Survivors of the 2001 terrorist attack on New York City's World Trade Center who developed PTSD have a lasting risk of premature death, a new study finds. The study of nearly 64,000 emergency responders and civilians found that the longer the post-traumatic stress disorder lingered, the more likely they were to die early from any cause. More.

The former senior executive director of the Pentagon Memorial Fund was appointed executive director of the Friends of the Flight 93 National Memorial. Officials said Andrew Ammerman, who served as senior executive director of the Pentagon Memorial Fund for more than 13 years, will assume the post as new leadership begins work with the volunteer organization that supports the national memorial in Somerset County. More.

Director Sara Colangelo’s “Worth,” featured among this year’s Premieres at the Sundance Film Festival, is poised to become one of the Park City fest’s biggest breakouts. The film dives into the aftermath of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as Congress appoints attorney Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to spearhead the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund. More.

Sal Esposito became a hero when he rushed to lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001 to help as a first responder immediately following the terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Now, he’s on the hunt for a hero of his own. More.

The lawyers for the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks today will question the psychologist who designed the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program and who waterboarded their client. More.

When the C.I.A. strapped down Khalid Shaikh Mohammed at a secret site in Poland in 2003, those inside the cell included a three-man waterboarding team, black-masked guards — and a doctor. The doctor’s stated role was to monitor the health of the detainee. He also kept count of each near drowning. Read More.

The man seen as the architect of the CIA’s enhanced interrogations program, who personally waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, threatened to cut the throat of the alleged 9/11 mastermind's son if another attack occurred inside the United States. Mohammed, 55, was dubbed “KSM”and described as “the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks” in the 9/11 Commission Report. More.

THE DETAILS of the U.S. government’s descent into torture as an anti-terrorism tactic have been publicly rehearsed many times in the 18-plus years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Nevertheless, the mistreatment of alleged al-Qaeda detainees at CIA “black site” prisons around the world retain their power to shock. Read More.