9/11

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Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69

1:31am May 30, 2025

Kerik, an Army veteran, was hailed as a hero after the 9/11 attack and eventually nominated to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, before a dramatic fall from grace that ended with him behind bars.

Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin And General Charles Q. Brown Jr. Hold Joint Press Briefing At The Pentagon

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Defense secretary revokes plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters

9:48pm August 02, 2024

by Sacha Pfeiffer

The previous agreements exchanged guilty pleas from the men for sentences of at most, life in prison.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11, agrees to plead guilty

11:18pm July 31, 2024

by The Associated Press

Mohammed and two accomplices agreed to plead guilty in exchange for sentences of up to life in prison rather than face a death-penalty trial.

On Sept. 11, 2001, 343 firefighters and paramedics were killed, most when the towers collapsed. Now, an equal number have died from 9/11-related illnesses, the FDNY says.

FDNY deaths from 9/11-related illnesses now equal the number killed on Sept. 11

4:36pm September 25, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

Two recent deaths brought the total to 343, matching the death toll from Sept. 11, the FDNY said. Some 11,000 former and current FDNY employees suffer from 9/11-related illnesses, 3,500 with cancer.

Two men identified by authorities as hijackers Mohamed Atta (right) and Abdulaziz Alomari (center) pass through airport security on Sept. 11, 2001, at Portland International Jetport in Maine in an image from airport surveillance tape released on Sept. 19,

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It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11

10:10am September 11, 2023

by David Schaper

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

A U.S. Naval officer stands at the entrance of the U.S. prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Oct. 22, 2016.

Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment, U.N. investigator finds

2:45pm June 27, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The United Nations report says 30 men remained detained at Guantánamo Bay — 19 of whom have never been charged with a crime. The investigator says the infamous site should be shuttered.

More than two decades after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the five men accused have still not gone to trial, and four presidential administrations have wrestled with the Guantánamo problem.

A year after plea talks began, the 9/11 case is still in limbo, frustrating families

8:06am March 11, 2023

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Settlement talks began a year ago in the 9/11 terrorism case. But little progress has been made, dragging out the future of the problem-plagued U.S. military court and prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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Family members and loved ones of victims of those who died on 9/11 attend the 20th anniversary commemoration ceremony on Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City.

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A Day Of Remembrances And Reflection: 20 Years After The 9/11 Attacks

9:45pm September 11, 2021

by Scott Neuman

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the nation paused to remember. Ceremonies took place at memorials in New York City; in Shanksville, Pa.; and at the Pentagon.

Danielle Booker hugs her mother, Sharon Booker, as the two remember Sean Booker, Danielle's father and Sharon's husband, at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum during a ceremony on Saturday in Manhattan. Sean Booker was a technician on the 93rd fl

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Photos: Scenes From 9/11 National Memorials

5:01pm September 11, 2021

On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, multiple ceremonies commemorated the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on that day.

Ali Malik, 37, with his sons Muhammad Binyamin, 9, and Layth Noah, 5. Malik is part of a class action lawsuit against the FBI alleging religious discrimination and violations of surveillance laws.

For Many American Muslims, The Legacy Of 9/11 Lies In The Battle For Civil Rights

11:47am September 11, 2021

by Leila Fadel

A Southern California community grapples with the legacy of being secretly surveilled by the FBI. Twenty years later, the matter is a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court.