military First Class Nathan Phelps reenlisted for service in the military” target=”_blank”>Combined Joint Task Force< this year, 20 years after the attack on terror. New York City sits far away from Djibouti, but the city and the tragedy remain firmly in Phelps’ mind. On Saturday, the U.S. forces at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti on Africa’s…
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley honored the 20-year anniversary of the terror attacks Saturday at the Pentagon, reflecting on the sacrifices made in response to the deadly day and assuring Americans “your sacrifice was not in vain.” “One thing I am certain of for every soldier, sailor, airmen and Marine, for every CIA officer, for…
Sept. 11, 2001, will be forever etched in the hearts and minds of Americans, but for former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, the day after terror and tragedy struck will also remain a most vivid memory. As one of former george-w-bush” target=”_blank”>President George W. Bush<. He’s shared those remembrances every year in a captivating…
A group of four house-of-representatives congress” target=”_blank”>congresswomen< and outlining relief for victims of racism 20 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Ilhan Omar or Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Judy Chu of California announced the resolution on Friday evening to acknowledge the “hate, discrimination, racism, and xenophobia…
As an conflictswho experienced the fateful events of September 11th, 2001 firsthand while living in New York City, my heart has been full of anguish watching America’s longest war come to an end. No one thought the United States would remain forever in conflictsbut certainly no one imagined the tragic chaos that has ensued since Taliban forces rolled…
While it has been 20 years since the terror, the images of the day are indelible on American memory. First responders and new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York City< Of the nearly 3,000 people killed, the crime suffered 23 fatalities, 37 members of the PAPD were lost and 343 FDNY members were killed: the largest loss of life…
executive (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Saturday said that there is “no specific, credible threat” to the U.S. homeland — as he traveled to New York City to mark the 20th anniversary of the terror. “I’m very proud to be here in New York City this morning to pay tribute to the lives lost as…
I was five going on six-years-old, living in upstate New York, and the son of a single mother serving in the new-york-city” target=”_blank”>NYPD<. I was confused, but confusion soon turned into worry as I remembered that my mom worked near those smoking buildings. Soon, my grandfather, a retired NYPD Sergeant, came to pick up my…
Three weeks after he started, Paul “Paulie” Veneto is finishing his 220-mile journey to Ground Zero. Veneto, a 62-year-old former general from Braintree, Massachusetts, has been pushing a beverage cart from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Ground Zero since Aug. 21 as a way to personal-freedoms who died in the terror. He is completing his…
20 years after the terror that killed nearly 3,000 men, women and children, air-and-space is remembering the day, sharing images and memories. In a satellite image provided by the agency, billowing smoke over the new-york-city” target=”_blank”>Manhattan< “The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering loss of life and a…