A former NYPD officer and 9/11 survivor whose Victims Compensation Fund award was stolen by a fellow cop and disbarred attorney received $400,000 from the New York State Lawyers Fund Thursday to help offset the nearly $1 million he lost. More.

Union County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Castrogiovanni, a former NYPD officer, was at the scene of 9/11. “I had been looking at those buildings my whole life so to see what happened was just, it’s so surreal,” Castrogiovanni said. More.

As one who lost her husband on Sept. 11, 2001, and has devoted her life to the pursuit of truth and justice for those attacks, I have worked for decades to bring those foreign nations to justice for their roles bolstering Al Qaeda and enabling the murders of our fellow Americans. More.

Not since the Cuba missile crisis of four decades earlier had the world held its breath for so long. As the events in New York and Washington continued to unfold on that September day 20 years ago, it was clear that the level of relative stability that the West had taken for granted, had gone for ever. More.

The New Canaan-based Voices Center for Resilience is hosting its “Building Resilience After Loss: When It's More Than Just ‘Post-Holiday Blues”’ online workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 6, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. This workshop will be facilitated by Connie Palmer, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker who is also an experienced teacher, therapist and school counselor with more than 30 years of experience working with children, youth and their families. More.

Denver native, Michael Rieger, today announced a major photo etching exhibition and community event to honor the heroes of the response to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. It is called, Remember the Love. Work on the exhibition is underway and it is slated to open to the public in September 2021. More.

Saul joined the Bureau in 1990, serving first as a security warder and then as a police officer at FBI Headquarters before joining the Washington Field Office’s Special Surveillance Group, SSG, in 1995. He served the bulk of his career there, most recently as a team coordinator and supervisory investigative specialist. More.

Many can remember exactly where they were 20 years ago when al-Qaida perpetrated the single deadliest terrorist attack in human history by deliberately crashing passenger planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. More.