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New Thorn for 9/11 Families: Ground Zero Museum Delay

Rob Quinn — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:07:14 CDT

Families of 9/11 victims are dismayed that a financial dispute has indefinitely delayed completion of the museum at Ground Zero. The museum, a companion to the 9/11 memorial, was supposed to be finished by this year's 11th anniversary, but officials now say that's not possible. The holdup stems from a...

9/11 Memorial Worry: Suicides

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:12:58 CST

The New York Times today takes a look at a potential problem that, as of yet, has mercifully not come to pass: suicide at the 9/11 memorial. The article focuses on the fears of the NYPD, and is spun off of comments Commissioner Raymond Kelly made to Esquire yesterday about...

9/11 Victim's Name Misspelled on Memorial

John Johnson — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:22:05 CDT

The engravers at the new 9/11 memorial in New York City aren't quite done: The family of victim Jeffrey Schreier has discovered that his name was spelled incorrectly, reports the New York Post . It reads "Jeffery" instead of "Jeffrey." Schreier was one of the Cantor Fitzgerald victims in the World...

This Day Is Stained by Shame

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:52:37 CDT

For many Americans, the 10th anniversary of September 11 comes shrouded in feelings of grief and loss, but the overwhelming emotion for Paul Krugman is shame. The "atrocity should have been a unifying event," but instead "fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to...

Obamas, Bushes Pay Respects at Ground Zero

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:47:55 CDT

President Obama opened a sun-splashed day of solemn remembrance today by honoring the 9/11 dead with a visit to ground zero, bowing his head at the cascading pools of the North Memorial Pond created in the footprint of the demolished north tower of the World Trade Center. Obama, hand in...

Algorithm Arranges Names on 9/11 Memorial

John Johnson — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:20:05 CDT

The 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero will be dedicated this weekend, and Scientific American explains how planners used a complex algorithm to figure out how to arrange the 2,983 names of victims. They're not alphabetical but instead grouped by sets and subsets of personal and professional relationships. For instance,...

9/11 Firefighters Face Increased Cancer Risk

John Johnson — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:54:46 CDT

A major study seems to confirm anecdotal evidence about the firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center attack: They are more likely to get cancer. The study in the Lancet finds that firefighters exposed to the toxic stew of dust in the air were 19% more likely to be...

More 9/11 Cops Died of Cancer Than in 9/11 Attacks

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:14:05 CDT

Since September 11, 2001, 45 NYPD officers have died of cancer. It may not seem like a huge number, until you consider that it’s nearly twice as many as the 23 who died in the 9/11 terror attacks—and that hundreds of other cops also have the disease. But even...

No Room for First Responders at 9/11 Ceremony

Mark Russell — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:07:35 CDT

They risked their health and safety in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, but now officials say some 3,000 first responders will not receive invites to the 10th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero due to space constraints, reports CNN . The city maintains that the ceremony, which will be...