/tags/september-11 September 11 en-US WLRN Mon, 11 Sep 2023 21:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2023-09-11/ron-desantis-911-september11-new-york-ground-zero Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined New York politicians and mourners at a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero. Mon, 11 Sep 2023 21:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2023-09-11/ron-desantis-911-september11-new-york-ground-zero The Associated Press /education/2023-09-11/911-florida-history-classes-terrorism Under the new law, middle and high school students must learn about 9/11 for at least 45 minutes in their social studies class. Mon, 11 Sep 2023 19:21:30 GMT /education/2023-09-11/911-florida-history-classes-terrorism Danielle Prieur /2021-09-10/florida-connections-to-9-11-life-for-south-florida-muslim-americans-and-south-florida-budget-talks Saturday marks 20 years since the 9/11 terror attacks, we explore the connections Florida has to the attackers and what questions remain. Plus, a look at the budgets for Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 22:14:49 GMT /2021-09-10/florida-connections-to-9-11-life-for-south-florida-muslim-americans-and-south-florida-budget-talks Chris Remington, Andrea Perdomo /news/2021-09-09/how-mourning-has-been-different-for-each-of-these-9-11-families Loved ones of people lost on United Airlines Flight 93 share how they struggled with grief, embraced it and discovered new depths of mourning over 20 years. Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:34:50 GMT /news/2021-09-09/how-mourning-has-been-different-for-each-of-these-9-11-families Tim Lambert, Scott Detrow /2020-09-11/a-father-and-a-son-lost-to-2-national-tragedies Earlier this year, Albert Petrocelli died after contracting the coronavirus. StoryCorps revisits a 2005 interview with Albert and his wife remembering a son who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:53:24 GMT /2020-09-11/a-father-and-a-son-lost-to-2-national-tragedies Michael Garofalo /2019-02-16/sept-11-victim-compensation-fund-cuts-payouts-by-as-much-as-70-percent The fund is reducing awards as it faces a surge in claims before the fund's 2020 expiration date. Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:19:53 GMT /2019-02-16/sept-11-victim-compensation-fund-cuts-payouts-by-as-much-as-70-percent Shannon Van Sant /2016-09-11/thanks-to-sept-11-security-inertia-restrictions-still-shape-public-spaces Fifteen years later, some of the places with heightened security restrictions following the terrorist attacks remain that way. Access to an outdoor sculpture in Seattle, for example, is still tight. Sun, 11 Sep 2016 21:06:39 GMT /2016-09-11/thanks-to-sept-11-security-inertia-restrictions-still-shape-public-spaces Martin Kaste /2016-09-10/sept-11-families-face-strange-empty-void-without-victims-remains Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the remains of 40 percent of the World Trade Center victims have not been identified. Their families have been waiting for advances in DNA technology. Sat, 10 Sep 2016 21:11:00 GMT /2016-09-10/sept-11-families-face-strange-empty-void-without-victims-remains Hansi Lo Wang /2016-09-10/for-those-who-worked-the-pile-at-ground-zero-horrors-of-sept-11-havent-faded In 2001, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston interviewed two men who had been hauling away what was left of the World Trade Center towers. Fifteen years later, she went back to find them. Sat, 10 Sep 2016 12:27:50 GMT /2016-09-10/for-those-who-worked-the-pile-at-ground-zero-horrors-of-sept-11-havent-faded Dina Temple-Raston /2016-09-07/sept-11-marked-turning-point-for-muslims-in-increasingly-diverse-america Muslim Americans are more engaged in public life, and interfaith outreach efforts expanded notably after Sept. 11. But terrorism concerns continue to drive anti-Islam and anti-foreigner sentiment. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:50:00 GMT /2016-09-07/sept-11-marked-turning-point-for-muslims-in-increasingly-diverse-america Tom Gjelten