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Officials See No Credible Terror Threat on 9/11 Anniversary

Donald Deane — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:00:44 +0000

On the 11th anniversary of September 11, 2001, intelligence officials say there is no “credible or specific” threat that terrorist organizations are planning an attack. Although Department of Homeland Security spokesman Matt Chandler said there’s no definitive information indicating a threat, he noted that terrorist organizations have shown interest in specific dates and anniversaries like [...]

Americans Honor Victims on the 11th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terror Attacks [VIDEO]

Donald Deane — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:30:24 +0000

In what's become a grim and somber ritual for Americans, citizens will gather Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, in which Islamic extremists killed nearly 3,000 people.

Thousands are expected to come together in New York City, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania to pay their respects.

9/11 Note Given To Victims Wife Ten Years Later

Jackie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:37:53 +0000

This is pretty chilling. According to FOX News, a man named Randy Scott was trapped inside the World Trade Center on 9/11, and before he died, he wrote a note to get help and threw it out an open window. It said, quote, "84th floor. West office. 12 people trapped."

11 Years Ago [POLL]

Jackie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:04:57 +0000

Every year on September 11th I don’t expect to be so sad, but at some point throughout the day I find myself holding back the tears. Every year I wonder how the family members of the victims are dealing with their loss. And like you, I think back to where I was, who I was with [...]

Paul Simon Gives Poignant Performance of 'The Sound of Silence' at Ground Zero [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:09:56 +0000

During Sunday’s ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Paul Simon gave a haunting acoustical performance of ‘The Sound of Silence’ while some onlookers wept. The song that first propelled Simon and his former musical partner Art Garfunkel into the national spotlight in 1965 was originally written by [...]

Magic Valley Remembers 9/11

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:58:44 +0000

Several hundred Magic Valley residents turned out to remember the attacks of September 11th last evening at Twin Falls City Park. The event was organized by local first responders and the Times-News. It was broadcast live right here on News radio 1310 KLIX and on our sister stations. During the ceremony, Idaho State Senator Lee [...]

National 9/11 Flag Touring the United States

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:54:03 +0000

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, one of the largest American flags damaged during the attacks continued to fly above the resulting wreckage during the clean-up efforts.

Seven years later, that flag, dubbed the National 9/11 Flag, was sewn back together by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas, and has also been stitched by World War II veterans, survivors of the Ft. Hood, Texas rampage, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s family.

What Did 9/11 Look Like From Space? [PICTURE]

Dylan Schenker — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:16:18 +0000

The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space. This photo was taken by an enhanced thematic mapper camera on NASA’s Landsat 8 on at [...]

The 9/11 Memorial iPad App Traces World Trade Center's Past, Present and Future

Shauna Wright — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:13:59 +0000

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Steve Rosenbaum, a documentary film producer and web developer, has created an app called The 9/11 Memorial: Past, Present and Future.

9/11 Widow Peg Ogonowski Reminisces – And Looks Ahead [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:07:44 +0000

Peg Ogonowski’s late husband, John, was the captain of American Flight 11 — better known as the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.

“It was that moment of before and after,” said Peg, a former flight attendant. “There was my whole life before and then everything changed. It was a real line in my life that there will always be before 9/11 and after 9/11.”

Where Were You On September 11th? Terry Morgan Remembers

Terry Morgan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:40:27 +0000

I find it odd, and maybe even a little unsettling that ten years have passed this quickly since that tragic day on September 11th, 2001. I remember everything about that day: the call from my Program Director waking me and telling me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Centers; watching the television in awe as images of another plane hit the second tower; news that two more planes had crashed in Pennsylvania and into the Pentagon; and watching the sheer terror of the faces of the men and women in New York as they tried to make sense of an event that had no sense at all.

September 11 Commemorative Items – Which Go Too Far?

Stephanie Berning — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:35:52 +0000

With every historical tragedy comes an array of items honoring victims of the event, and September 11 is no different.

In the 10 years since the attacks, a slew of products have been created to commemorate the tragic events of the day — with some being less tactful than others.

Do these goods (like a flask depicting Superman at ground zero or an engraved handgun) really honor September 11 — or do they go too far? You decide: