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.
A Reflection: The Capitol Was Spared on 9/11
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.
We owe it to Flight 93 passengers to protect Capitol and 'be better than this'
Lori Guadagno turned on the TV the morning of Jan. 6, watched a bit of news about the runoff in Georgia, then went for a bike ride in her Jacksonville Beach neighborhood. It was a beautiful morning in Northeast Florida. More.
Like 9/11, America ignored warnings that the Capitol would be attacked. Why?
Nearly 20 years ago, America mishandled the warnings that a horrible terrorist attack was about to take place. On Jan. 6, we missed another set of signals about another kind of terrorism. It’s dangerous to compare the bloodbath of Sept. 11, 2001 — the deadliest terrorist attack in American history — to the mayhem at the U.S. Capitol last week. More.
Disaster communication, coordination improved because of 9/11
Coordination between federal, state and local agencies in disaster response was put to the test in the 9/11 aftermath, an emergency management expert told the Rotary Club of Thomasville. Bill Lokey, who was a Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinating officer after the Twin Towers were attacked, spent two weeks at Ground Zero. More.
From first responder to first-time author
As New York City inches closer to the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, the memories are becoming more and more tangible to 9/11 first responder Nick Rotondo. Rotondo, a retired MTA bus driver and neighborhood character in Howard Beach, decided to channel his experiences by writing a children’s book. More.