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World Trade Center September 11: How reporter NJ Burkett and his photographer Marty Glembotzky escaped Twin Towers on 9/11!

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New York City — ABC7 New York reporter NJ Burkett and photographer Marty Glembotzky rushed to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. While shooting just below the burning towers, the first tower began to collapse. Related | Eyewitness to 9/11: Beyond the Lens Reveals Untold Stories, Rare Video of America’s Darkest Day EMBED More videos For the first time ever, in 2021, they returned to the scene of the accident where they ran for their lives. Hear their powerful survival story on that terrible day. See also |…

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9/11 terror attack: Jill Biden shares memories of Sept. 11 as wife, sister, more!

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When Jill Biden realized that terrorists had attacked America on September 11, 2001, her husband, Joe, wasn’t the only lover she was worried about for his safety. Biden states that she is “scared to death” that her sister Bonnie Jacobs, a United Airlines flight attendant, was on one of four hijacked planes that were flown to New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people. . After learning that her sister was safely at her Pennsylvania home, “I went straight to Bonnie’s,” Biden told…

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Biden to honor 9/11 victims as shadow of Afghan war looms!

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Washington – President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks, laying a wreath at the Pentagon in a sombre ceremony held in the incessant rain. Sunday’s ceremony was held just over a year after Biden ended the long and costly war in Afghanistan that the United States and its allies launched in response to the terrorist attacks. In ending the war in Afghanistan, the Democratic president made good on his campaign pledge to bring American troops home from the country’s longest conflict. But the war ended…

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LIVE: 9/11 terror attack: US marks 21 years since hijacked jets crashed World Trade Center, the Pentagon and field in Pennsylvania!

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Americans remember 9/11 with moments of silence, victimhood reading, volunteerism and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. Relatives of the victims and dignitaries will gather on Sunday at the places where the hijacked planes crashed on September 11, 2001 – the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Other communities across the country mark this day with a candlelight vigil, interfaith services, and other festivities. Some Americans join volunteer projects on a day that is federally recognized as…

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‘Eyewitness to 9/11: Behind the Lens’ tells story of journalists who were there, in the streets, in the air, and in the newsroom!

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New York City — The images of September 11, 2001 are engraved in our memories, the moments that were broadcast live to the world. Now, more than two decades later, we hear from WABC-TV Eyewitness News journalists who have been there, on the streets, in the air, and in the newsroom, reporting on events during the tragedy, capturing the memorable video of that day, and risking their lives to tell world of what was happening. What started as a local newsletter on a clear blue morning sky in lower Manhattan…

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9/11 Timeline: How the September 11 attacks unfolded at Twin Towers, Pentagon, on United Flight 93!

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New York (WABC) – Here’s how the September 11 terrorist attacks unfolded on September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania 5:45 a.m. – The hijackers pass through security in Portland, Maine, and board a flight to Boston, where they connect to American Airlines Flight 11. 6:00 a.m. – Polls open, as 9/11 was a primary election day in New York City. 7:59 a.m. – Flight 11 has taken off from Boston to Los Angeles. On board were 11 crew members,…

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