Articles filed under Terrorism
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Families of 9/11 victims mourn around the worldAug 21, 2011 5:11 am - In a Lithuanian cemetery, a world away from ground zero, the twin towers still stand. Vladimir Gavriushin lays white roses near the 6-foot granite replicas of the World ...
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9/11: Tragedy explored through TV showsAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - NEW YORK - There was bold talk right after 9/11 that TV would emerge from this trauma sadder but wiser. That TV would be steeled with a higher sense of purpose than had ...
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'Submission' looks at how 9/11 left U.S. fragmentedAug 16, 2011 12:15 pm - Having chosen a winning design for the World Trade Center memorial, a jury in New York opens the envelope with the architect's name and gets a shock: He is Muslim. Ten y...
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Obama: ‘Lone wolf’ terror attack biggest concernAug 16, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a “lone wolf” terror attack in the U.S. is more likely than a major coordinated effort like the Sept. 11 attacks ne...
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Ten years later, air travelers feel the specter of 9/11 every dayAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Five-year-old Frank Allocco is 37,000 feet above America, face pressed against the window. “Cool,” he says to his 6-year-old sister. “Francesca, look.” It’s their first ...
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Huntley women planning 9/11 memorial in Sun CityAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - When two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center almost 10 years ago, Peg Mulhall of Huntley felt the need to do something. Although she went to church and prayed...
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From JFK to Sept. 11, conspiracy theories thriveAug 13, 2011 6:00 am - DALLAS — In Dealey Plaza, with the white “X” painted on the spot where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, ask anyone about the grassy knoll and the second gunma...
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Architect’s memorial moment arrivesAug 13, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Architect Michael Arad first imagined the twin reflecting pools with cascading waterfalls — he calls them voids — as two empty spaces in the Hudson River, wes...
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10 years after 9/11, N.Y. responders communicate betterAug 13, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — On Sept. 11, 2001, as firefighters rushed into the smoldering twin towers, their radios went dead. Police on the scene couldn’t hear orders from their superio...
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Lenses shield 9/11 photographers as they capture historyAug 13, 2011 6:00 am - People look at some news photos shot on Sept. 11, 2001, and wonder how those who took them could bear to keep working in the face of such tragedy. Richard Drew said his...