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One World Trade Center as seen from West Street - May 17, 2013 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

NYPD Set To Spend $40 Million On Intense Security At World Trade Center

Security over style – that’s the argument NYPD officials are making as they plan to install barricades and barriers in the area surrounding One World Trade Center.

2013/05/17

A piece of wreckage believed to be from one of the planes destroyed in the 9/11 attacks. (NYPD)

NYPD: Landing Gear From 9/11 Plane Found Behind ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Site

More than 11 years after the horrific attack on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers by two commercial airliners, the NYPD said Friday that a piece of the landing gear from one of those planes had been found.

2013/04/26

A firefighter runs from the collapsing World Trade Center on Sep. 11, 2001 (credit: Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images)

Study: 9/11 Responders Have Higher Cancer Risk

Among nearly 21,000 rescue and recovery workers, the overall cancer rate is 15 percent higher than the general population, according to a new study.

2013/04/23

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

Medical Examiner Begins Sifting WTC Debris For Sept. 11 Remains

The work began Monday and is expected to continue for about 10 weeks on Staten Island.

2013/04/01

The ‘Tribute in Light’ shines as One World Trade Center (R) rises under construction on the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan. (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

City To Resume Search For Human Remains In Twin Towers’ Debris

The grim and sad search for human remains in the debris from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks resumes Monday.

2013/03/31

Bradley Fetchet (credit: Bradley J Fetchet Memorial Foundation)

9/11 Victim’s Mom Upset By Use Of His Last Words In ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

A Connecticut woman whose son died in the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center says she’s upset the Oscar-winning movie “Zero Dark Thirty” used a recording of his last words without her permission.

2013/02/27

FILE - Passengers wait on a subway platform in NYC. (credit: CBS 2)

More Ads With Inflammatory Messages About Islam Appear In NYC Subway

Another set of inflammatory ads has appeared in 39 New York City subway stations, paid for by the same group that posted ads equating Muslims or Palestinians with savages last year.

2013/01/08

People walk by a controversial ad, which has been defaced, that condemns radical Islam in a New York City subway station on September 27, 2012. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

New ‘Anti-Jihad’ Ads To Appear In New York City Subways Featuring Twin Towers

Pamela Geller with the American Freedom Defense Initiative said the group has purchased space beside the roughly 220 clocks
that hang above subway platforms in stations throughout the city.

2012/12/14

Joe Torrillo with French President Jacques Chirac in 2003 (credit: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)

Former NYC Firefighter Jim Torrillo Recalls Horror Of 9/11

The 11th anniversary of 9/11 brings back truly scary stories from that day back in 2001.

2012/09/10

The spehere from the original World Trade Center is seen in Battery Park - New York, NY (file / credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

World Trade Center Sphere Remains In Battery Park After Moving Deadline Passes

The World Trade Center sphere was supposed to be moved out by April 30 to make way for renovations but the iconic 25-foot bronze sculpture that was pulled from the rubble of the Twin Towers is still there.

2012/05/04

The old St. Nicholas Church - New York, NY (file / credit: Grisha Ressatar)

Rebuilding Of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Moves Forward

The effort to rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, destroyed on 9/11, is moving ahead.

2012/04/25

The spehere from the original World Trade Center is seen in Battery Park - New York, NY (file / credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

World Trade Center Sphere Being Moved From Battery Park To Storage

The bronz sculpture, which once stood as a symbol of world peace between the Twin Towers, will be moved from Battery Park for park renovations.

2012/04/06

One World Trade Center - New York, NY (file / credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Port Authority Hopes Antenna Will Be Crown Jewel Of 1 WTC

Port Authority executive director Patrick Foye is very excited about the 408-foot-tall broadcast tower planned for the 104th floor of the new One World Trade Center.

2012/03/09

Jordan Lifander

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

World Trade Center Rendering (credit: dbox)

Port Authority To Seek Ideas For WTC Observation Deck

Later this month, the Port Authority will be sending out requests for design proposals for the observation deck atop the new One World Trade Center.

2012/01/24

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