9/11 first responders still suffering trauma 20 years later
The 20th anniversary coming on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic is even triggering first-time mental health issues.
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The 20th anniversary coming on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic is even triggering first-time mental health issues.
"It doesn't fix what happened that day, but it really does give you another story to attach to that day," director Christopher Ashley said.
Billy Denis retired from the FDNY just five days before 9/11. After the twin towers came down, he rushed to ground zero and stayed through the darkest days of the recovery efforts. Twenty years later, he tells CBS News: “I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t do it.”
"I try to do what I can to make sure that more of us know that this is our nation, too," one Muslim American said
On 9/11 and the days afterward, New York City’s volunteer firefighters played a pivotal role in supporting the FDNY. Ed Wilmarth, a volunteer in Queens, tells CBS News his story of responding to the attacks when he was just 20 years old.
After a day of closed, classified sessions, the pretrial for five alleged 9/11 plotters resumes today. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins "CBSN AM" from Guantanamo Bay to talk more about what is happening in the courtroom, and how 9/11 families are preparing to commemorate 20 years since the attacks.
Activists who helped NYC restaurant employees who lost jobs and colleagues in 9/11 are now fighting for tipped workers nationwide.
Betty Ann Ong was the first person to alert authorities that tragedy was about to unfold on Sept. 11, 2001. Her dramatic words were recorded for posterity.
Hillary Clinton, then New York's junior senator, remembers the "heroism and determination and tenacity" after the attacks.
Mark LaGanga spent his career asking others about their stories but now he's telling his own about what witnessed and captured through his lens on September 11, 2001.
The wartime general reflected on the 20-year war with CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett.
Katie Pereira was only 7 years old when she lost her father in the September 11 terrorist attack. She's now helping others cope with loss.
The church, located steps way from the World Trade Center, was completely destroyed on 9/11. But this week, just ahead of the 20th anniversary, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will be reborn.
For the 20th anniversary of the tragedy, 2,997 small American flags were planted to honor those who died. Hours later, several were were ripped out and snapped in half.
Financial crises, political chaos, culture wars. Two decades after the attacks, this is what decay looks like.
Michael Morell, a former top intelligence official who was with President George W. Bush on September 11, shares his experience from that day and assesses today's terror threat.
A decade ago Olivia Perez, Lauren Charette and An Nguyen wrote to their late fathers in a book called, "The Legacy Letters." Earlier this month they revisited their letters with "CBS Morning" co-host Gayle King.
Hanna Born was three years old, and her sister Heather was four months old, when a plane struck the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Despite the lack of a specific threat, DHS warned the 9/11 anniversary could create a "heightened threat environment," and Mayorkas said the agency is "ever vigilant."
After 9/11, Paul Veneto fell into drug addiction. He said this year, he finally felt healthy enough to walk the more than 200 miles to New York City.
Overall, 2,753 people died in New York City that day. Just over 40% of those who died have not been officially identified.
The morning of the attacks, the FBI was forced to evacuate its offices and set up a makeshift base for what would become the largest investigation in the Bureau's history.
President Biden will visit New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon Saturday.
Technology, along with the fear of terrorism, have profoundly reshaped daily life in the U.S. since 2001 attacks.
One of the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist's most famous images is of a figure falling from the World Trade Center's Twin Towers during the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. He says that viewers identify with it because they think, "That could be me."