It was a day which was a long time coming for many and on Tuesday shovels finally hit the ground for a new memorial for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The memorial will be built inside the new Cos Cob Park and Tuesday’s ceremony officially started the work which will begin in earnest for an August completion. Close to 30 people attended the event, many of whom were family members of victims of the attacks. More.
As first responders were desperately trying to recover survivors from the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, Lieutenant Heather “Lucky” Penney was prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for her country by flying her unarmed F-16 into United Flight 93 before it destroyed Washington D.C.
When Hendersonville Fire Department Capt. Jamie Cossler travels to New York this weekend, words like “courage,” “sacrifice” and “legacy” will likely come to mind - particularly as he climbs the nation’s tallest building.
A man walking from Florida to New York is raising money and healing his heart with every step. Richard Albero, a former Navy Officer and retired teacher, is making the trip to raise money for the Wouned Warrior Project and honor his late nephew.
"I wanted to be able to do some good, and then I wanted to be able to do it for somebody," Albero explained. Albero's nephew Gary was 39 years old when he died in the September 11th attacks, leaving behind a one-year-old son. More.
Dave Innocenti was one of those guys in the color-coded smocks working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, shouting and waving as he executed multi-million-dollar deals.
On his feet all day, he stayed in shape by biking, running, and lifting weights. These days, Innocenti can't even make it to the end of his driveway to get his mail. He walks with a cane, the pain from his hips pitching his torso forward at an awkward angle. More.
The Islamic State simply inspired the deadly assault by two men on an exhibit of cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed near Dallas last week, CIA veteran Michael Morell says. But it's only a matter of time before the jihadist group is likely to be in a position to direct more elaborate attacks on American soil that could result in mass casualties.
The first Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary said Sunday that the threats from abroad are worse today than what the United States faced immediately following the 9/11 attacks. Tom Ridge, who served as DHS secretary from 2003 to 2005, painted a bleak picture of the dangers posed by groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In Cities, Museums and Soft Power, Ngaire Blankenberg and Gail Lord demonstrate why and how museums and cities are using their “soft power” to address some of the most important issues of our time.
What is soft power? Soft power is the exercise of influence through attraction, persuasion and agenda-setting rather than military or economic coercion. More.