“In Saudi Arabia they chose not to see these radical fundamentalists….We allow them to flourish, and have no reason to believe that their way of life would do anyone harm.” That is an astounding statement. It came from the lips of Saudi Ambassador to Washington Prince Bandar bin Sultan, in a long-hidden interview with the 9/11 Commission. More.

In April 1996, Jeffrey R. Smith moved from Florida into my apartment above the Old Print Shop on Lexington Avenue in New York City. I had lived alone for almost 10 years at that point. I cannot say I was living the Carrie Bradshaw life, but I was an independent woman. I loved my job at ABC News, I traveled around the world for work and for pleasure, and I was a doctoral candidate in English literature at NYU. It was a good life, made immeasurably better when Jeff moved in.

Victims' families arguing Saudi government was linked to the attacks; the attorney for those families, Jim Kreindler, weighs in. More.

The oxygen tank sits in the living room of Joe McKay’s home, discreetly positioned in the corner next to a couch. It’s there in case the beast comes for him at night. “The beast” is the insider term for cluster headaches, a debilitating condition McKay has coped with since the spring of 2002 – shortly after he spent months clearing the pile of rubble caused by the destruction of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. More.

The World Trade Center Health Program provides medical monitoring and treatment for responders at the World Trade Center and related sites in New York City, the Pentagon, Shanksville, Pa., and for survivors who were in the New York City disaster area. WTC Health Program covers a variety of physical and mental heath conditions that have been determined to be caused by exposure to the 9/11 terror attacks. More.

Voices of September 11th’s annual Always Remember Gala will be held Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the New York Athletic Club in New York City. This year’s honorees include individuals who have demonstrated leadership in protecting the United States and supporting the long-term needs of those impacted by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. ESPN Host and longtime VOICES supporter Mike Greenberg will serve as emcee. More.

More than 10 times the number of NYPD police officers have died in the 18 years since 9/11 as were killed in the terror attack on the World Trade Center itself, officials said. The grim statistic comes in the wake of a protracted battle for funding to compensate ill first responders and other survivors as well as the families of those who died. President Trump recently signed into law a permanent extension of the funding for the Victim Compensation Fund, which would have run out of money by December 2020.

The children of FDNY firefighters who perished on 9/11 are blossoming into a new generation of Bravest. On the eve of the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the current FDNY Academy class, set to graduate in two weeks, includes 13 members — 12 men and one woman — whose firefighter fathers were murdered on 9/11, The Post has learned. More.