Tag: 9/11
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NORAD memorial highlights unity, security improvements post 9/11
Canadian Gen. Rick Findley was just about to leave Cheyenne Mountain for the night after keeping an eye on an annual Russian exercise in the Arctic when planes hit the World Trade Center towers. On that chaotic morning, Findley and American Gen. Ed Eberhart faced an unimagined catastrophe together inside the North American Aerospace Defense…
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Years after 9/11, Gazette reporter reconsiders grief after losing brother in World Trade Center attack
Just before 9 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2001, my brother Todd called me, as was his custom about twice a month. He had just gotten off the phone with our mother. Mom was always first. About a month prior, I had driven up from Virginia, where I was stationed with the Navy, to visit Todd…
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Chaos hit on 9/11, exposing critical gaps in security and changing NORAD forever
Nine minutes before the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, national guardsmen in upstate New York received word the FAA believed an aircraft had been hijacked. “They did not know what flight had been hijacked. They didn’t know where the aircraft was. They didn’t know where…
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List: 9/11 events scheduled in the Colorado Springs area
On Friday and Saturday, the Pikes Peak region will memorialize the thousands of lives lost 25 years ago in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. City governments, schools, community groups and others are planning several opportunities open to the public to reflect on a day that shattered the nation’s sense of safety and sparked years of war. …
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Events to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 planned across Pikes Peak region
The Pikes Peak region will memorialize the thousands of lives lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Friday and Saturday. City governments, schools, community groups and others are planning several opportunities open to the public to reflect on a day that shattered the nation’s sense of safety and sparked years of war. Events planned for…
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First responders to climb Manitou Incline on Friday, sound alarms to mark timeline of tragedy
More than 200 first responders and military personnel are expected to climb the Manitou Incline on Friday morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The somber climb will honor the 343 firefighters who died in the towers, and Winchell expects some participants will come dressed ready to respond to fire with…
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The kindness after 9/11: ‘Come From Away’ offers 200 free tickets to first responders
They came carrying luggage. Initially, some were heading home. Others were traveling for business or vacation. Then the world changed. On Sept. 11, 2001, as hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., the United States shut down all airports for the first time in history. …
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It’s been 25 years, We who remember can’t let others forget
It has been 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. It’s hard to believe that something so significant is now a quarter century old. In fact, it is estimated that nearly a third, or 100 million Americans, are too young or were not born to remember how significant that day was for the United…
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It’s been 25 years, We who remember can’t let others forget
It has been 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. It’s hard to believe that something so significant is now a quarter century old. In fact, it is estimated that nearly a third, or 100 million Americans, are too young or were not born to remember how significant that day was for the United…
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LETTERS: Remembering 9/11; Monument’s annual celebration
Kudos to Tunnel 2 Towers for the work they do and for bringing a World Trade Center artifact on tour through Colorado. Colorado Springs is home to several WTC artifacts as well, standing at memorials at Fort Carson, Peterson and Schriever Space Force Bases, Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and…