A crowd estimated at 10,000 joined NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio in declaring: “Today I am a Muslim” during a rally in Times Square. – NYC – February 19, 2017 – Shutterstock By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY The weeks and months after Sept. 11, 2001, were marked by a profound sense of both loss […]
By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Scarlet Taveras was 17 when she evacuated her high school, just south of the World Trade Center, on Sept. 11, 2001. Now, 20 years later, after a career in fashion that took her to Europe and a stint in Atlanta, Taveras is back in her childhood home in Washington Heights […]
By Linda Nwoke, Special to CAW This year’s 9/11 memorial marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most devastating incidents ever recorded in the history of the United States. An organized tripartite assault on Americans took place in three locations-New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC on the same day, claiming the lives of almost […]
9/11 Tribute in Light and the New York City’s Lower Manhattan Downtown Skyline to commemorate the Memory of September 11, 2001. Manhattan, New York, USA September 11, 2015. (Shutterstock) By Mary Campbell Where were you on September 11, 2001 – the day that forever changed America? At 8:46 am eastern time, a passenger plane crashed […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Signs A8278 alongside Assemblyman David I. Weprin, Senators Andrew Gounardes, James Gaughran & Joseph P. Addabbo and Assemblymembers Peter J. Abbate Jr., Stacey Pheffer Amato & Karin Reyes, as well as Patrick Lynch, President of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, and the family of the late Det. Luis Alvarez. QUEENS, NEW YORK – […]
NEW YORK, USA – SEP 07, 2014: Memorial Complex to the victims of September 11, 2001 on the spot where stood the twin towers – Shutterstock Image By CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Today, New York City and the nation marked 18 years since the September 11th terror attacks. A somber ceremony was held this morning […]