debris
A former NYPD sergeant was sentenced to two months in prison Wednesday for her years-long attempts to receive 9/11 health benefits by falsely claiming she did dangerous work sifting through toxic Ground Zero debris. More.
White House mulls whether frozen Afghan funds can pay 9/11 families: report
Top Biden administration officials are reportedly considering how the families of 9/11 victims could potentially seize frozen funds from the Taliban without the U.S. government legitimizing the group’s rule of Afghanistan. More.
Taliban and 9/11 Families Fight for Billions in Frozen Afghan Funds
Nearly 20 years ago, about 150 family members of Sept. 11 victims sought a measure of justice for their losses by suing a list of targets like Al Qaeda and the Taliban. A decade later, a court found the defendants liable by default and ordered them to pay damages now worth about $7 billion. More.
Lawyers for Accused 9/11 Plotters Say Government Withheld Public Information
Defense lawyers for the men accused of planning and carrying out the September 11 attacks say that journalists and other members of the public have gotten more information about the torture their clients experienced in CIA black sites than the attorneys representing them. More.