Memorials at Fort Knox Represent Daily Reminders of 9/11
Four unassuming memorials offer daily reminders of 9/11 at and around Fort Knox, Ky.
American Heroes of 9/11: Welles Crowther
They knew him only as the man in the red bandana, and the people he saved never learned his name. He led them down to the 61st floor, turned around, went back up, and then did it again. Eight months later his mother read a newspaper story about a mysterious man in a red handkerchief […]
German journalist recounts 5-month detention in Syria, urges colleague’s release
On January 18, 2026, German journalist Eva Maria Michelmann and her Kurdish-Turkish colleague Ahmed Polad were detained while reporting from the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, as government forces advanced on the territory controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). After months of denying knowledge, authorities admitted holding them in custody. Michelmann, who had […]
Medal of Honor Monday: Army Cpl. Freddie Stowers
Army Cpl. Freddie Stowers served as an infantryman during World War I and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor more than 70 years after his heroic actions in France in September 1918.
American Heroes of 9/11: Todd Beamer and the Passengers of Flight 93
Todd Beamer told a phone operator the passengers were going to take the plane back, said the Lord’s Prayer with her, and then she heard him say: “Are you ready? Okay. Let’s roll.” At 9:57 they went for the cockpit. Forty people died. Nobody on the ground did. Todd Beamer and the passengers and crew […]
Socialism on the Rise? Mike Johnson Warns Democrats Are Showing Their True Colors
U.S. House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA) recaps this week’s votes in which House Democrats refused to condemn Socialism and refused to codify the Supreme Court justices should remain at a total of 9. House Judiciary Committee chairman JIM JORDAN (R-OH) says much more oversight is needed to prevent activist groups like the Southern Poverty Law […]
Signers of the Declaration of Independence: New Hampshire
Delegates to the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Three of the 56 delegates who signed the formal break from Britain represented New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, Matthew Thornton and William Whipple.
American Heroes of 9/11: Betty Ong
Betty Ong picked up an Airfone from the back of a hijacked plane, and she stayed on it until the moment it crashed. She was a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center. The line went dead at 8:46, when Flight 11 hit the North Tower. […]
American Heroes of 9/11: Jason Thomas and David Karnes, USMC
Only twenty people were pulled out of the World Trade Center rubble alive. Two of the survivors were found by Marines who were never supposed to be there. Jason Thomas and Dave Karnes are American heroes.
American Heroes of 9/11: The Boatlift
The largest maritime evacuation in history did not happen at Dunkirk. It happened in New York on September 11th. Every bridge, tunnel, and subway out of Manhattan was shut, and half a million people were trapped on the island. The Coast Guard put out one call on the radio: all available boats. The mariners of […]