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September 11, 2021

 

Pentagon leaders remember 9/11 victims in first ceremony held after ending of Afghanistan war The Pentagon’s 9/11 observance ceremony on Saturday morning began with reading the names of the 184 victims of the attack on the building, the clang of a ship bell punctuating each one. READ MORE

2 NY natives take part in reenlistment in skies over Africa as US mission in Djibouti marks 20 years since 9/11 Two soldiers from upstate New York participated in a reenlistment ceremony aboard a KC-130J Super Hercules flying over a ground ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks Saturday at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. READ MORE

Fallen Marine returns home as US marks 20 years after 9/11 Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, was among the U.S. service members and Afghans killed in the Aug. 26 bombing near the Kabul airport. READ MORE   'Don't focus on hate': World marks 20th anniversary of 9/11 The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero began Saturday with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. READ MORE   US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks A satellite image seen by the AP in late August showed some of the batteries removed from the area, though activity and vehicles still could be seen there. READ MORE

US flag, sewn at POW camp, settles at Smithsonian An American flag, assembled secretively and at risk in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, was fashioned out of pieces of red blanket, white bedsheets and blue denim dungarees. It is on its way to the Smithsonian. READ MORE   With bounties on their heads and branded as terrorists, Haqqanis now hold power in Taliban government Twenty years after al-Qaida attacked the United States - a plot hatched in Afghanistan - its loyalists hold senior positions in the Taliban's new transitional government. There is one name that stands out: Haqqani. READ MORE   After 9/11, a rush of national unity. Then quickly, more and new divisions On Monday, members of Congress are set to gather for a ceremony marking the 9/11 terrorist attacks, similar to the gathering on the night of the attacks, when members of Congress, many holding small American flags, stood on the Capitol steps and spontaneously sang "God Bless America." But so much has changed. READ MORE   Confusion surrounds enforcement of vaccine mandate for federal workers As some union officials reflected opposition to the plan, other workers raised the possibility that vaccine-hesitant employees who are close to retirement could decide to put in their papers early. READ MORE   Lions start off season with a roar Stuttgart overcomes early deficit to defeat Vilseck in Division I season-opener. READ MORE   Vietnam War photos returned to former Air Force photographer In 1968, a young U.S. Air Force captain assigned as a photographer was trekking through the cities and countryside of South Vietnam focusing his lens on city scenes, infantrymen and the casualties of war. Fifty-three years later, Richard Pitera was reunited with at least a thousand of those photos he took during those dangerous days. READ MORE

 

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