Gordon W. Felt stood perfectly still, his head bowed slightly, as he listened to the frightened voices of three long-dead victims of Flight 93, their final words captured on answering machines just before the plane crashed into a reclaimed strip mine on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. “That’s tough. That’s powerful,” Mr. Felt said, tears falling from his eyes during a visit to the new $26 million visitor center and museum that documents in wrenching detail the crash, which killed 40 passengers and crew members, including his brother Edward Porter Felt.
A Long Road to a Place of Peace for Flight 93 Families
Francois Hollande calls on Russia and US to unite to defeat Islamic State
President François Hollande has used a highly-unusual address to both French parliaments to call on Russia and America to “unite our forces” in a coalition to destroy Isil, three days after Islamists killed 129 in France's worst ever terror attacks. More.
The Rev. John Romas, Leader of Greek Church at Ground Zero, Dies at 86
After St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Lower Manhattan was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, by the collapse of the World Trade Center nearby, the Rev. John D. Romas held his small congregation together as its worship services moved to Brooklyn and instilled in his parishioners the hope that they would live to see their church rebuilt. More.
30 of Guantánamo’s last 80 captives are cleared to go
Thirty of Guantánamo’s war-on-terror prisoners are now approved for release to security arrangements following an interagency parole board’s disclosure Friday that it was clearing an Afghan “forever prisoner.” Bostan Karim, 46, “expressed support for the Government of Afghanistan, the Constitution of Afghanistan and reconciliation,” the board wrote in a brief statement declaring him approved for transfer to security arrangements that satisfy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund: Still waiting after 15 years
For weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Oakwood's Bobby Zahn worked at Ground Zero helping bring electricity to recovery efforts. Nearly 15 years later and recently retired from Con Edison, Zahn has cancer and is one of thousands of New Yorkers navigating the federal Victim Compensation Fund. "I thank God that we have it -- though it would be great if it worked a little bit faster," said Zhan, who was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in 2009.
9/11 Sphere Sculpture Moving Out Of Battery Park, New Location TBA
15 years after 9/11, survivors talk about how it impacted their priorities - and paychecks
For investment manager Bruce Salvog, running late to his meeting in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001 saved him. “Another five minutes, and I wouldn’t be here talking with you,” said Salvog, who was 53 on that day and who now splits time between homes in Bend, Ore., and Palm Desert, Calif. More.