2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1372+ words) Roughly four minutes after American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, a ladder truck from Arlington, Virginia’s Fire Station 5 was the first unit on the scene. Twenty-five years later, hundreds gathered at the same firehouse to mark the anniversary…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (22+ words) NEW YORK (AP) — New York ceremony begins marking 25 years since 9/11, with a tolling bell and a moment of silence....

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (382+ words) L & C: Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History; R: Getty Images Seat belts and a flight attendant call button from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93. A purse filled with keys and a wallet recovered from the World Trade Center site. The…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (583+ words) Dan Shea, the former principal at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, had a hard and fast rule about his teacher observations: He was not to be interrupted. But on the morning of 9/11, there was a knock on the…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (179+ words) Commuters should expect road closures in D.C. for the “Steel Across America” tribute tour on Tuesday. News4’s Megan McGrath has the details. Road closures close to the Ellipse began Tuesday morning for an event honoring 9/11 victims and heroes. A 16,000-pound steel…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (553+ words) Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope can still picture a quiet moment inside the Washington National Cathedral. After President George W. Bush spoke during the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, Cope recalled, his…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (312+ words) Greater D.C. Diaper Bank, one of the largest nonprofit diaper banks in the country, is suing its former landlord. Liz Schurgin, the diaper bank’s executive director, said the organization asked more than a dozen times since 2023 for roof repairs due to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (441+ words) In 2019, Christopher Stewart started paying students in D.C. to work in a school library and learn about the field. The concept is similar to a paid internship, with students helping with research and shelving books. The goal is to increase students…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (119+ words) Singers Jonathan Patton, Viviana Goodwin, Jason Garcia-Kakuk and others will perform at Union Market and Dupont Circle Park. Get all the top news & discounts for Washington, DC & beyond. No password required. Washington Concert Opera (WCO) has announced the return of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (356+ words) Three days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush gathered rescue workers and military members for a prayer service at Washington National Cathedral. For the first time, we’re hearing from one of the reverends who made that service possible....