Security In New York City Intense On 9/11 Anniversary
Fortress New York. That's what it seems like out on the streets of the city on the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on America.
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Fortress New York. That's what it seems like out on the streets of the city on the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on America.
Designed by architects Jessica Jamroz and Frederic Schwarz, the memorial's towers are sunk into a berm and divided by a granite walkway that faces on a line to the World Trade Center site across the Hudson River.
New Jersey Homeland Security chief Charlie McKenna told Gov. Chris Christie's cabinet that the Garden State could be an attractive alternative for terrorists unable to strike heavily patrolled landmarks in New York.
The boost in security was obvious to many commuters around New York City's bridges, tunnels and mass transit hubs Friday.
Former New Jersey governor Tom Kean Sr. said he remains concerned about domestic terrorists because people with U.S. passports who want to do harm are more difficult to thwart than international terrorists.
Rising rivers flooded roadways in some of the same communities hit hard by Hurricane Irene as several hundred New Jersey residents remained in shelters Friday, waiting for waters from Tropical Storm Lee to recede.
Dharun Ravi is accused of remotely activating his webcam to spy on a same-sex encounter between his roommate Tyler Clementi and another man.
Michael O'Brien was sitting at his desk at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on the 88th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center when American Airlines flight 11 slammed into the north tower.
Officials say drivers should expect delays, closures and detours in connection with 9/11 events at the World Trade Center site and should avoid the area if possible.
"Something needs to happen. Somebody needs to do something because we're being ignored for much too long," Jay Hida said.
The situation has become bitterly familiar along the swollen Passaic River: More rain, and more flooding.
Newly posted audio files depict the horror of 9/11 unfolding in the sky, as air traffic controllers struggled to follow the faint tracks of hijacked planes, fighter jets tried in vain to chase them down and a flight attendant made a desperate appeal for help.
A co-founder of an acclaimed New Haven charter school and deputy mayor of New Jersey's largest city has been introduced as Connecticut's new education commissioner.
Officials decided to end the system that allowed motorists who didn't have enough change to take envelopes and mail the payment.
A flood warning is in effect for many parts of New Jersey. The rain that began Tuesday will continue to fall in the saturated region through Thursday.
