4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (501+ words) GLENDALE — For Frank Kotnik, the years since 9/11 have brought painful memories, health struggles, and the lasting weight of what he saw while working at ground zero. But through every difficult chapter, he said, faith has given him the strength to…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (333+ words) by Bishop Robert Brennan This week, we mark the 25th anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. At the same time, for the rest of us, the magnitude of the tragedy of that day is painfully seared in our memories even…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (366+ words) I remember exactly what I was doing on Sept. 11, 2001. While driving to a principals’ meeting, I heard on the radio that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I announced this as I entered the meeting. A TV…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (80+ words) On September 9, 2026 The Tablet’s walking pilgrimage through the Diocese of Brooklyn marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Stopping at several significant 9/11 memorials within Brooklyn, reporters share the stories of parishioners, students, families, and heroes affected by that day. CLIICK…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1377+ words) by Kimberley Heatherington, OSV News (OSV News) — On Sept. 11, 2001 — the date of the worst terrorist attack in American history, when four hijacked jets became deadly weapons — there was no shortage of heroic first responders who confronted danger instead of avoiding…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (747+ words) HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — Port Authority engineer Paul Carris was trying to save a co-worker’s life when he helped her down 71 flights of stairs in the North Tower on 9/11. What he did not know at the time was that the long descent…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (693+ words) LOWER MANHATTAN — Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Gabriella Abate and Ian Dannenfelser are too young to remember the day that changed their families. Neither had even been born. Both lost their grandfathers to illnesses linked to the aftermath…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (876+ words) DYKER HEIGHTS — To this day, Msgr. Robert Romano cannot bring himself to watch footage of the World Trade Center attack. “I turn my head,” he said. Video of the hijacked jetliners slamming into the Twin Towers and the buildings collapsing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (674+ words) SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Every year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Carlos and Brenda Rodriguez bring their son Giancarlo to a candlelight vigil at a memorial wall in their neighborhood. The ceremony takes place at a memorial wall in…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (750+ words) LOWER MANHATTAN — Joanne Capestro is a frequent visitor to the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and whenever she goes there, she is always drawn to a particular exhibit. There, in a glass case, is a pair of Nine West high heels — the…...