August 29, 2008
September 15: 'May God Bless America'
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Slideshow: The Towers in Flames
Twin terrorist attacks set the World Trade Towers aflame.
Slideshow: Scenes of Horror
Rubble replaced New York's proud towers.
Photos: Artists' visions for WTC site
These are some of the artistic designs for what the World Trade Center site could become on display at Max Protetch galleries in Manhattan.
'May God Bless America'
Cheering rescue workers chanting "U.S.A!" welcomed President George W. Bush on Friday to the World Trade Center ruins, on a rainy day that slowed efforts to find survivors.
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Jimmy Breslin: Survivors Face A Harsh Reality
I was coming from the downtown East Side, where on streets like Avenue C and D there had been no garbage picked up for three days and no trucks were allowed in to make food deliveries. People had no bread or milk. Some women civic workers were out on Avenue D, looking for a bodega owner who asked people to pay $5 for a quart of milk. This never should have been done in time of war. He ducked and the women looked on.
Memorial Planned for Dead Firefighters
A two-hour memorial remembrance for the estimated 350 firefighters who perished in the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Towers is planned for Sept. 23 in Central Park, starting at 3 p.m.
Dennis Duggan: Following in Heroic Footsteps
"The only standing room you'll find at a firefighter's funeral is out in the street, down the block."
Lost Helping One of His Own
Fire Lt. Glenn Wilkinson had just ordered his company, Brooklyn's Engine 238, out of the lobby of the crumbling World Trade Center's Tower Two Tuesday morning when he took a roll call and discovered someone was missing.
'I Hope for the Best, I Expect the Worst'
Helen Dallara cooked her son, John, his favorite meal of spaghetti with garlic, red pepper and sausages for lunch on Monday, and when he left she urged him to take a $1.50 bag of spice drop candy she had bought at Rite-Aid.
An Officer Who Was Building for the Future
With a new baby born just last month, Paul Talty, a 40-year-old city police officer with the Emergency Service Unit, went to work on Tuesday morning with thoughts of building for the future. He and his wife were even putting an addition on their Wantagh house to make room for their growing family.
Families Cling to Hope, Prepare for Worst
David Vincent stood in the rain outside the 69th Regiment Armory on Friday waiting for his daughter's Hoboken, N.J., roommate to bring a toothbrush with 28-year-old Melissa Vincent's DNA.
Bias Incidents Against Arabs Increase
Police report increasing numbers of bias incidents against Arabs in the city, including a couple involving firebombs, as local Muslim leaders try to show they love America as much as anyone else.
Anger in Houses of Faith
From mosques, temples, synagogues and churches, religious leaders Friday condemned the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center as a sin against God and humanity.
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Feds Seize A 'Material Witness'
Federal authorities arrested a man they described as a "material witness" in the investigation of the attack on the World Trade Center towers, officials said Friday.
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The Lost
COLLECTIVELY, THE names and stories are not unlike an avalanche now, relentless and pushing its way well beyond Manhattan canyons into engine company after engine company, leaving collages of missing faces on walls and telephone poles, rolling inside the
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Caution Leads to False Alarms
Ten of 11 people detained at Kennedy and LaGuardia airports Thursday have been released, and federal officials said Friday that FBI agents will be stationed at area airports to quickly handle reports of suspicious people.
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Rain Hampers Rescue Efforts
The skies opened up yesterday on Mike Ryan and other rescue workers struggling to dismantle the fallen World Trade Center to reach the lives lost, or flickering, underneath.
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Officials to Media: Verify Stories
City officials criticized the media Friday for reporting inaccurate stories about miracle rescues and actual arrests, while reporters and news directors complained of the unusual difficulty of verifying information in the chaos surrounding the aftermath of the terrorist attack.
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Untangling Manhattan Subway Lines
The subway system gently untangled knots along its downtown Manhattan tracks Friday. Transit workers tested precarious routes and measured vibrations to learn if the surface above would hold.
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Helping Kids Cope With Unknown
Students often seek the spiritual advice of the Rev. James Williams, the 32-year-old president of Chaminade High School. But his office has never been filled with such empty hope or grief.
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Hijackers May Have Used Handcuffs
Investigators have recovered a pair of severed hands bound together with plastic handcuffs from the World Trade Center debris, police sources said Friday.
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Not Just Business as Usual
New York City took steps toward returning to normalcy Friday by reopening about half of lower Manhattan, which had been locked down since Tuesday, but life remained far from normal at places like Pellegrino's restaurant.
