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• Sept. 11 memorial defends display of steel cross

  August 15, 2012 8:30 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center site say a judge should toss out a lawsuit by a national atheists group seeking to stop display of a cross-shaped steel beam found among trade center wreckage. The lawyers say in papers filed in... more »

• Last wrongful death lawsuit from 9/11 settled

  September 19, 2011 7:15 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The last wrongful death lawsuit remaining from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been resolved with a settlement. Attorney Donald Migliori said Monday that the family of Mark Bavis decided to settle after making public as much information as they could about what they viewed... more »

• Student designed memorial dedicated at Cheyenne Mtn. AFS

  September 12, 2011 12:05 PM

  A steel beam that was once part of the World Trade Center is now permanently on display at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station as a permanent memorial paying tribute to the victims of the September 11th terror attacks. The artifact was donated to the Air Force Station by... more »

• 9/11 family members add personal tributes to the reading of names

  September 11, 2011 1:52 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Family members who've been reading the names of loved ones who died on 9/11 during today's ceremony at the World Trade Center site have been adding personal memories and tributes. Nicholas Gorki, whose mother was still pregnant with him on that day, read the name of... more »

• Names of 9/11 attack victims ring out at WTC site

  September 11, 2011 9:26 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The family members of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks and the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center are remembering their loved ones at the newly opened Memorial Plaza at the World Trade Center site. The city is observing the 10th anniversary of... more »

• AFA dedicates new 9/11 memorial with a piece of the WTC

  September 10, 2011 12:26 AM

  Many of this year's incoming freshmen at the U.S. Air Force Academy were born in 1993; making them eight years old during the September 11th terrorist attack. One cadet pointed out that she didn't know exactly what was going on, but the panic and distress left an impact on her.... more »

• Local couple shares stories from 9/11

  September 9, 2011 1:23 AM

  After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, all U.S. flights were grounded just after 9 a.m. However Marta Hannon was one of the few that left that morning; she flew from Washington D.C. to Newark, New Jersey. "I remember looking down at New York and I kept thinking,... more »

• Beach Boys to play at 9/11 concert in Denver

  August 8, 2011 3:29 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Denver will host a free concert featuring the Beach Boys and the Colorado Symphony to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced the event Monday as pieces of steel from the World Trade Center were temporarily displayed across... more »

• Official: Conde Nast to sign $2B WTC tower lease

  May 24, 2011 6:43 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - An official says magazine publisher Conde Nast has finalized a lease to move into a million square feet of the signature skyscraper at the World Trade Center site. The official familiar with the lease negotiations tells The Associated Press that Conde Nast and the trade... more »

• Pueblo West family surprised at bin Laden's death

  May 2, 2011 10:47 PM

  A Pueblo West family says hearing about Osama bin Laden's death came as a surprise, especially because the U.S. Military has been looking for him for nine years. Dave and Mary Ann Cardinal's son-in-law, Chris Faughnan, died in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11,... more »

• President Obama to visit Ground Zero

  May 2, 2011 8:33 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to visit New York City on Thursday to mark the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. The White House says Obama will visit ground zero, the site of al-Qaida's attack on the World Trade Center, and meet with the families of... more »

• Google Earth tool will provide online WTC access

  May 26, 2010 10:21 AM

  Online visitors to the World Trade Center site will be able to explore the site with a click of the mouse thanks to a partnership between the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum and Google Earth. Museum officials said Wednesday that the 3-D model will help the public visualize... more »

• Chunk of World Trade Center arrives in Colorado Springs

  April 26, 2010 1:44 PM

  A beam from the World Trade Center is now in Colorado Springs as part of a memorial to be built at Schriever Air Force Base. The 50th Space Wing welcomed the twisted piece of steel with full military honors Monday morning. The box beam was recovered from the wreckage... more »

• Study finds 9/11-related lung damage long lasting

  April 7, 2010 5:11 PM

  A new study says that most New York City firefighters and medics whose lungs were damaged after they inhaled the pulverized masonry and glass of the World Trade Center are not improving as time goes by. Breathing tests conducted on nearly 11,000 firefighters who were at ground zero when... more »

• Bloomberg: Stop "craziness" and rebuild World Trade Center

  February 19, 2010 12:34 PM

  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it is time to move ahead more quickly with building at the World Trade Center site while material and labor costs are low. The mayor said on his weekly radio show Friday that it is time to "stop this craziness." He laid some of... more »

• Thousands of Colorado layoffs blamed on exports drop

  February 11, 2010 9:26 AM

  State figures show Colorado exports to other countries fell nearly 25 percent last year during a global recession. The state's director of international trade, Pam Reichert, says exports fell from about $7.7 billion in 2008 to about $5.8 billion last year. Jim Reis of the World Trade Center in... more »

• NYC to expand its high-tech counterterror system

  October 5, 2009 6:27 PM

  A network of security cameras, license plate readers and weapons sensors designed to protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats is now expanding to New York City's midtown area. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly say the city will extend the counterterrorism system into an area that includes Grand... more »