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Harry, Meghan Visit NYC Sites, Including Sept. 11 Memorial
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, got a hawk’s-eye view of New York City with a visit to the rebuilt World Trade Center’s signature tower.
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Hundreds of Migrating Birds Died in NYC Skyscraper Strikes This Week — But Why?
Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week died after crashing into the city’s glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by an NYC Audubon volunteer’s tweets showing the World Trade Center littered with bird carcasses. This week’s avian death toll was particularly high, but bird strikes on Manhattan skyscrapers are a persistent problem that NYC Audubon has documented...
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Twenty Years After 9/11, Responders and Survivors Are Still Getting Sick
About 75% of the New York City fire department’s first responders to the World Trade Center have become ill from diseases linked to the debris. But they are being monitored and treated through a federally funded program that doctors say is making a dramatic difference in saving lives.
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‘I Feel Betrayed': Some 9/11 Responders Still Face Major Health Care Obstacles
Logistics Health Inc., a company tasked with helping responders and survivors get free medical care, has failed to achieve some of its basic aims, patients and staffers say
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Remembering 9/11 and the NYSE's Triumphant Reopening
Following the 9/11 attacks, trading reopened on Sept. 17, 2001. But the markets were the last thing on the minds of those who worked in the Financial District.
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‘Survivors – Found': Listen to Powerful Poem Penned Days After 9/11 Attack
Poet Joan Murray wrote “Survivors – Found” on an NYC-bound Amtrak train four days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She met some firemen who were on their way to look for survivors and was inspired to write about those who survived that day. Twenty years later, we look back on that day through her words.
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After 2 Years, NYC Identifies 2 More 9/11 Victims Thanks to New Tech and Lasting Commitment
A 47-year-old mother was the first new identification of World Trade Center victims since October 2019.
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Widow of 9/11 Hero Meets Woman Her Husband Rescued After 20 Years
Jaime Amoroso lost her husband who worked for Port Authority Police at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. A photograph showed him rescuing a woman that day, but her identity remained a mystery until now.
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The 9/11 Conspiracy Theory of a ‘Controlled Demolition' Is Impossible: An Expert Explains
One of the most widely spread conspiracy theories about the 9/11 terror attacks was that the World Trade Center was brought down in a “controlled demolition” rather than by the hijacked airplanes. NBCLX’s Mackenzie Brehm found an expert who has thoroughly debunked this theory for a series that looks at the questions that Millennials and members of Gen Z have...
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Surviving 9/11 Was ‘Just the First Piece of the Journey'
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terror attacks
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NYC, Nation Mark 19 Years Since 9/11 Attacks as Pandemic Alters Traditions
Flags are flying half-staff across the tri-state area Friday in remembrance of the thousands of lives lost to the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 — in full awareness of the tens of thousands of lives first responders helped save amid the pandemic and the many more thousands they could not. The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut…
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How This Year's 9/11 Ceremony Marking 19 Years Since Attacks Will Look Different
While normal things like speakers will still be present for the reading of names, there will be no stages at the solemn occasion this year
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Halsey Apologizes After Unintentionally Calling for Collapse of One World Trade Center
Halsey is clarifying a controversial comment she made on social media.
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Here's a Map of the Forever 21 Stores That Could Close by the End of the Year
Forever 21 on Tuesday released a list of the nearly 180 locations it could potentially close as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. When the apparel retailer filed for bankruptcy on Sunday evening, it said it had 549 stores in the U.S. and 251 locations internationally. The planned closures represent about a third of Forever 21′s entire fleet of stores in...
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Americans Mark 18th Anniversary of 9/11 Terror Attacks
Americans around the country mark 18 years since the 9/11 terror attacks, when hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Retired NY State Trooper Dies of 9/11-Related Illness
A former New York state trooper died Saturday of an illness related to his Sept. 11 duties, state police said Saturday.
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Trump Signs Sept. 11 Victims' Compensation Fund Extension
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund helping those impacted by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks never runs out of money, ending years of legislative gridlock as the number of first responders dying of Ground Zero-related illnesses mounted. Appearing in the Rose Garden with more than 60 first responders from the 2001 terrorist...
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NYC Medical Examiner Identifies Remains of Sept. 11 Victim, Day After 200th FDNY Firefighter Dies from 9/11-Related Illness
The New York City Medical Examiner has identified another person killed in the September 11 terror attacks, the 1,644th victim identified
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House Approves 9/11 Victims Bill, Sends it to Senate
The House has overwhelmingly approved a bill ensuring that a victims compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.
The 402-12 vote Friday sends the bill to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to call it up before the August recess. -
Amazon Opens First Go Store That Accepts Cash and It's Right Here in NYC
Amazon launched its high-tech Go convenience store a year ago, where shoppers can pull items off the shelf and walk out.