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• 9-11 blood drive planned at Memorial Hospital

  September 9, 2011 5:17 PM

  Memorial Hospital is asking people in the community to honor those who lost their lives on 9-11 by giving blood. The blood drive will happen from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the East Branch of the Pikes Peak Library, 5550 N. Union. No appointment is necessary. more »

• Bush to be in NYC to mark 10th anniversary of 9/11

  July 30, 2011 11:12 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says former President George W. Bush will be among the dignitaries at a World Trade Center site ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Bloomberg says former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and President Barack... more »

• 9-11 charges re-filed against Khalid Mohammed

  May 31, 2011 5:50 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Defense Department says military prosecutors have re-filed terrorism and murder charges against the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four others, under a revamped trial process at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the others allege that they were... more »

• Ground Zero fire fighter remembers the fallen

  September 11, 2010 10:58 PM

  As the names of 135 fallen firefighters and emergency medical personnel are read at the Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service, friends and family remember their fallen heroes. Perhaps none more than Lt. James Joyce, a New York City firefighter who experienced first hand the horrors of the September 11th attacks. "That... more »

• Activists Rally For Islamic Center Near Ground Zero

  September 11, 2010 3:45 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - About 1,000 activists are rallying a few blocks from ground zero in support of plans to build an Islamic community center nearby. A smaller group of opponents also turned out, chanting, "USA, USA." The demonstrations follow a three-hour ceremony at the World Trade Center site marking... more »

• 9/11 family members divided over mosque near WTC

  August 20, 2010 8:28 AM

  In the debate over plans to build an Islamic cultural center blocks from ground zero, political leaders often cite the feelings of the Sept. 11 victims' families. But the thousands of relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims have no single representative and no unified voice. The conflict is dividing... more »

• Queen Elizabeth visits Ground Zero

  July 6, 2010 7:02 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II has placed a wreath at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in her first visit to New York City in more than 30 years. The 84-year-old British monarch braved 100-degree heat to pay respects at ground zero near the footprint of... more »

• Chunk of World Trade Center arrives in Colorado Springs

  April 26, 2010 1:44 PM

  A beam from the World Trade Center is now in Colorado Springs as part of a memorial to be built at Schriever Air Force Base. The 50th Space Wing welcomed the twisted piece of steel with full military honors Monday morning. The box beam was recovered from the wreckage... more »

• Study finds 9/11-related lung damage long lasting

  April 7, 2010 5:11 PM

  A new study says that most New York City firefighters and medics whose lungs were damaged after they inhaled the pulverized masonry and glass of the World Trade Center are not improving as time goes by. Breathing tests conducted on nearly 11,000 firefighters who were at ground zero when... more »

• Bloomberg: Stop "craziness" and rebuild World Trade Center

  February 19, 2010 12:34 PM

  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it is time to move ahead more quickly with building at the World Trade Center site while material and labor costs are low. The mayor said on his weekly radio show Friday that it is time to "stop this craziness." He laid some of... more »

• Asthma affecting first responders to WTC

  November 4, 2009 8:35 AM

  The responders who worked so hard to save lives after the September 11th terrorist attacks may be facing a new battle. Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York analyzed the medical records of over 2000 World Trade Center responders. They found they were two times more likely to... more »

• Asthma affecting first responders to WTC

  November 4, 2009 8:30 AM

  The responders who worked so hard to save lives after the September 11th terrorist attacks may be facing a new battle . Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York analyzed the medical records of over 2000 World Trade Center responders. They found they were two times more likely to... more »

• Warship built with WTC steel is headed to New York

  October 13, 2009 11:00 AM

  A warship built with 7 1/2 tons of steel from the World Trade Center site is heading to its namesake city. The USS New York left south Louisiana, where it was built, on Tuesday. The Navy will officially commission it in New York in early November. Organizers of... more »

• 9-11 Remembrances in Southern Colorado

  September 11, 2009 8:54 AM

  Today is the 8th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on our country. Here are some local remembrances: * 2,977 flags will be placed outside UCCS's new Science and Engineering Building in honor of the victims. * Mitchell High School, J-ROTC will hold a memorial honoring a Mitchell... more »