This amazing time-lapse video shows how the 9/11 memorial has changed over the past decade. Created by EarthCam, it shows how Ground Zero changed between 2004 and 2014 in a series of amazing photos pieced together to make a short film.

It was released by the company to mark the first anniversary since the 9/11 Memorial Museum opened on May 15, 2015. More.

Respect and tears silenced Pleasant Plains on a sunny Friday morning as family members, friends and police officers said their final goodbye to Det. Thomas Santoro, who lost his life to a 9/11-related illness on Sunday. Santoro, 53, leaves behind his wife and two sons, 17 and 15, who, for the first time in their lives, will not be with their dad during their annual family trips. More.

There will be an official groundbreaking Wednesday for a Sept. 11 memorial sculpture at the County Justice center in Doylestown. The Renew. Resolve. Remember. sculpture, which will incorporate an I-beam from the World Trade Center, is being gifted to Bucks County by the Travis Manion Foundation. It will be located at the county Justice Center. More.

Moving toward a final reckoning as the nation approaches the 20th anniversary of the day that led to the longest war in American history, a military judge on Friday set a date for the death penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay of the five men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The judge, Col. W. Shane Cohen of the Air Force, set Jan. 11, 2021, for the start of the selection of a military jury at Camp Justice, the war court compound at the Navy base in Cuba. More.

Pope Francis said a prayer and laid a white rose at the slabs of names of victims by one of the two reflecting pools. He then met with several relatives of first responders who died in the attack, as well as former New York City Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. More.

Sen. Marco Rubio has signed on to back reauthorizing the Zadroga Act, making him the first top-tier Republican White House candidate to throw his support behind the bipartisan legislation to help 9/11 survivors. Rubio signed onto the Senate bill to permanently and fully reauthorize the programs that provide healthcare and money for 9/11 first responders and others suffering from major health problems due to the attacks, his team confirmed to the Daily News Tuesday evening.

On Sept. 11, 2001, NYPD Lt. Theresa Tobin was caught in the collapse of the South Tower. As debris fell, shards of glass sprayed into her back and a piece of concrete pierced her special ballistic helmet before lodging in her skull. Miraculously, Tobin, now a deputy chief, was among the fortunate first responders who survived. More.