Jim Riches

A police officer stands in front of the building on Park Place in lower Manhattan where a piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes destroyed in the September 11 attacks has been discovered on April 26, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Police: Plane Wreckage Found Near WTC Site Is Wing Gear

Boeing Co. confirmed the rusted metal part from a Boeing 767 is a trailing edge flap support structure, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said. It helps secure wing flaps that aid in regulating plane speed.

2013/04/29

Rendering of the 9/11 Museum (credit: Thinc Design with Local Projects)

9/11 Families, Fearing Flood, Battle Plans For Remains At Museum

More than 11 and a half years later, the battle continues over where to house unidentified 9/11 remains at the World Trade Center site.

2013/04/15

9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan (file / credit: Evan Bindelglass / Special to CBSNewYork)

Service Fee At 9/11 Memorial Angers Some Victims’ Families

The memorial has added a $2 service fee to online and phone reservations. But the Memorial Foundation said the fee is temporary.

2013/04/14

9/11 Families Press Fight Over Remains At Museum

A group of Sept. 11 families is pressing on with its fight over a plan to put unidentified remains from the 2001 attacks in the museum at the World Trade Center site.

2013/01/09

In this photograph of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the US Military, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (C), and Waleed bin Attash, two of the September 11, 2001 attacks co-conspirator suspects, attend their arraignment inside the war crimes courthouse at Camp Justice, the legal complex of the US Military Commissions, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, on June 5, 2008. (credit: BRENNAN LINSLEY/AFP/Getty Images)

Victims’ Families View Pretrial Hearings Of Self-Professed 9/11 Mastermind, Plotters

Military installations in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland are welcoming families of 9/11 victims this week to watch pretrial hearings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for five men charged in the terrorist attacks.

2012/10/15

Victims’ Families Invited To Watch 9/11 Mastermind, Plotters Pretrial Hearings

The hearings set to begin Monday are closed to the public, but victims’ families were invited to watch the proceedings via closed-circuit television.

2012/10/14

The South Pool at the National September 11 Memorial is seen on September 12, 2011 (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Families Split Over How To Honor 9/11 Victims’ Remains

A group of mostly parents of slain firefighters argued a plan for a repository inside the memorial museum – seven stories down at bedrock – is disrespectful.

2012/08/20

World Trade Center Site (file/credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

More Legal Action Over Final Resting Place For 9/11 Victims’ Remains

The group 9/11 Parents And Families of Firefighters And World Trade Center Victims has sued the city for not releasing a list of all victims’ families.

2012/08/19

9/11 Memorial - New York, NY (file / credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

9/11 Families Call For Feds To Take Over Memorial, Museum

Some 9/11 victims’ family members want to have the National Park Service run the museum and memorial the World Trade Center site, WCBS 880′s Monica Miller reported.

2012/06/12

Courtroom drawing shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (C) and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash (L) attending a pre-trial session in 2008 in Guantanamo Bay. (AFP PHOTO/POOL/ Janet Hamlin)

As Alleged 9/11 Plotters Face Judge, Those Who Lost Loved Ones Feel Bevy Of Emotions

Retired Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches, who lost his son on 9/11, is spending the day watching the proceedings via closed circuit at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn along with about three-dozen other families.

2012/05/05

Accused 9/11 Plotters, Mastermind, Return To Military Tribunal At Gitmo

“These are the guys that murdered my son, I want them to get justice,” FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Riches said. “For me, the proper punishment for them would be the death penalty and I hope that’s what they get.”

2012/05/04

Phony 9/11 Hero Comes Clean, But His Apology Falls On Deaf Ears

On the day the towers fell Jordan Lifander was really a volunteer in Cedarhurst on Long Island. He did not “survive” the disaster any more than those of us who watched it on television.

2012/02/22

Rupert Murdoch, gives evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal in this image taken from TV in Portcullis House in central London Tuesday July 19 2011. (AP Photo/ PA)

9/11 Families Meeting With Eric Holder In Washington About Murdoch Phone Hacking Allegations

The families are meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder about the FBI inquiry into the allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s media empire may have tried to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims.

2011/08/24

US President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial in New York on May 5, 2011. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama Pays Tribute To 9/11 Victims At Ground Zero

In addition to laying a wreath at the site of the collapsed Twin Towers, President Obama met with first responders, police officers and family members of those killed.

2011/05/05

Retired FDNY deputy fire chief Jim Riches holds a picture of his son Jimmy, also a firefighter, who was killed on 9/11. (credit: John Montone/1010 WINS)

Jim Riches, Father Of Fallen 9/11 Firefighter, Meets President Obama At Ground Zero

A small group of 9/11 families met with President Barack Obama Thursday during his visit to Ground Zero — four days after he announced the death of Osama bin Laden.

2011/05/05

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