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Hero Navy SEAL who 'stood above Bin Laden

The Navy SEAL who shot dead Osama Bin Laden has spoken out for the first time to detail blow by blow the raid on the 9/11 mastermind's compound and how he watched the world's most wanted man take his last breath after firing three shots into his body.

Local firefighters react to 9-11 victims compensation fund debate

Heroic ATF agent William Sheldon Jr. dies of cancer related to 9/11 attack aged 47

A 9/11 hero has become the first member of the federal agency that regulates guns and alcohol to die from cancer related to the terrorist attack, authorities said Thursday. Special agent William Sheldon Jr. was 47.

9/11 responder Det. Luis Alvarez will be honored with key to the city

State fair to bring ‘Never Forget’ to Nashville

Never Forget, a mobile exhibit created to be a tool to help educate America’s youth about the tragic events that took place Sept. 11, 2001 and to also serve as a vivid reminder for others, will be anchored at the State Fair in Nashville from Sept. 11-20.

The traveling exhibit, which continues to be in great demand, was secured for the fair’s opening date several weeks ago, according to Scott Jones, state fair manager.

Trump signs 9/11 first responders bill championed by Jon Stewart

Could playing TETRIS banish bad memories? Retro Nintendo game 'reduces the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder'

The memory of traumatic event - such as a car crash or being the victim of a violent crime - can cement itself in your mind within a matter of hours. But a new study has found that playing the 90s Tetris game immediately after an upsetting event can lower the number of flashbacks. And researchers say the effect is so powerful, it can even work a day after the event when it is believed the memories should well-established and harder to shift.

More remains found of FDNY firefighter killed on 9/11 as 18th anniversary of terror attacks nears

Seventeen years after firefighter Michael Haub’s remains were recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center, the FDNY hero will be remembered at a second memorial service in his Long Island town. The recent identification of additional Ground Zero remains belonging to the 9/11 victim led his family to arrange for another visitation and ceremony this coming Tuesday at the Krauss Funeral Home in Franklin Square, L.I., where Mayor Bloomberg and FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta were among the mourners at Haub’s March 2002 wake.