47 names added to NYPD 9/11 memorial wall, commissioner calls for more funding
Volunteers pay it forward, years after 9/11
After the 9/11 attacks, people from all over America headed to New York City, wanting to help in any way they could. Since then, New Yorkers like Charlie Sadler have been working to return the favor. At a recent barn raising in Bethel Acres, Oklahoma, CBS News found Sadler working around the clock. What those toiling around him shared in common, he said, was "a big heart and a great sense of humor." More.
City officials urge feds to extend funding for 9/11 victims’ fund
Array of world leaders joins 3.7 million in France to defy terrorism
At least 3.7 million people, including world leaders, marched in anti-terrorism rallies in Paris and elsewhere in France on Sunday, French officials said, calling the massive gathering in the nation's capital the largest in France's history. The day was emotional and peaceful, a gesture of unity just days after Islamic extremists slaughtered 17 people.
New Yorkers thought about 9/11 when they first heard about the helicopter crash
Ray Kelly details post-9/11 terror exploits in upcoming memoir
The fight against international terrorism is expected to get heavy treatment in two-time NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly’s memoir, titled “Vigilance.”
The book, from Hachette Books Group USA, is subtitled, “My Life Serving America and Protecting its Empire City” and comes out Sept. 8. More.
Det. Lou Alvarez and Firefighter Ray Pfeifer added to the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill name
The health care responders need: A former lower Manhattan resident and recovery worker urges renewal of the 9/11 Zadroga law
May 30 marks the anniversary of the end of the recovery and cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site when the last piece of debris - a misshapen steel column - was cleared in 2002. Thirteen years later, workers, volunteers and survivors can’t clear their bodies of the toxic effects of 9/11.