Though much Islamic State rhetoric may be bluster, analysts say the terrorist group is sufficiently wealthy and has enough social media savvy that, if unchecked, it likely could execute a 9/11-scale attack in the U.S. a few years from now.
Islamic State could soon execute 9/11-scale attack in U.S.; FBI warns local cops
House Speaker John Boehner pressed to extend bill giving healthcare to 9/11 crew
House Speaker John Boehner's recent visit to Ground Zero has riled 9/11 first responders who want the Ohio Republican's help hanging on to expiring health benefits. In New York for a fundraising event, Boehner visited the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Ground Zero on April 26.
Darien's Woodway CC Hosts Voices Of September 11th Golf Outing
New Canaan-based Voices of September 11th will be hosting its inaugural golf outing on Monday, June 8. The event will be held at Woodway Country Club in Darien. The outing is chaired by New Canaan resident Peter Krieger.
Committee members are Linus Cooke, Jerry Fadden, Frank Fetchet, Jack Loop, Jerry Miller, Whitney Williams and Kurt Wolfgruber. More.
At Cortlandt Street Subway Station, Art Woven From Words
The Cortlandt Street station on the No. 1 line, which was wiped off the subway map on Sept. 11, 2001, will be much more than a local stop in Lower Manhattan when it reopens in 2018.
Port Authority marks milestone with meeting at trade center
The view from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's new offices at 4 World Trade Center encompasses the new and the old, the real and the imagined.
Sapling Of The Iconic 9/11 Survivor Tree Planted At Asser-Levy Park Memorial
A small sapling, barely more than a twig, now stands in Asser-Levy Park surrounded by aged oaks and venerable maples. It will one day grow to be a leafy adult callery pear tree - but to many it’ll remain known as the Survivor Tree.
Banquet to be held in honor of 9/11 firefighter
The 18th annual Morganton Elk’s Lodge Harley Raffle is being dedicated to a man who is not only last year’s winner, but an American hero who encouraged people to “never forget” the heroes of 9/11.
Ralph Geidel, who won a 2014 Harley-Davidson Super Glide Custom motorcycle at last year’s raffle banquet, moved to Connelly Springs in April of last year to be closer to his son and grandchildren. More.
How the unthinkable losses on 9/11 reshaped the FDNY
FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer has honored lives lost on 9/11, including his own brother’s, by devoting his career since then to thwarting terrorists. “9/11 is part of history that is personal to every firefighter,” he said. “It’s about saving lives - no matter what occurs.”
Pfeifer was investigating a gas leak near Canal St. when the first hijacked jetliner roared overhead on that fateful morning. He watched it slam into the north tower. More.