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Ground Zero

Sam Pulia places flags before the commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. Americans are looking back on the horror and legacy of 9/11, gathering Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on US soil. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
September 12, 2023, 4:50 am
US marks 22 years since 9/11 with tributes and tears, from ground zero to Alaska
Warning of rise in extremism and political violence, Biden tells service members, families at Alaska ceremony that ‘every generation has to fight’ to preserve US democracy
By Jennifer Peltz and Karen Matthews
James Maroon, left, cleans the bottom of the south pool of the 9/11 Memorial with a vacuum, Aug. 4, 2021, in New York (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
September 12, 2021, 3:22 pm
‘A privilege to be here’: Ground Zero as seen by those who live and work there
For some people the memorial site to the victims of 9/11 is both a part of their daily routine and hallowed ground
By MARK LENNIHAN, JOHN MINCHILLO and JULIE JACOBSON
A US flag hanging from a steel girder, damaged in the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, blows in the breeze at a memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 11, 2019, as the sun rises behind One World Trade Center building and the re-developed area where the Twin Towers of World Trade Center once stood in New York City on the 18th anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
September 11, 2019, 11:38 pm
18 years later, America vows to ‘never forget’ 9/11 terror attacks
Memorials for victims of worst terror attack in US history held at Ground Zero, other crash sites and in Jerusalem
By AP and ToI Staff
Israeli and US servicemen holding a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11 at a memorial outside Jerusalem on September 11, 2017. (Rafi Ben Hakoon)
September 11, 2017, 5:15 pm
16 years on, US and Israel mourn 9/11 attacks, laud anti-terror alliance
US ambassador praises Israel for standing by America, says relationship strengthened, as relatives read names of victims at Ground Zero in New York
By ToI Staff and AP
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gets into a van as she leaves an apartment building Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in New York. Clinton's campaign said the Democratic presidential nominee left the 9/11 anniversary ceremony in New York early after feeling "overheated." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 11, 2016, 10:41 pm
Trump has long pushed idea Clinton’s not well enough
Republican nominee has said rival is ‘not strong enough to be president’; his spokeswoman last month claimed she has dysphasia
By Anita Chang Beattie
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is helped to her van as she leaves Ground Zero on September 11, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)
September 11, 2016, 7:37 pm
Clinton leaves 9/11 ceremony after ‘overheating,’ video shows her stumbling into van
Democratic nominee later emerges from her daughter’s apartment building in New York, waving to crowds; campaign says she’s ‘much better’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The door of a Fire Department of New York truck, salvaged from the ruins of the World Trade Center after the September 11, 2001 attacks (screen capture: YouTube)
September 9, 2016, 11:46 pm
After 15 years, the last artifacts of 9/11 are put to rest
Tons of wreckage, including twisted steel beams, crushed fire engine and airline slipper, were salvaged from World Trade Center after the 2001 attacks
By ADAM GELLER
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun speaks to the media about responding to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack in New York. (YouTube screenshot)
December 23, 2015, 11:26 pm
‘Stupid’ thief steals rabbi’s toxic Ground Zero garb
Garment contaminated with asbestos, lead taken from Yehuda Kaploun’s car in Miami
By JTA
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass at Madison Square Garden, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in New York. (AP/Julie Jacobson, Pool)
September 26, 2015, 6:45 am
Pope Francis crowns New York visit with public mass
Pontiff wraps up trip with celebration in Madison Square Garden where 20,000 pack indoor arena to take communion
By AFP
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik is Fire Chaplain for the City of New York. He is host of ABC's 'Religion on the Line' and does commentaries for WINS radio. (From the book, 'Rabbis: The Many Faces of Judaism,' by George Kalinsky)
September 18, 2015, 7:08 pm
This NY radio rabbi’s interfaith spirit is on fire
As co-host of WABC’s long-running ‘Religion on the Line,’ fire department chaplain Rabbi Joseph Potasnik is a leading voice for dialogue
By Cathryn J. Prince
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 11, 2015, to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. (AFP/ SAUL LOEB)
September 11, 2015, 6:02 pm
14 years on, Obama leads US in moment of silence for 9/11
Hundreds of White House staff join president and first lady in marking anniversary of attacks in New York and Washington
By AFP
As seen from the New Jersey Turnpike, smoke billows from the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City after airplanes crashed into both towers, September 11, 2001. (JTA/AP/Gene Boyars)
September 11, 2015, 3:43 am
‘Chained’ women and 4 other forgotten Jewish stories from 9/11
14 years on, some of the fallout from the devastating attack has slipped from public memory
By Gabe Friedman
A fire engine at Manhattan's collapsed World Trade Center following the terror attack on September 11, 2001. (photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0, by Chief Photographer's Mate Eric J. TIlford/US Navy, Wikimedia Commons)
September 26, 2014, 5:30 am
3 firefighters who worked at Ground Zero die in 1 day
FDNY retirees die of cancer, which many fear may be linked to toxic dust released during September 11 attacks
By Ula Ilnytzky
In this Monday, September 8, 2014, photo, the Tribute in Light rises behind buildings adjacent to the World Trade Center in New York. (photo credit: AP/Mark Lennihan)
September 11, 2014, 2:13 pm
Changes loom over 9/11 anniversary commemoration
Some lament the increasing normalcy around site, while others welcome it as sign of healing
By Rachelle Blidner and Jonathan Lemire
Anne Frank, age 12, at her school desk in Amsterdam in 1941. (AP Photo)
May 1, 2014, 6:32 am
Anne Frank’s chestnut tree revived in DC
Lleafy sapling that entranced the famed diarist while she was in hiding planted on Capitol Hill in her memory
By AFP
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