This Sunday will mark 15 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Locally here in Central New York, there are several events going on on Sunday so you can pay your respects at.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It was my first full week of seventh grade. I remember the night before my family and I were at my Grandparent's house and I was sitting on the porch steps making up my mind to fake sick the following day because I didn't have the correct calculator to use in math class and I was still a loner with no close friends.
Senator Joesph A. Griffo was in Manhattan on September 11th, 2001. At the time, he was the mayor of Rome New York. He has shared his story from that tragic day on his website.