On September 11th 2001 83 employees of the investment banking firm Sandler O'Neill & Partners were working a normal work day on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center's south tower. Sixty-six of those people were killed in the terrorist attacks. Those 66 men and women had 76 children.
Did you know that Rome New York played a big role on keeping the skies safe on September 11th before and after the attacks? The U.S. Air Force technicians and officers of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) worked hard to defend the nation’s air.
With the anniversary of 9/11 coming up, we are starting to learn even more stories from that day unfold on social media. We stumbled on a story from a flight attendant on a Delta Flight 15 flying over the North Atlantic.
Clinton native Gordon Felt is the president of the Families of Flight 93. The New York Times just put together a video interview with Gordon talking about the new memorial at the site of the crash.
In Lower Manhattan, near the spot where the Twin Towers once stood, the reading of the names of those who died on September 11, 2001, began early Thursday morning.
It has been a whole thirteen years since that fateful day. We all know where we were when it happened and were all touched deeply, even if our loved ones were nowhere near the Twin Towers.
This year marks the 13th anniversary of the attacks of September 11th. Central New Yorkers will have many opportunities to mark this tragic day in our nation's history.