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.

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.

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.

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), author of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act and its subsequent reauthorizations, today called on the City of New York to expedite COVID-19 vaccine access for World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) participants. More.

There are few who are expected to benefit more from US President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration than the 40 men languishing in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Established in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks at the US military base that has been present in southern Cuba for more than a century, activists have this week again urged authorities to close the notorious facility. More

Families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 face not only the universal grief of losing someone but also unique circumstances like not being able to attend funerals. Some families are finding solace at a Red Bank grief center that was started by a woman who knows the pain they are going through herself. More.

A 9/11 memorial that features a 3D replica model of the World Trade Center complex will begin its nationwide journey in Provo later this month. Of all the trucks Cody Cross has driven in his lifetime, none of them may be as important as this one he drove to Utah from Texas this past weekend. “We got a lot of honks and a lot of waves,” said Cross. More.

More details have emerged since last Wednesday's violent attack on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. But many questions remain unanswered. For example, how was this even possible, and what threats does the US face in the final nine days of the Trump presidency? More