Rememberance replaces images of 9/11 at Ground Zero

Rememberance replaces images of 9/11 at Ground Zero

Americans across the world took a moment to remember the victims of the September 11 attacks. The tributes played out across the US. ...
08:26 AM, Sep 12, 2011

Hope & heroism: Obama hails post-9/11 resilience

Hope & heroism: Obama hails post-9/11 resilience Washington: Ten years after the nation was unified in horror, US President Barack Obama honored the legacy of the September 11 victims on Sunday by personally tracing the trail of the terrorist attacks, proudly declaring that the decade since has proven "America does not give in to fear." At ground zero, Obama stood in solidarity with former US President George W Bush right where hijacked airliners smashed into the twin...
07:30 AM, Sep 12, 2011

Americans mark 10 years of the 9/11 attacks

Americans mark 10 years of the 9/11 attacks New York: Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful. Law enforcement authorities in New York and Washington were on high alert against what was described as a "credible but unconfirmed" threat of an al Qaeda plot to attack the United States again a decade...
02:06 PM, Sep 11, 2011

Spielberg chronicles rebuilding of Ground Zero

Spielberg chronicles rebuilding of Ground Zero New Delhi: On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Steven Spielberg brings a new show about the daunting task of constructing the new, 104-storyed, World Trade Center. Being the Executive Producer of this Discovery Channel show 'Rising: Rebuilding Grond Zero', Spielberg toured the site with the workers during the making of the show. The show celebrates the grit, the drive and the audacious imagination of a wide array...
04:55 PM, Sep 09, 2011

A decade of 9/11: The 100 most iconic photos

It's been 10 years since the fateful day that changed the face of America. We look at some of the most memorable and haunting images of the hours that changed the course of modern history. Combination photo shows hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 as it approaches and impacts the World Trade Center's south tower bursting into flames and raining a hail of debris on lower Manhattan in New York September 11, 2001. A gaping hole in the north tower (R) can be seen following a similar attack earlier in the day.Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 (L) flies toward the World Trade Center twin towers shortly before slamming into the south tower (L) as the north tower burns following an earlier attack by a hijacked airliner in New York City September 11, 2001. The stunning aerial assaults on the huge commercial complex where more than 40,000 people worked on an ordinary day were part of a coordinated attack aimed at the nation's financial heart. They destroyed one of America's most dramatic symbols of power and financial strength and left New York reeling.
04:52 PM, Sep 08, 2011

9/11: The stories behind the artefacts

The 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches - and we look back at the event that changed the face of modern history forever. (Text from Reuters and pictures taken on August 22, 2011 by Lucas Jackson)A Port Authority Police Department uniform hat, badge number 899 and Port Authority Pipe Band hat belonging to victim Liam Callahan is seen in this photograph. Liam Callahan was a Port Authority police officer who had been commended for his Ironworker construction helmet belonging to Larry Keating is seen in this photograph. Larry Keating was an ironworker foreman who helped oversee the removal of wreckage from the World Trade Center site during the nine-month clean-up operation following the attack, and was chosen by the ironworkers union, Local 40, to represent his colleagues at the ceremonial removing of what became known as Last Column - an upright piece of of the towers that had become covered in mementos from the clean-up workers and from which flew an American flag. He wore his hardhat throughout the clean-up, and continued to wear it proudly for site visits until his death in 2011 from a heart attack.
06:22 PM, Sep 06, 2011
9/11: the art of rebuilding Ground Zero

9/11: the art of rebuilding Ground Zero

Irish-born photographer Marcus Robinson has spent the last five-years documenting the rebuilding of Ground Zero. ...
03:43 PM, Sep 05, 2011

We never forget: Obama says at Ground Zero

We never forget: Obama says at Ground Zero New York: US President Barack Obama on Thursday made a symbolic visit to the Ground Zero site of the fallen twin towers and said that 9/11 orchestrator Osama bin Laden's death shows America's unfailing commitment to bring terrorists to "justice". During his solemn visit to New York, days after bin Laden was killed by US forces, Obama told a crew of fire fighters that lost 15 members on 9/11 that...
11:50 PM, May 05, 2011

Obama to participate in ceremony at Ground Zero

Obama to participate in ceremony at Ground Zero Washington: US President Barack Obama would travel to New York on Thursday to participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Ground Zero there to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, the White House has announced. The former President George W Bush, who was invited for the event would not be attending it. "Following the ceremony, the President will meet privately with 9/11 family members. During the trip, the...
11:05 AM, May 05, 2011

Bush declines Obama's invitation to Ground Zero

Bush declines Obama's invitation to Ground Zero Washington: Former President George W Bush has declined an invitation from President Barack Obama to attend a New York ceremony on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, Bush's office said. "He appreciated the invite, but has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight," said Bush spokesman David Sherzer. Obama is to speak at New York's "Ground Zero" and meet families of some of...
08:19 AM, May 04, 2011

Obama slams Ahmadinejad over his 9/11 comments

Obama slams Ahmadinejad over his 9/11 comments Washington: US President Barack Obama has hit out at his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for saying that America was behind the 9/11 attacks. Ahmadinejad in his speech at the UN had suggested that the US was involved in the 9/11 attacks. While speaking to BBC, the President called the comments hateful and inexcusable. Obama lashed out at Ahmadinejad for the latest of what the White House called a long list...
12:54 PM, Sep 25, 2010
Opposition is stoking anti-Muslim fears: Imam

Opposition is stoking anti-Muslim fears: Imam

The Chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, who is leading the demand for the mosque at the 9/11 site, said that the Oppn is stoking anti-Muslim fears. ...
11:28 AM, Sep 13, 2010

We will definitely not burn Quran: US pastor

We will definitely not burn Quran: US pastor New York: A controversial US pastor, who drew global outrage for his plans to torch copies of Quran, has vowed that he will never do so, even if a mosque is built near Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 terror attacks here. "We will definitely not burn the Quran, no," pastor Terry Jones of Florida told an international news channel. "Not today, not ever," he said when pressed whether...
01:45 PM, Sep 12, 2010

Rival rallies over Islamic Centre mark 9/11

Rival rallies over Islamic Centre mark 9/11 New York/Washington: As America observed the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that shook the world, thousands of rowdy protestors held rallies in Lower Manhattan for and against a proposed controversial Islamic Centre near Ground Zero. Both sides drew large, boisterous crowds with about 3,000 pro-mosque demonstrators marching from City Hall to the Federal Building on Saturday and 2,500 anti-mosque protestors rallying near the controversial Park Place...
12:14 PM, Sep 12, 2010
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