Alice Hoagland, a beloved figure of the gay rugby movement that her own son, Mark Bingham, helped set in motion shortly before he perished in the 2001 terrorist attacks as one of the heroes of Flight 93, has died. She was 71. More.
Outspoken Bay Area 9-11 Activist Alice Hoagland And Mother Of Flight 93 Hero Mark Bingham Dies
Biden Administration Announces Plans To Assess Domestic Violent Extremism
President Biden has asked the director of national intelligence to draw up a comprehensive threat assessment on domestic violent extremism in the country as the new administration seeks to tackle what it calls a "serious and growing national security threat." More.
Stories of Hope: From High School Student to 9/11 Health Advocate
On September 11, 2001, Lila Nordstrom was a 17-year-old student at Stuyvesant High School just three blocks north of the World Trade Center. For tens of thousands of students downtown alongside Nordstrom, the life-altering terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers would soon eclipse the normal school day. More.
Honor365 exhibit recognizes first responders, celebrates 20 years since 9/11
Young adults who turn 19 this year were born after 9/11, the day in 2001 when planes flew into the World Trade Center and Pentagon killing around 3,000 people. These teens know it as Patriot’s Day. More.
A Reflection: The Capitol Was Spared on 9/11
There are indelible images that mark moments of rupture. They stay with us, engraved in our mind’s eye, precisely because they capture the unthinkable; because they signal a profound and forever irreversible shift in our expectations of the possible. More.
Alice Hoagland, mother of gay 9/11 hero Mark Bingham, dies
Alice Hoagland, the mother of gay 9/11 hero Mark Bingham, has died. Hoagland's sister, Candyce Hoglan, disclosed the news in a Facebook post Sunday, January 17: "It is with a very heavy heart that my brothers and I announce the passing of our sister, Alice Hoagland. More.
9/11 First Responder Concerned about COVID-19
Marsha Krell is a clinical social worker. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, she has taken two leaves of absence from her job. “I was not comfortable being there," said Krell, an East Syracuse resident. "I was terrified. And I said 'no I can’t be there.' So I went out for three months.” More.
White supremacist extremists are the nation’s deadliest terror threat
The United States is under serious threat of a terror attack from within. That statement is not panic or hyperbole but is based in the very real attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 and messages monitored by federal law enforcement and security officials about follow-up actions contemplated for the days up to and including Wednesday, Inauguration Day. More.