5 Years After 9/11

New Yorkers observe 9/11 anniversary

It took four hours Monday to read the names of the 2,749 killed on Sept. 11, 2001 -- from Gordon M. Aamoth, Jr. to Igor Zukelman.

Mourners come from near and far

The chatter of old friends greeting one another at Colors Restaurant stopped Monday when 7-year-old Vanessa Valencia began to sing: "Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?"

Bush joins firefighters to mourn

President George W. Bush opened a day-long journey of 9/11 remembrances this morning surrounded by New York police and firefighters, as all bowed their heads in unison at the very moment America came under attack five years ago today.

Families join together for 9/11 anniversary

The Adams and the John families met early Monday morning on the sidewalk just outside their neighboring Flatbush apartments.

Muslims wary on 9/11 anniversary

As a new Sept. 11 dawned for Afroz Kazi, a Pakistani Muslim living in Farmingville, thoughts turned to his old friend Mohammad Salman Hamdani, who as a child played with Kazi's two children when they lived in Queens.

Poll: New Yorkers expect the worst

Most New Yorkers expect another city terrorist attack in the next five years and a majority favor some form of profiling of Muslims or Middle Easterners, and are willing to surrender some personal freedoms to reduce the threat of terrorism, according to a NY1/Newsday poll.

9/11 aftermath brought out the worst in some

As tragic as 9/11 was, it didn't stop hucksters from trying to make a buck -- or a lot of bucks -- off the worst attack on U.S. soil.

Elite firehouse looks back to 9/11

A plastic soda bottle oozing with volatile household chemicals is thrown against a brick wall in Jamaica. But the Molotov cocktail doesn't blow up.

'Team Twin Towers' not giving up fight

To many New Yorkers, the Freedom Tower is a long-delayed symbol of hope for the rebirth of downtown. But to the members of Team Twin Towers, rebuilding anything other than the original buildings is handing al-Qaida the final victory.

9/11 Q&A: Ironworker Willie Quinlan

Willie Quinlan, 59, of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, retired ironworker with Local 40. Worked on the construction of the World Trade Center and the cleanup after its destruction on 9/11.

The children of 9/11: living through a public tragedy

Grabbing a burger from the grill in her backyard, Caitlin Langone, 17, flops onto a chair. Her brother Brian, 15, carefully trims a piece of fat from a chicken kebab.

Immigrant WTC cleanup crews facing health crisis

Claudia Gil was working weekends as a waitress in a discotheque in Queens when terrorists crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center.

Whitman: 9/11 health woes are city's fault

Former EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman is blaming the city for not forcing Ground Zero workers to wear respirators, prompting a fiery response from the city's top lawyer.

3 more WTC tower designs unveiled

Architects unveiled the designs for three office towers at the World Trade Center site Thursday, including a skyscraper topped by four shining diamonds that would light up lower Manhattan at night.

Twin Towers linger in images of Brooklyn exhibition

For nearly three decades, the Twin Towers symbolized New York City on posters, business logos, and store awnings. In the months after September 11, folklorist Kay Turner began to collect those images -- mementos of the city skyline before it was irrevocably scarred.

Selling souvenirs of tragedy at Ground Zero

It's been business as usual for sellers of World Trade Center-related tchotchkes -- ranging from paper weights to picture books -- despite the best efforts of authorities to clear them from Ground Zero.

Q & A

St. Paul's reverend recalls 9/11

The Reverend Dr. Stuart Hoke is the Parish Missioner and Staff Chaplain at Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel in lower Manhattan. On September 11, 2001, he tended to hundreds of people who sought shelter in Trinity Church, on Broadway at Wall Street, before being evacuated. In the months afterwards, St. Paul's Chapel ministered to thousands of Ground Zero workers.

9/11 photos and items open to public

There once was a time when a tourist could spend his first day in New York visiting the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center.

5 years later, father's pain remains

Wilton Sekzer glances toward the side of his Woodside apartment building, where the street sign above the passing cars bears his son's name, Jason, in memoriam.

Undocumented workers uncounted victims of 9/11

The official death toll from the World Trade Center attack is a staggering 2,749, but for many people, that number will never tell the whole story because it is simply not large enough.

Voices of 9/11: Richard Drew

Associated Press photographer Richard Drew began the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 shooting a midtown fashion show – but after the World Trade Center was attacked, he grabbed his gear and rushed downtown.

Voices of 9/11: Catherine Marshall

Catherine Marshall had been working as an editor at Lehman Brothers on the 38th floor of the north tower for only six weeks when the planes hit on Sept. 11, 2001.

Officer deals with illness after 9/11

Walking the beat in Washington Heights in March 2003, Officer Steven Mayfield felt light-headed. For several months, he had experienced weight loss, shortness of breath and dry mouth among other symptoms.

Q&A: Dr. Jackie Moline, Mt. Sinai World Trade Center Monitoring Program

Dr. Jackie Moline of the Mt. Sinai World Trade Center Monitoring Program, which is studying the health of 16,000 people exposed to the air at Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, spoke with amNewYork.

Study: 7 out of 10 WTC rescuers have suffered lung problems

Nearly 70% of the people who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11 developed breathing problems, doctors said Tuesday when announcing the results of a health study they say proves a conclusive link between Sept. 11 cleanup work and longterm respiratory diseases.

Five years after

9/11 skeptics challenge WTC findings

Before 2001, no steel-framed building in history had ever collapsed from fire -- on 9/11, three did. In December 2001, the Pentagon released a videotape of Osama bin Laden claiming responsibility for 9/11 -- but the man in the tape looked nothing like the al-Qaida leader and was wearing a gold ring, which is forbidden in Islam.