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‘It still makes me cry’: Missouri Task Force 1 members reflect on their time at the World Trade Center

Editor’s note: Source name has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District hosted a ceremony for members of the Missouri Task Force 1 who were deployed to the World Trade Center during 9/11 25 years ago. University of Missouri Provost Matthew Martens and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe gave speeches at the

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Rodríguez Naranjo with his wife Yaraisi Santiso Morejon.

5 lives were cut short when a jet struck their van. Now friends mourn a generous crew who took pride in their dangerous work

By Ray Sanchez, Carolina Peguero, CNN (CNN) — An exhausted Julio Pineda would arrive some nights at the Miami-Dade County apartment complex where he lived with his reflective vest and gray work shirt and slacks covered in grease and grime, a neighbor recalled. Still, the 75-year-old member of an airplane cleaning crew, who was known

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A sunken vessel is seen at the surface of the water in the port of Mocha the day after an attack by the Houthis on August 9. Strikes by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been happening on Yemen's west coast for weeks.

‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast

By Nic Robertson, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday. An advance by the Iran-backed Houthis toward Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha was in full swing, and backup support from chief ally Saudi Arabia was nowhere in sight. “The Houthis committed everything

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Zohran Mamdani

New video shows interaction between NYC Mayor Mamdani and AOC at 9/11 ceremony after the moment sparked debate

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A brief interaction between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez captured on video Friday during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, sparked fierce criticism that was met with pushback from those who say the video was taken

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