A union representing New York City firefighters says its rank and file are “disgusted and disappointed” with the plea deal sparing alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and two other terrorists from the death penalty. The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that it has entered pretrial agreements with Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash,...
Prosecutors have agreed to plea agreements with three of the masterminds of the Sept. 11 terror attacks who were awaiting trial in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Department of Defense (DOD) said Wednesday. The Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier, entered into pretrial agreements with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and...
Reaction came swiftly after the news that three terrorists who masterminded the Sept. 11 terror attacks will be spared the ultimate punishment after striking a plea deal with prosecutors on Wednesday. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi were awaiting trial in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, when they...
A 9/11 terrorist’s plea to a Virginia judge that he be sent home to France from a federal Supermax prison to avoid the prospect of Donald Trump ordering his execution led to outrage from lawmakers on Monday. A letter from Zacarias Moussaoui to federal Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria lays out the so-called “20th hijacker’s”...
Sept. 11, 2001, was a dark day in American history that will forever be remembered. The terrorist attacks took the lives of nearly 3,000 people. Commercial plane passengers, civilians on the ground and first responders all lost their lives that day in a horrendous act that is remembered with great despair each year. The events...
On Sept. 11, 2001, four commercial planes were hijacked by terrorists. One plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, another went into the south tower. In Virginia, the Pentagon building was also hit by a hijacked plane, and the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, after...
In the face of horror, passengers on hijacked commercial planes made heroic phone calls to loved ones and emergency personnel, providing vital information about the tragic events unfolding before them. On September 11, 2001, two of the planes hijacked by terrorists hit the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City and another hit...
Calls made from those inside the north and south towers on September 11, 2001, displayed great strength in the midst of tragedy. Listening to the phone calls that were made, bravery can be heard, as people did their best to assist one another through the horrific events. Radio calls from first responders, including Orio Palmer,...
There are 9/11 memorials throughout the United States where you can go at any time of the year to pay your respects to those who lost their lives on a tragic day in American history. There is a memorial in New York City where millions of visitors go each year to honor the fallen and...
