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WTC Steel Angel to Honor 9-Year-Old Arizona Shooting Victim Born on 9/11

NEW YORK -- A piece of World Trade Center steel is being molded into an angel in the memory of a girl who was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and died in a barrage of gunfire in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The 5 1/2-foot-long fragment of an I-beam was to be picked up from a hangar at...

NYPD Helicopter Video Shows 9/11 Aftermath [VIDEO]

"Holy crap!" a man shouts, watching the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. A new 17-minute video of the twin towers after they were hit on Sept. 11, 2001, taken from aboard a New York Police Department helicopter, shows thick, black smoke billowing out into the Lower Manhattan sky. The video was posted by the...

WikiLeaks Cable Reveals More Suspected 9/11 Plotters

A classified U.S. diplomatic cable released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks has revealed the existence of previously undisclosed suspects linked to the 9/11 plot. According to the document, three men from the Gulf Arab state of Qatar visited target sites in New York and Washington in the month leading up to the...

The Challenger Explosion and Other Deadly Spectacles Caught on Film [VIDEOS]

"Where were you when you saw the Challenger explosion?" Or the World Trade Center towers collapse? There are some moments that we all as a nation remember clearly -- largely because we saw the horrifying images play out on our television screens. When the space shuttle Challenger disaster occured, televisions across the...

Miracle on the Hudson: Impact Felt 2 Years Later

Two years ago today, Amy Jolly stood on the wing of a 70-ton Airbus in the middle of the frigid Hudson River, trying not to panic over what had just happened. US Airways Flight 1549 had been aloft less than 100 seconds after taking off from New York's LaGuardia Airport when it hit a flock of Canada geese. Both engines...

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Meredith Graves, Tourist Who Brought Gun To World Trade Center, Gets No Jail Time

A Tennessee woman arrested for bringing her gun along on a visit to New York City has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge.

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05/23/12 Four groups relocate to Utah?s World Trade Center tower Source: Utah Business Four groups relocate to Utah's World Trade Center tower The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 23, 2012 07:49PM MDT The Eagle Gate Tower in downtown Salt Lake City has a new name ? the World Trade Center at City Creek.
05/22/12 The World Trade Center mega-mall: Westfield unveils... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK 352,000 sq feet of shopping, three above-ground levels and two below ground.
05/17/12 USTDA Launches 'Making Global Local' Initiative Source: U.S. Trade and Development Agency In celebration of World Trade Day, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency launched Making Global Local , an initiative designed to connect towns and cities across the country with USTDA's export-promoting programs.
05/15/12 The Post-American Skyscraper Source: Canada Freepress In the days and weeks after September 11 hardly a day would go by without another homemade design for the World Trade Center showing up in my inbox.
05/12/12 Community View: The 9/11 attacks changed the way we... Source: LoHud.com - White Plains NY A features editor was busy ripping up pages she had already completed while she waited for news of her brother, who worked in an office right next to the World Trade Center.