For Jessica Trant, whose father was killed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the terror attack at the World Trade Center in New York City, it was a moment of peace. “I felt like I was holding 2,977 people’s lives in my hands,” said Trant, who now lives in Longmeadow. “It was powerful.” More.

A pair of YMCAs in central Illinois announced on Tuesday that they will once again host an annual tradition that honors the people who died on September 11, 2001. That tradition is the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. More.

Mass violence incidents have prompted retailers to reassess not only their crisis response preparedness plans but also take a closer look at how they address their employees' mental health and emotional stress related to these events. More.

The Indianola YMCA is hosting their annual 9/11 Remembrance Day in September, in partnership with the Indianola Fire Department and other Warren County Firefighters. More.

The Ground Zero Flag, an American flag which flew over the ruins of the World Trade Center in New York City after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, will be exhibited at Springfield’s Sept. 11th Monument on Tuesday. A ceremony will be conducted at 11 a.m. More.

UW-Green Bay Veterans Services and Vets 4 Vets will be sponsoring a Post 9/11 Memorial March on Friday, September 9 at 9:00 a.m. The 3-mile march will start and end at the Kress Center, with refreshments provided. More.

South Middleton Township has pledged its support behind a multistate, 1,300-mile recreational trail that traverses the township to connect the three national landmarks devastated by terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. More.

Beth Hegarty sat in a meeting at her daughters’ school when she heard gunshots. Her second-grade, triplet daughters were in Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14, 2012, when 20 first-graders and six adults were killed in the country’s deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school. Hegarty’s children were “completely traumatized.” More.