It took the MTA nearly 20 years to guarantee sick pay to transit workers who fell ill from working at Ground Zero following 9/11. The agency’s board on Wednesday will vote on a policy change that guarantees sick time to any employee who has health issues related to the World Trade Center “rescue, recovery or clean-up operations.” More.

A year after a disagreement over coronavirus protocols spawned competing Sept. 11 ceremonies in New York, the 20th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks will be marked with the traditional reading of victims’ names at the World Trade Center’s memorial plaza, officials announced Thursday. More.

A special part of a memorial for those who died during 9-11 was destroyed by fire, said Chico police officers and firefighters on Sunday morning. The memorial at Chico’s Fire Station 5 at the entrance to Upper Bidwell Park is “one of the most beautiful ones outside of New York,” said former Chico resident Marie Mitchell. More.

Tunnel to Towers Foundation Chairman and CEO Frank Siller issued the following statement in response to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s plans to resume the traditional reading of victims' names at the World Trade Center’s memorial plaza this year. “The Tunnel to Towers Foundation applauds the 9/11 Memorial & Museum for giving the families of 9/11 victims the opportunity to read their loved ones' names aloud.

Amazing footage has re-emerged of an astronaut sharing his experience of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in outer space. TikTok users have been sharing the video, originally posted by @footage_of_the_wtc. It is an excerpt from the 2014 documentary Astronauts: Houston We Have a Problem. More.

A year after a disagreement over coronavirus protocols spawnedcompeting Sept. 11 ceremonies in New York, the 20th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks will be marked with the traditional reading of victims’ names at the World Trade Center’s memorial plaza, officials announced Thursday. Commemorations will also again include the Tribute in Light, the art installation consisting of two beams of light evoking the twin towers destroyed in the attack.

For the 20th year this September, Americans will remember the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center and the heroic Americans who lost their lives when their hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania. More.

The Paterson Police Department is mourning a 37-year officer who died Sunday morning. Capt. John Phelan, 58, died at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, according to a statement from the police department provided by Director Jerry Speziale. More.