New York Commemorates 1993 World Trade Center Bombing

JENNIFER PELTZ / The Associated Press Feb 26, 2018 Survivors and others gather at ground zero for a tribute to victims of the first terrorist attack on the trade center, which killed six people. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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New York Values: What Tiny Ted Cruz Will Never Get About the Big Town

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jan 16, 2016 Demagogues denigrating New York come and go with boring predictability -- and the nation's greatest city will continue to thrive long after the Texas senator is merely an unpleasant memory. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

President Obama Remembers 9/11: ‘As Americans We Do Not Give In to Fear, Ever’

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 12, 2014 President Obama marked the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the grounds of one of the hijackers' targets, the Pentagon, commemorating the occasion with rhetorical flourishes that invited Americans to see themselves as fearless and ever on the up-and-up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Documents Show Feds Downplayed Ground Zero Health Risks

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2011 New documents have emerged showing that officials in Washington and New York misrepresented or concealed information that ultimately might have protected thousands of people from the contaminated air at Ground Zero.Officials misrepresented or concealed information that ultimately might have protected thousands of people. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Scenes From the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2011 Americans gathered at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Manhattan and at other sites Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Ahmadinejad Denied 9/11 Tribute

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had hoped to lay a wreath at ground zero during his upcoming visit to New York "in order to pay tribute to the victims of the terrorists attack of Sept. 11, 2001," but local authorities and America's U.N. ambassador have both said no way to the request. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )