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9/11 Act Requires Greater Information Sharing and Rail Security Transparency for Elderly, Disabled

Last month, Department of Transportation (DOT) and District of Columbia transportation officials met with local residents to discuss the proposed tunnel expansion in Washington, DC by CSX Corporation, one of the nation's leading rail and intermodal transportation companies. Residents criticized the government officials and CSX for lack of transparency. More.

'Rescue Me' Still Stands as Television's Best Post-9/11 Drama 10 Years Later

In the immediate years following the events of September 11th, 2001, much of both film & television struggled with the ways in which it could respond to the tragedy respectfully. While many attempted to address the hurting of the nation, there was really only one that ever truly tackled the suffering head-on while still delivering a production that was ultimately entertaining, FX’s Rescue Me. More.

Firefighters Hold Annual Ceremony In Remembrance Of 9/11

Remembering one step at a time. Friday, firefighters from Maryland to New York held their annual stair climb of 110 floors. Alex DeMetrick reports that’s how high firefighters climbed at the World Trade Center on 9/11. It starts with a bell and a name. Three hundred and forty-three New York firefighters were lost in the World Trade Center terror attacks on 9/11. More.

Downtown Electeds: Keep 9/11 Memorial Plaza Open Later

We write to you regarding some community concerns that have arisen over the current public operating hours of the 9/11 Memorial plaza, and to respectfully request that you begin to work with us as soon as possible to consider extended operating hours for the plaza that will better balance your concerns and those of the community. More.

Immigration and Dying 9/11 Ground Zero Workers

The fight over the Zadroga bill was viscerally ugly, with legislators screaming at the podium, and rightfully so: Some people were foolish enough to filibuster health care for 9/11 Ground Zero workers, and they received backlash from everyone from New York Republicans like U.S. Rep. Peter King to Jon Stewart.

Paul Tagliabue’s Post-9/11 Correspondence

I saw Paul Tagliabue cry once. It was five days after the attack on the World Trade Center in Manhattan; Tagliabue was in the league office on a Saturday afternoon. This wasn’t a weepy kind of cry, but a bottom-lip-quiver, moistened-edge-of-eyes, handkerchief-out, stop-talking-to-compose himself kind of cry. You don’t expect the NFL’s Margaret Thatcher (maybe not the best image, but you get the Iron Lady idea) to cry, but you also don’t expect 9/11 to happen, to change our world forever, to be the most infamous day of our lives, to change the way the NFL operates.

9/11 museum scraps plans for fancy restaurant run by Shake Shack owner

New York's 9/11 Memorial Museum will no longer feature a high-end restaurant with beer and wine sales after mounting criticism and accusations of insensitivity. The planned "Pavilion Cafe," run by Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer, will now just be called the "The Cafe" and traded its upscale menu for simple pastries and its liquor license for coffee and tea. More.

Cheney vs. 9/11 Commission: What Each Said About Iraq

Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz, a former U.S. Senate candidate, have written a piece on Iraq in the Weekly Standard that resuscitates an old argument about Saddam Hussein’s links to al Qaeda.