Schools Nationwide Struggle To Teach The Story Of 9/11
It's etched forever in the minds of their teachers, but for the majority of school children, Sept. 11, 2001, is a day of infamy they don't remember.
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It's etched forever in the minds of their teachers, but for the majority of school children, Sept. 11, 2001, is a day of infamy they don't remember.
Trees that came down on Long Island as a result of Hurricane Irene have been cut up and pushed to the side of the road for crews pick up but that doesn't seem to be the case in many areas.
Cuomo says he will pitch in during the Labor Day holiday event to clean homes of muck and debris. He urges New Yorkers who can't participate to send a check to a United Way disaster fund set up for Irene victims upstate.
It's hard enough for the able-bodied and young to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Imagine being elderly.
It's been nearly a week since Hurricane Irene ravaged New York City's northern suburbs, and it's still quite obvious to anyone who goes up and down the streets.
A New York City-based videographer has collected several of the skyscrapers' Silver Screen appearances for a moving tribute to the Towers just in time for the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Mary Fetchet, co-founder of Voices of September 11th, is relieved that Osama Bin Laden is dead, but doesn't want to dwell on it. Her 24-year-old son Brad was killed on 9/11.
In the days following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, then New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani became known as "America's Mayor."
The suspected bandit, who flashes a gun when stealing the phones, wears a pretty distinctive pair of shoes.
On Long Island, about 89,000 customers remain in the dark as of Thursday night, but there is some power progress being made.
The Story Corps project gives strangers a place to share and connect through quick audio clips recorded in booths around New York City.
Advocates for the firefighters said the trend was still worrisome, however, and doctors said they could not rule out the possibility that more cancer cases will develop among the firefighters as time goes on.
"He could have taken steps, which would have avoided this great tragedy," Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson said.
With the woman in the courtroom audience, Lafrem tried unsuccessfully to withdraw his guilty plea as he faced sentencing, filing papers he'd drawn up without his lawyer's input.
A new load of flood-damaged cars could make their way to a nearby dealership and you could easily be fooled.
