Ground zero workers in court on 9/11 settlement
AP - 2 hours 8 minutes agoA federal judge wants to hear from ground zero workers about a multimillion-dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center.
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A federal judge wants to hear from ground zero workers about a multimillion-dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center.
“Were you working inside one of the twin towers?” I asked, trying to gently draw out the story of Sept. 11, 2001, from a woman I had just met. “The twin towers are inside of me,” Elizabeth Beckman said without missing a beat. “They’re in my lungs, my throat, my skin.”
Hood County resident and 911 survivor Brian Birdwell plans to seek the District 22 Senate seat vacated by Kip Averitt. Birdwell survived the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Former state senator David Sibley of Waco has also announced his candidacy.
A federal appellate court says it won't reconsider its ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for misuse of the material witness statute after the Sept. 11 attacks.
All the news over the past few months about holding the trial of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in downtown Manhattan, then moving it...
Val Verde Fire Rescue members got a chance to hear what it was like at ground zero in the days following the worst act of terrorism our country has experienced. Retired Deputy Fire Chief Arthur Cave of Indiana met at the firehouse Friday night to talk about his 9/11 experiences.
Birmingham ---- The city's Public Arts Board will ask the City Commission to request a piece of steel recovered from the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center for use in a public memorial.
The Harvard Law School grad accused of setting a fire inside a 9/11 memorial has pleaded not guilty. The lawyer representing 27-year-old Brian Schroeder says his client was "profoundly intoxicated" when the fire broke out and that he "has very limited memories of being inside the building," where he allegedly torched teddy bears, flowers, notes, and other mementos last fall. After the incident ...
The Harvard Law School grad charged with setting a fire in an East Side 9/11 memorial -- allegedly using teddy bear mementos to feed the flames -- was "profoundly intoxicated," his lawyer said yesterday as the accused arsonist pleaded not guilty. Brian Schroeder, 26, of Texas, has tried to...
News-Times/Kate Burke Lucille Kuzelka’s collection of music boxes includes this water globe that plays “New York, New York.” She treasures it for its depiction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, prior to their destruction by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.
NEW YORK, March 17 (UPI) -- Data shows that the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center collapse in New York caused potentially dangerous heart problems to first responders, researchers said.
A defense lawyer says a Harvard Law School graduate accused of setting a fire at a New York City chapel that temporarily housed the remains of Sept. 11 victims was so drunk he barely remembers being there.
NEW YORK (AP) — A defense lawyer says a Harvard Law School graduate accused of setting a fire at a temporary New York City repository for Sept. 11 victims' remains was so drunk he barely remembers being there.
One-quarter of U.S. adults agree with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the 2001 terrorist attacks were fabricated, a poll released Wednesday said.
Attorney General Eric Holder says a decision will be made in a matter of weeks on where to try the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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