Fox 5 – September 12, 2014 by Jessica Mulvihill Thirteen years after working tirelessly on the rescue and recovery efforts in the days and weeks that followed the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center, 54-year-old firefighter Jimmy Martinez, is in need of a hero of his own. “I knew that there was […]
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Editorial:The Duty to Remember
NY Daily News – September 11, 2014 Thirteen years ago, mass murder came from the sky as Islamist radicals turned those four airliners into missiles aimed at the heart of America. We remember, we mourn, we rage, our emotions no less raw after another turn of the calendar. Never will there be balm for the […]
Planners Celebrate WTC Hub as 9/11 Anniversary Nears
As the city prepares for another anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, officials provide an optimistic outlook on Lower Manhattan’s rebuilding, centered around the site where the Twin Towers fell. NY1’s Jose Martinez filed the following report. It’s at least $2 billion over budget and the 2015 arrival of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub will […]
Six Months After East Harlem Explosion, City Works to Better Monitor Gas Leaks
NY 1 – September 10, 2014 by Jon Weinstein Even while the investigation into what exactly caused the East Harlem explosion continues, there are already a series of changes in place when it comes to monitoring gas leaks and the gas pipeline system in the city. NY1’s Jon Weinstein filed the third part of his […]
Now Open, 9/11 Museum Sees Influx of New Artifacts
Associated Press – September 10, 2014 by JENNIFER PELTZ (Associated Press) (AP) — After seeing the new National September 11 Memorial Museum, one victim’s widow decided to donate one of her husband’s FDNY paramedic shirts, karate uniforms and beloved baseball jersey. A retired police detective gave the sole-scorched boots she wore while working amid […]
Murder-Suicide Suspected after NYC Blaze Kills 3
NY Post – September 10, 2014 by Kevin Sheehan, Dana Sauchelli and Daniel Prendergast A financially troubled Queens man butchered his wife and their teen son to death with a knife before setting them on fire and killing himself in a grisly murder-suicide, sources said. The gruesome scene was discovered when firefighters arrived to the […]
Growing Up in the Shadow of 9/11: Revisited
By Kimberly Tan Below is an article I published in The Huffington Post two years ago on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. Today, the United States pauses to commemorate the 11-year anniversary of one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil. With tragic memories of the over 3,000 innocent lives lost and a raging war […]
Man Kills Wife, Son Then Slits Wrists, Sets Fire in Queens Home: Cops
NY Daily News – September 10, 2014 by Nancy Dillon, Rocco Parascandola, Erik Badia, Tina Moore A Queens man with money troubles knifed his wife and their brainy 16-year-old son to death, torched their apartment and then killed himself Tuesday, police sources said. Firefighters found the three bodies when they were called to the family’s […]
13 Years Later, FDNY Honors for 13 New Casualties of Post-9/11 Illnesses
Chief Leader – September 09, 2014 by SARAH DORSEY Fire Capt. Peter J. Casey was enthusiastic enough about his job that his son, Brian, remembers as a child hearing his dad yell out the car window, “Hey, brother!” whenever he saw an FDNY sticker on a nearby car. “He lived the FDNY as long as […]
Ground Zero is Rallying Point for Political Push to Renew Zadroga Bill
Newsday – September 09, 2014 by RIDGELY OCHS Politicians, labor officials, advocates and responders gathered near Ground Zero Monday — three days before the 13th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks — to pledge extending the federal James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act for 25 years beyond 2016, when funding is set to […]
