United Apologizes for Reusing 9/11 Flight Numbers

Two-ton memorial forged from World Trade Center steel

(NEWSER) - A 14-foot-high cross forged from World Trade Center steel was dedicated yesterday in a moving ceremony near the spot where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field. The 2-ton memorial was erected next to the Shanksville firehouse on a base shaped like the Pentagon. Flight 93 went down as passengers rushed the cockpit to prevent hijackers from flying it into its intended target in Washington, D.C. More»

By almost mowing down jaywalker, making her late for work

(NEWSER) - Gwyneth Paltrow: actress, singer , chef , gangsta rapper , and ... unlikely 9/11 hero? For one woman, yes. On the Morton Report , Lara Lundstrom Clarke recounts her chance encounter with the actress on the morning of September 11, 2001. Lundstrom Clarke was jaywalking across 7th street to catch her train when a Mercedes SUV nearly ran her down. After it "screeched to a halt," Lundstrom Clarke looked in and noticed the driver: Paltrow, who lived down the street. More»

Some families insist they were not consulted

(NEWSER) - More than 9,000 pieces of human remains from the World Trade Center attacks remain unidentified and unclaimed—but some relatives of the 9/11 victims aren't happy with their proposed final resting place, the AP reports. The plan is to house the remains seven stories underground at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, behind a wall bearing a quote from Virgil, but "the families here today say no," their attorney said yesterday. More»

(AP) - New Yorkers observed a moment of silence this morning to mark the minute the first jet hit the World Trade Center eight years ago. Three more were planned to mark the second strike and the moments each tower collapsed. Similar ceremonies will take place at the Pentagon and crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in a Shanksville, Pa., field. More»

Karol Ann Keasler, 42, worked in World Trade Center

(AP) - Remains of another 9/11 victim have been identified. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office said today it had identified remains of Karol Ann Keasler. She was 42 when she died in the terrorist attack a decade ago. She worked in the World Trade Center at investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. More»