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Genesis Group Honors 9/11 With Prayer Breakfast

Gino Geruntino — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:38:49 +0000

Whitesboro, NY (WIBX) - Local leaders gathered together at the Hart's Hill Inn in Whitesboro to honor those lost eleven years ago, during the attack on the World Trade Center Towers.

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WTC: 9/11 Museum Opening Delayed but Agreement Reached

Polly Wogg — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:01:18 +0000

The 9/11 Museum, once slated to open today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, has been delayed due to disagreements between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the National 9/11 Museum and Memorial Foundation.

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Local Groups Team Up For National Day Of Service, Remembrance

Gino Geruntino — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:43:23 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) - Several local groups are joining forces to help provide food for veterans, during its "Be One in a Million!" campaign.

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Local Groups Team Up For National Day Of Service, Remembrance

Gino Geruntino — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:59:53 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) - Several local groups are joining forces to help provide food for veterans, during its "Be one in a million!" campaign.

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Some 9/11 Remains Dumped In Landfill

Kristine Bellino — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:20:52 +0000

(WIBX) - The news is likely to cause more controversy for the victims of September 11th.

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9-11 First Responders Added To New Cancer Study

WIBX — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:17:00 +0000

New York, NY (WIBX) - The names of thousands of NYPD First Responders to the 9-11 attacks, have been added to a new cancer study.

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Police Concerned About Suicide Attempts at the 9/11 Memorial

Shauna Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:24:01 +0000

The focal point of the National September 11 Memorial is a pair of sunken granite pools with three-story waterfalls that mark where the fallen World Trade Center towers once stood.

And while they’re certainly beautiful, the New York City Police Department is watching them for an entirely different reason: they’re worried that grief-stricken visitors might try to use the site to commit suicide.

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Proposed Skyscrapers in South Korea May Stir Up Painful Memories of 9/11 [PHOTO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:25:39 +0000

A Dutch architectural firm is under fire after releasing a mock-up of two proposed buildings in Seoul, South Korea that look eerily like New York City’s Twin Towers just after hijackers flew planes into them on 9/11.

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WIBX 950′s Top 10 Newsmakers of 2011

Virtual Vicky — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:31:23 +0000

As 2011 comes to an end, we at WIBX 950 thought we would share the biggest newsmaker stories on our website in the past year. Rick Wilking, Reuters 10 Waterville Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Child For Years In March Oneida County Sheriffs arrested a Waterville man who allegedly sexually abused a female [...]

9/11 Memorial Misspells Victim's Name

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:27:34 +0000

In an “oops” of epic proportions, a 9/11 victim’s name was apparently misspelled on the New York memorial unveiled this past weekend.

Jeffrey Schreier worked for financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, and was one of the many from that company killed on September 11, 2001.

When his relatives visited the memorial during the 10th anniversary commemorations on Sunday, they were shocked to see his first name had been spelled “Jeffery” instead.

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Paul Simon Gives Poignant Performance of 'The Sound of Silence' at Ground Zero [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:09:56 +0000

During Sunday’s ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Paul Simon gave a haunting acoustical performance of ‘The Sound of Silence’ while some onlookers wept.

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National 9/11 Flag Touring the United States

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:54:03 +0000

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, one of the largest American flags damaged during the attacks continued to fly above the resulting wreckage during the clean-up efforts.

Seven years later, that flag, dubbed the National 9/11 Flag, was sewn back together by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas, and has also been stitched by World War II veterans, survivors of the Ft. Hood, Texas rampage, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s family.

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Victims of 9/11 Attacks Remembered at 10-Year Anniversary Ceremony [PICTURES]

Stephanie Berning — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:41:43 +0000

The victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks were remembered at a ceremony marking the 10-year anniversary of the tragic events on Sunday.

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Moments Of Silence Being Held In 9-11 Ceremony

Branden Block — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:02:06 +0000

New York, NY (WIBX) - Several moments of silence will be held during today's September 11th memorial ceremony at the World Trade Center site.

8:46 a.m. to mark the time when the first plane hit the North Tower

9:03 a.m. to mark the second plane hitting the South Tower

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Magazine Covers From Days Following September 11, 2001

Stephanie Berning — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:27:21 +0000

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 brought the world to a standstill, with all eyes focused on New York City. Below are some of the more iconic magazine covers from the days and weeks following the tragic event.

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WIBX Series Marking The 10th Anniversary Of 9/11 – Part II

WIBX — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:40:12 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) - As WIBX continues its series on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11, we turn our attention to one young man whose life was changed after the attack that send schock waves across the world.

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A Look Back at Iconic Images of 9/11/01 [PHOTOS]

Stephanie Berning — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:40:47 +0000

The images that emerged in the hours and weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks have been imprinted in many of our minds. With the 10-year anniversary of the attacks, we take a look back at some of the more iconic pictures from the attacks.

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What Did 9/11 Look Like From Space? [PICTURE]

Dylan Schenker — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:16:18 +0000

The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space.

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9/11 Widow Peg Ogonowski Reminisces – And Looks Ahead [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:07:44 +0000

Peg Ogonowski’s late husband, John, was the captain of American Flight 11 — better known as the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.

“It was that moment of before and after,” said Peg, a former flight attendant. “There was my whole life before and then everything changed. It was a real line in my life that there will always be before 9/11 and after 9/11.”

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10 Years After Terrorist Attacks, 9/11 Memorial to Open [PHOTOS]

Stephanie Berning — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:39:59 +0000

The Sept. 11 Memorial is set to open exactly 10 years and one day after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center. The 9/11 Memorial will open on September 12, after being dedicated during Sunday’s remembrance ceremony in New York City.

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