West Side Highway Becomes Point Thank You For 9/11
Every year, on 9/11, the West Side Highway is transformed into what is, for many, an unexpected cheer zone.
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Every year, on 9/11, the West Side Highway is transformed into what is, for many, an unexpected cheer zone.
The 11th anniversary of 9/11 brings back truly scary stories from that day back in 2001.
The new Four World Trade Center isn't scheduled to open for another year, but Friday, reporters got a sneak peek.
Mayor Mike Spano said the 34-foot rusted steel beam will be erected and installed at Conor Park for families who lost loved ones
The 9/11 Museum was scheduled to open two weeks from today, but that will not happen.
Seven World Trade Center was the first building opened to replace one that was destroyed on 9/11. On August 27, a Borough of Manhattan Community College building will be the second.
A group of mostly parents of slain firefighters argued a plan for a repository inside the memorial museum - seven stories down at bedrock - is disrespectful.
The group 9/11 Parents And Families of Firefighters And World Trade Center Victims has sued the city for not releasing a list of all victims' families.
An atheist group wants to block the National September 11th Memorial and Museum from displaying the iconic World Trade Center cross.
The nonprofit foundation said visitors have come from all 50 states and 170 countries to see the two giant reflecting pools ringed by waterfalls that make up the memorial.
84 firefighters responded to a report of a smoke condition on the 88th floor.
The FDNY said the worker was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Hudson Square is within walking distance of the World Trade Center site and the 9/11 Memorial. At one institution that fact is never forgotten
Politicians will be excluded from speaking at this year's Sept. 11 anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero, following a year in which families have expressed concern that political struggles are hindering progress on a 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center site.
One of the leaders of the effort to build an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center says someone threatened to kill him during the furor over the project.
The graffiti -- written in pink and black marker -- was found on a granite seat in the memorial's plaza, police said.
Construction workers removed their helmets and looked on teary-eyed as the final steel beam of the tower was lifted into place Monday, accompanied by a rendition of "God Bless America'' performed by gospel singer BeBe Winans.
On July 1, 2011, in Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device took both of Army Specialist Bryan Dilberian's legs and one of his arms, but he has not been forgotten.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says trains between New York and New Jersey should not have been halted because President Barack Obama was in town.
Thursday night, several streets around the city will closed. The Obamas headed to the West Village for a campaign fundraiser at the home of Sarah Jessica Parker and to Midtown for a stop at the Plaza Hotel.
Some 9/11 victims' family members want to have the National Park Service run the museum and memorial the World Trade Center site, WCBS 880's Monica Miller reported.
On Tuesday morning, the Enterprise will depart from Elizabeth, passing the Statue of Liberty at 9:50 a.m. and the World Trade Center at 10:40 a.m. before completing its journey to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum at 11:30 a.m., where it will be hoisted onto the flight deck.
The governors of New York and New Jersey have called on the National Park Service to take a role in funding and managing the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center site.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health director Dr. John Howard is scheduled to make a determination by Saturday, though his decision might not be announced until Monday.
A special ceremony will be held tonight at 6:30 at the 9/11 Memorial to honor the people whose hands carried the buckets, whose torches cut the steel, and whose searching discovered the bodies.
