Now-Deacon Paul Carris was a 46-year-old civil engineer working in the World Trade Center's North Tower when al-Qaida hijackers slammed American Airlines Flight 11 into the building. The deacon, who described himself as a rather indifferent Catholic layman at the time, accompanied
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York told OSV News the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, which will be marked with solemn ceremonies across the U.S., should be observed with memories of lives lost and impacted by the day's events.
David Mills writes that it might seem paradoxical, but even bad cops rushed into the twin towers on 9/11, adding, “It’s what they’d signed up for, what they did, part of who they were. You make a commitment and you keep it.
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recalled the heroic deeds of first responders and security forces during the Sept. 11 attacks around the country on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the day's harrowing events.
Archbishop José H. Gomez
Twenty years ago, an abandoned strip mine in western Pennsylvania transformed in one shocking moment into a national shrine, a living testament to the courage of everyday Americans faced with a life-or-death choice.
On Sept. 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark,
When the last days of August roll around every year, that's when the memories start to return to Thomas Damore.
No matter the weather, no matter what he's doing, they come back. Even though 20 years have passed and the retired captain of
When American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2011, it set in motion a series of events that led to the deaths of almost 3,000 people that day. More
Twenty years ago in the wake of the September eleven attacks, our country experienced a time of national mourning and of great anxiety. The United States and the American people would never be the same. But it was also a time of
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the nine eleven terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw looks back on the tragedies of that day and how the Church sought to console the mourning and
Frank Siller, the CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, is honoring the victims of 9/11, including his brother, Stephen, a firefighter who died at the World Trade Center, by making a 537-mile walk from the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., to Shanksville,