Among the many memorable moments from yesterday’s commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, none seems to be sparking as much debate as President Barack Obama reading Psalm 46. There are some who say church and state need to remain separate and that it’s inappropriate for a president to quote the Bible. [...]
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Lady Gaga, Fran Drescher, Pauly D, Nas, Juliane Hough, and Drake Bell all joined the 9/11 Tribute Movement, and are featured in a new 30-second PSA. Help them reach their goal of 1 million tributes. Check out the official 911 Day tribute on Facebook here.
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As we continue to follow coverage of the ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, here’s a powerful, musical moment from the ceremony taking place today at Ground Zero in New York. Here’s singer/songwriter Paul Simon offering up a deeply moving and atmospheric rendering of his signature song “Sound of Silence”. Never forget. [...]
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As America remembers the tenth anniversary of 9/11, one F-16 pilot who scrambled that fateful day to prevent an attack on the U.S. capital says she was prepared to ram her plane into a hijacked aircraft, as there was no time to arm it with missiles. Heather Penney, then a lieutenant in the Washington D.C. [...]
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Of all the videos I’ve seen over the years that commemorate the 9/11 attacks and honor the lives of those that were lost, this special video created by Live for their song “Overcome” is the most moving, in my opinion. No other clip captures the raw emotion and sentiment of that fateful day. On this [...]
Here are your top stories for this Sunday, September 11, 2011: – Authorities on high alert for possible 9/11 terrorist attack – President Barack Obama visits Arlington National Cemetery – Flight 93 memorial dedicated – NASA launches probes to explore moon
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While the rest of the world was on the ground, weeping for the tragic loss we experienced on September 11, 2001, astronaut Frank Culbertson was aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Two hundred fifty miles above the Earth’s surface, Culbertson was the only American not on our planet when disaster struck. He, along with two [...]
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It was only a matter of time. Tonight, President Barack Obama ordered a redoubling of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts as the result of a “credible but unconfirmed” threat just before the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. (UPDATE: The threat has just been confirmed) U.S. officials say the threat involved Washington D.C. and New [...]
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