Ground Zero

9/11 Families Upset Over Ground Zero Museum Delays

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 05.18.2012

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NEW YORK — They were promised a place to mourn their loved ones, display their photographs and educate their children and the children of strang...

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9/11 Cleanup Anniversary Event To Honor Responders

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

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NEW YORK -- Rescue and recovery workers who helped in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are planning to gather at the 9/11 memorial this...

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WATCH: 1 WTC Will Soon Surpass Empire State

Posted 03.19.2012

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The most expensive building in the world will soon be taller than the Empire State Building. The New York Daily News recently got an exclusive look at...

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9/11 Panel Considers Cancer Coverage Under Zadroga Act

| Posted 02.16.2012

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By Jill Colvin LOWER MANHATTAN — An advisory panel examining which conditions should be covered by the Zadroga Act appeared close Wednesday to r...

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9/11: Ready for Its Primetime Close-Up?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 04.06.2012

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More then 10 years after the buildings fell, the questions, emotion, and complexity of the 9/11 story may be able to start to become part of the public conversation. And, surprisingly, it was Tom Selleck who began to convince me of that.

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World Trade Center Design Flaw Could Cost Millions

AP | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 02.01.2012

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NEW YORK -- The agency building the new World Trade Center says a design flaw could add millions of dollars to the cost of the complex's signature tow...

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Civil Society at Ground Zero

Rebecca Solnit | Posted 01.22.2012

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It's rarely noted that Zuccotti Park is within sight of, and kitty-corner to, Ground Zero. What was born and what died that day a decade ago has everything to do with what's going on in and around the park, the country, and the world now.

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9/11 Museum Delayed Over Funding Dispute

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 01.21.2012

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NEW YORK — The 2012 opening of the Sept. 11 museum at the World Trade Center will be delayed by disputes over redevelopment costs, a person fami...

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Congress Creates HUGE Fund To Compensate Ground Zero Workers

AP | Posted 12.03.2011

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By, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department says a $2.78 billion compensation fund for ground zero workers and others experiencing long...

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Ground Zero Mosque Developer Regrets Not Involving 9/11 Families

www.huffingtonpost.com | Posted 11.21.2011

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By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press NEW YORK — The developer of a Muslim cultural center near the World Trade Center says his "biggest mistake" wa...

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'Ground Zero Mosque' Builders Unveil Latest Project

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

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NEW YORK -- The organizers of an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero are opening a temporary space at the site. The newly remodeled ...

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The Untold Story of Ground Zero Evacuations by Boat

Jessica DuLong | Posted 11.13.2011

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In the aftermath of an inconceivable assault, New York's ferryboat captains, tug crews, dinner-boat and sailing-yacht operators and other mariners stepped in, spontaneously, to provide invaluable, irreplaceable assistance.

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Poetry And Prayer On The 10th Anniversary Of 9/11

Michele Somerville | Posted 11.12.2011

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The Psalms are poems -- and indeed they are exquisite -- but I'm sorry the President wasn't able to keep God out of it. The names of the 3,000 dead would have been sermon and poem enough.

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September 11 'Specific, Credible Threat' Still Unresolved

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.13.2011

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Last week's specific, "credible but unconfirmed" threat of a terrorist attack reported in the days before the tenth anniversary of 9/11 remains "an on...

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Empty Ceremonies:
Grandees Gather for 9/11

Jan Herman | Posted 11.08.2011

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Jimmy Breslin was right. It's a lousy idea to turn the victims of 9/11 into martyrs and just as lousy to turn Ground Zero into a glorified cemetery. ...

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Using the 9/11 Documentary Rebirth to Repair Lives

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.11.2011

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The documentary Rebirth begins with a sound familiar to New Yorkers. It's the audio theme for the "all news all the time" radio station 1010 WINS.

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Today. 9/11/11 at the National Memorial

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 11.11.2011

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September 11 Annniversary: Sept. 11 Marked With Reading Of Nearly 3,000 Names

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 11.11.2011

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Samantha Gross and Larry Neumeister, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Determined never to forget but perhaps ready to move on, the nation gently hande...

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9/11 Anniversary: World Remembers, Reflects On September 11th

AP/The Huffington Post | By ERIC CARVIN | Posted 11.11.2011

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NEW YORK -- As the nation and the world mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Huffington Post is following the most salient...

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9/11 Anniversary: Marking 10 Years Since America Changed Forever

AP | ADAM GELLER | Posted 11.10.2011

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NEW YORK — Ten years on, Americans come together Sunday where the World Trade Center soared, where the Pentagon stands as a fortress once breach...

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Beyond 9/11: Portraits Of Resilience

TIME.com | Posted 11.10.2011

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If the story of the United States has a theme so far in the 21st century, it is surely one of resilience. To hail that spirit on the 10th anniversary ...

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Ten Years on, Sick Ground Zero Workers Still Without Proper Care

Michelle Chen | Posted 11.10.2011

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For thousands of workers, this anniversary of 9/11 is an especially deep measure of loss -- not just the immediate loss of life, but years of lost opportunities to make still-neglected victims whole.

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Lessons From a Tragedy

Gordon Campbell | Posted 11.09.2011

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As we approach the tenth anniversary of September 11, we cannot forget the tragedy suffered that day, but we are also reminded of the extraordinary compassion displayed by individuals and communities across the country.

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PLUS: He May Have Been Pushed Aside, But Ground Zero's Original Master Planner Left His Mark

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 11.09.2011

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NEW YORK -- A few years ago, it seemed as if Daniel Libeskind was down for the count here at ground zero. The commission for the Freedom Tower, now...

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10 Years and Still Gone

B.D. Gallof | Posted 11.09.2011

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We as a nation have not done enough with the World Trade Center ground zero. It lies unfinished like so many other things that America used to stand for before two jets slammed into the Twin Towers.

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