Tag Archives: 9/11

Jersey City Mayor Slams Trump’s “Hate Campaign”

This weekend Donald Trump twice declared that “thousands and thousands” of Arabs in Jersey City were cheering when the Twin Towers came down. Which never happened. Democratic Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who joined the Marines and served in Iraq after witnessing the attack, is furious. He was elected mayor in 2013 at the age of 36 and my pals …

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Donald Trump: “Thousands And Thousands” Of Arabs In Jersey City Were Cheering On 9/11

Donald Trump this morning repeated the ridiculous claim he made yesterday at a rally in Alabama. ABC News reports: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump defended comments he made Saturday saying he saw thousands of people in Jersey City, New Jersey cheering when the World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11, 2001. “There were people that were cheering on the …

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Trump: Dubya Knew 9/11 Was Coming [VIDEO]

Donald Trump doubled down on his accusations against former President George W. Bush this morning in a CNN interview in which he declared that Bush knew the 9/11 attacks were imminent. Trump: “Look, his brother gets hit on, he’s a loyal person, and he’s loyal to his brother. But his brother made some mistakes. His brother could have made a …

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Donald Trump: I Would Have Stopped 9/11 [VIDEO]

Yesterday Donald Trump appeared on Fox News where he told host Chris Wallace that his immigration policy would have stopped 9/11 from happening. Via Mediaite: After Wallace asked how he would’ve done things differently, Trump promised that since he is “extremely, extremely tough on immigration,” there’s no way the hijackers would’ve gotten anywhere near the planes with him in charge. …

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Trump: I Know You Are, But What Am I?

Yesterday Donald Trump implied that Dubya is at least partially responsible for the 9/11 attacks, spurring Jeb Bush to call Trump “pathetic.” So naturally the always presidential-acting Trump channeled Pee-Wee Herman to respond.

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Donald Trump Attacks Dubya On 9/11: “The World Trade Center Came Down During His Reign”

Donald Trump today implied that President George W. Bush was at least partially responsible for 9/11. Via Talking Points Memo: “He was President,” Trump said. “Blame him, or don’t blame him, but he was President. The World Trade Center came down during his reign.” Trump asserted that unlike the George W. Bush, he would be “a leader” who could command …

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Tonight In Manhattan

Breathtaking photo of the Tribute in Light one night before the 13th anniversary of 9/11 (captured by @GaryHershorn) pic.twitter.com/Ax4ecxscG5— New York Post (@nypost) September 11, 2014

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Second Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules That WTC Cross Isn’t A Religious Symbol

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the public display of the so-called WTC Cross is a secular remembrance of the 9/11 attacks and not a religious symbol. “Thank God,” said Father Brian Jordan, the Franciscan priest who had the cross pulled from Ground Zero weeks after an excavator showed it to him. “In a way, we’ve been …

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9/11 Museum: 10 Year Time-Lapse

Clip description: A letter from the CEO & Founder of EarthCam: It’s been a heroic undertaking to rebuild downtown New York City after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Within days of this national tragedy, I personally installed a camera to webcast the rescue and recovery for the families, and the world, to see the brave determination of first responders. …

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9/11 Museum Dedicated In NYC

President Obama is in Manhattan this morning for the dedication of the 9/11 Museum, which finally opens to the public next week after years of delay. Among those attending the ceremony: The First Lady, Mayor Bill De Blasio, former mayors Rudy Guiliani and Michael Bloomberg, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Chris Christie, and the Clintons. Some object to the $24 admission …

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WTC Cross Appeal Opens On Thursday

Oral arguments begin Thursday in the American Atheists lawsuit to have the so-called WTC Cross removed from government property in downtown Manhattan. Via the Christian Post: Two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, construction workers found a cross beam among the wreckage of the Twin Towers. Measuring 17 feet tall and approximately 4,000 pounds, the piece of debris …

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9/11 Truther Crashes Press Conference For Super Bowl 2014 MVP Winner

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9/11 Scandal Roils NYPD And FDNY

More than one hundred former New York City police officers and firefighters have been indicted for falsely claiming to have been disabled in the aftermath of 9/11. Though the former New York City police officers and firefighters were supposed to be fully disabled — some suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after the 9/11 terrorist attacks — images in court documents …

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Rosie O’Donnell: 9/11 Truther

Rosie O’Donnell spent yesterday’s anniversary arguing 9/11 truther conspiracy theories on Twitter. 

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NEW YORK: Atheist Group Loses Bid To Block Display Of 9/11 Cross

On Friday a federal court dismissed the lawsuit filed by an atheist group that objects to the display of a “9/11 cross” at the soon-to-open 9/11 Memorial Museum. Judge Batts wrote that the cross and its accompanying panels of text helped “demonstrate how those at ground zero coped with the devastation they witnessed.” She called its purpose “historical and secular,” …

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WTC Museum Construction To Resume

After more than a year of delays, an agreement has finally been reached to resume the construction of the museum at the site of the former World Trade Center. The museum had been scheduled to open today. In negotiations over the weekend, aides to Bloomberg and Cuomo resolved long-standing disputes over which government agencies would pay for the costs of …

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New World Trade Center Time-Lapse

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New York State Moves Primary Date

Yesterday Gov. Cuomo signed a bill to move New York’s primary to Thursday, September 13th. Because from now on we can’t do anything official on any September 11th. “I believe that Sept. 11 is a day that people should reflect on what happened,” the assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, said last week, as the issue was being discussed. He added that …

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Mark Bingham’s Mom Fires Back

TMZ interviews Alice Hoagland, the mother of openly gay 9/11 hero Mark Bingham. “Yes, my gay son was known in our family for bringing me flowers on my birthday and Mother’s Day. He also was known for careening down the rugby pitch, and, on the morning of September 11, 2001, for charging unarmed down the aisle of a doomed Boeing …

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Tweet Of The Day

Follow WTC Progress for some nut-shriveling photos of steelworkers walking the beams at a thousand feet up.

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