World Trade Center

Just a Few Blocks Away...

Gerald Shargel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


Gerald Shargel

Even Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a self-described "jackal," will be presumed innocent. But with all the constitutional embroidery, will Mohammed receive a fair trial in Manhattan?

Paterson: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Shouldn't Be Tried In NYC

nydailynews.com | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


Gov. Paterson on Monday joined the chorus of critics questioning the government's plan to try Kalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terror...

Subway Sandwich Shop Opening Atop World Trade Center Crane

nypost.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


As the Freedom Tower makes its ascent into the city skyline, rising alongside it atop a crane will be a Subway sandwich shop that will turn out subs f...

Dems, GOP Split On NY Terror Trials

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


WASHINGTON — Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radica...

Giuliani: NYC September 11th Trial Puts People At Risk (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- The former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, says putting suspected Sept. 11 terrorists on trial in New York Cit...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Coming To New York: A Look At The 10 Terror Suspects Headed To US

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York


WASHINGTON — Ten high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are being transferred to face justice in the United States. The five detainees heading t...

Bloomberg's Office Admits Meeting With Imam Linked To 1993 WTC Bombing Was Mistake

nydailynews.com | By Celeste Katz and Adam Lisberg | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


The mayor's office admits it goofed when it invited a Brooklyn imam linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to City Hall for a Muslim community ...

Global Beat Fusion: Norah Jones and Goodness from Benin & Martinique

Derek Beres | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment


Derek Beres

Two albums have recently exploded into my inbox that are strong contenders for the "Best of" list for '09. Ironically, they are "albums" made in the '60s-'70s in lands overseas and from other time zones than Brooklyn.

USS New York Commissioning To Include Hillary Clinton

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York


WASHINGTON — A White House official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will represent the administration at Saturday's commissioning...

Men Wrongly Detained After 9/11 Get $1.26M From Government

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1...

USS New York Battleship: Ship Made With WTC Steel Arrives In New York (VIDEO)

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


NEW YORK -- The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near...

World Trade Center: Ground Zero's "Plan B" Needs $20 Million More

nydailynews.com | Douglas Feiden | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York


Taxpayers will have to cough up another $20 million for Ground Zero because of the brutal battle raging between the Port Authority and developer Larry...

USS New York Registered At Tiffany's

nytimes.com | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


The tasteful Tiffany gift registry politely requests an opulent sterling silver Chippendale tray (listed for $2,868.75) and a delicate Queen Anne tea ...

No Justice Can Come From Guantánamo Military Commissions

Talat Hamdani | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Talat Hamdani

The military commissions, which will continue to be tainted by the dark legacy of Guantánamo, will always be doubted and cannot achieve the justice that 9/11 family members and all Americans deserve.

USS New York: Warship Built With World Trade Center Steel Is Headed To New York To Be Commissioned

AP | ALAN SAYRE | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York


AVONDALE, La. — A Navy assault ship built with tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers began its journey to New York on Tuesda...

Bernie Kerik Trial: No Talk Of 9/11 Allowed By Ex-Police Commissioner's Defense

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York


WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The terror attack on the World Trade Center, which made New York City's police commissioner a national figure, cannot be br...

Abdallah Higazy: FBI Pays Wrongly Detained 9/11 Egyptian Man $250,000

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — The FBI paid $250,000 this week to an Egyptian man detained when a pilot's aviation radio was found after the Sept. 11 attacks in his...

Thousands Have Illnesses Related To 9/11 Attacks

AP | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A city task force on medical problems linked to the collapse of the World Trade Center says tens of thousands of New Yorkers have sou...

Lingering Disgrace

Kelly Caldwell | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


Kelly Caldwell

Everyone remembers the huge dust clouds. Almost immediately, people began streaming into the Disaster Assistance Center where I worked, asking for help with toxic-air related problems.

Turning Tragedy Into Compassionate Action

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

I can think of no greater tribute to the victims of September 11th than in the positive and inspirational actions that millions of Americans have taken on their behalf both today and year round.

Sacred Memories: A 9/11 Ritual

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


Rabbi Irwin Kula

So what message would I like to send out today 9/11? No words at all. Simply a chant of actual final cell phone conversations of people, who simply and heroically witnessed a yearning to love.

Commemorate 9/11 With A New Dollar Coin?

New York Times | Sewell Chan | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


Representative Jerrold L. Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat whose district includes ground zero, introduced a bill on Thursday that would require the Unite...

Families Stream Into NYC 9/11 Ceremony

AP | SUZANNE MA | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — The selfless spirit that helped mend a stricken nation eight years ago was renewed. Volunteers marked 9/11 Friday by tilling gardens,...

As It Should Be: Moving On From 9/11

Mike Doyle | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago


Mike Doyle

You can hold onto the past only for so long until looking backward becomes fear of moving forward. Sometimes a day should just be a day.

September 8 and September 11: Joy, Pain, and Hope

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Jeff Goldstein

I am an American, and I am a New Yorker. I grew up in Long Island, then the Bronx. I grew up with an iconic skyline shaped by the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings and the World Trade Center.