Looking back, 10 years later, to a Gen Y defining moment
Mark Wahlberg apologizes for his comment about 9/11
Jan. 22, 2012 Leave a Comment
In an interview earlier this week with Men’s Journal, Mark Wahlberg responded to a question about his absence on a plane that was involved with 9/11 with a comment that offended some. Upon being asked about his feelings on his being scheduled to be on United flight 93, Wahlberg said “f I was on that [...]
UPDATE: Manny Ramirez’s wife told 911 operators that he hit her
Sept. 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
TMZ released a blurb of the call
Ten years later, reflections of a Gen-Y American Muslim Woman on 9/11
Sept. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
Ten years ago, I sat in class as a high school sophomore listening to my teacher talk about English. Or maybe it was math? I can’t remember now. What I do remember quite vividly was when another teacher knocked on the door and interrupted our class. She made her way to the front of our [...]
Heightened security marks 9/11 anniversary
Sept. 10, 2011 1 Comment
NEW YORK — A tip claiming Al-Qaeda may have sent American terrorists or men carrying U.S. travel documents to attack Washington or New York on the ten year anniversary of 9/11 has heightened security within the two cities. Though the tip is unconfirmed, it is said to be credible. A CIA informant who has proven [...]
Page Six interviews Rachel Uchitel
Sept. 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
In the September 8 issue of “Page Six Magazine” inside the “New York Post” Rachel Uchitel speaks to Annie Karni about losing her fiancé on September 11, and how her life spiraled out of control immediately following this tragic event — most notably when her infamous affair with pro golfer Tiger Woods went public. The [...]
Osama bin Laden is dead
May 1, 2011 2 Comments
Bin Laden is dead. Nearly 10 years after the fateful day, the most wanted enemy of the United States of America, the leader of the terrorist group al-Qaeda and the reputed mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has been killed, and the United States has his body, President Barack Obama announced in a [...]
AP: Deal reached on watered-down 9/11 health bill
Dec. 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Associated Press reports that Republican and Democratic senators have compromised on a scaled-down 9/11 first responders health bill. The threat of filibuster and block from certain Republican senators, including medical doctor Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma appears to have forced the hand of Democrats, leading to a decrease in the funding and amount of [...]
Doctor Senator Tom Coburn to block the 9/11 health-care bill
Dec. 21, 2010 6 Comments
Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn will block a bill that would cover the health-care costs for Ground Zero workers, preventing a vote before the Christmas holiday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Coburn, who is a medical doctor, joins conservatives who do not want to spend the billions necessary to provide medical care to the police [...]
Student sues over airport detainment
Feb. 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
College student Nicholas George, of Montgomery County, Penn., sued the federal government yesterday for detaining him at Philadelphia’s airport, according to the Washington Post. George claimed that three Transportation Security Administration officers, two Philadelphia police officers and two FBI agents violated his constitutional rights to free speech and freedom from unreasonable seizure. According to CNN, [...]
D.C. sniper executed
Nov. 10, 2009 1 Comment
John Allen Muhammad, the sniper who led a wave of terror in the Washington D.C. area for three weeks in October 2002, was executed Tuesday night in a Virginia prison, the Associated Press reported. Muhammad and his teenage accomplice shot people, leaving a trail of 10 dead, as they purchased gasoline, went shopping, and mowed [...]
Santiago Calatrava and his project
June 11, 2009 4 Comments
NEW YORK — A whole nation, if not the world, anxiously anticipates the day when they can visit the once melancholy location of the greatest terrorist attack in American history, and instead of reeling with the pain of loss and fear, look instead upon a place of hope and energy. Santiago Calatrava intends to give [...]
Low-flying planes cause panic in Manhattan
April 27, 2009 Leave a Comment
President Obama’s spare Air Force One and two F-16 fighter jets caused momentary panic in New York City today, when they drifted over skyscrapers in Manhattan for a photo-op.
Epilogue
Sept. 15, 2007 Leave a Comment
Certainly I have some personal stake in the health and safety of the 9/11 emergency responders. But so does everyone else. 9/11 was a day where we saw the worst of people and the best of people. In the backs of the minds of cops and firemen, they knew the stuff they were breathing in [...]
September 15, 2007
Sept. 15, 2007 1 Comment
The final day of a photo essay explaining the health perils of the 9/11 rescuers.
