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Political Rewind: Health care top campaign issue; 9/11 tributes; Pine Lake decriminalizes abortion

Monday on Political Rewind: The Atlanta Medical Center is closing. How will candidates motivate voters concerned by a shrinking health care safety net? Meanwhile, the Walker campaign says Sen. Raphael Warnock and other Democrats "use race to divide us." Elsewhere, a women-led city moves to decriminalize abortion.

September 12, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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17 pedestrians died on Bibb County roads in 2021. How long did they wait for help?

An analysis of 17 reports involving pedestrian deaths in 2021 showed the average time from the 911 call to the Bibb County deputy’s arrival was 9 minutes and 30 seconds. However, several response times neared or exceeded 20 minutes.

April 11, 2022
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  • Laura Corley
Family members and loved ones of victims of those who died on 9/11 attend the 20th anniversary commemoration ceremony on Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City.

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A Day Of Remembrances And Reflection: 20 Years After The 9/11 Attacks

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the nation paused to remember. Ceremonies took place at memorials in New York City; in Shanksville, Pa.; and at the Pentagon.

September 11, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Danielle Booker hugs her mother, Sharon Booker, as the two remember Sean Booker, Danielle's father and Sharon's husband, at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum during a ceremony on Saturday in Manhattan. Sean Booker was a technician on the 93rd floor of the World Trade Center's north tower when he was killed during the 2001 attacks.

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Photos: Scenes From 9/11 National Memorials

On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, multiple ceremonies commemorated the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on that day.

September 11, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin,
  • Catie Dull,
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Ali Malik, 37, with his sons Muhammad Binyamin, 9, and Layth Noah, 5. Malik is part of a class action lawsuit against the FBI alleging religious discrimination and violations of surveillance laws.

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For Many American Muslims, The Legacy Of 9/11 Lies In The Battle For Civil Rights

A Southern California community grapples with the legacy of being secretly surveilled by the FBI. Twenty years later, the matter is a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court.

September 11, 2021
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  • Leila Fadel
<strong>Left:</strong> Upper West Side; <strong>Right:</strong> Harlem. Summer 2002

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The Summer After 9/11, A Photographer Documents A City's Healing

Photographer Lucas Foglia was 19 during the summer of 2002 when he made portraits NYC residents.

September 11, 2021
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  • Lucas Foglia and
  • Michele Abercrombie
People walk near the sight of Ground Zero and the One World Trade Center on Aug. 30. The Wall Street neighborhood changed drastically after the 9/11 attacks as banks moved out of what had long been their home.

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Wall Street Was Once The Home Of The Big Banks. 9/11 Led To A Radical Reinvention

For centuries, Wall Street was where some of the biggest banks in the world were based. Today, it's home to Uber and Spotify, and new residents have poured in.

September 11, 2021
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  • David Gura
Two men identified by authorities as hijackers Mohamed Atta (right) and Abdulaziz Alomari (center) pass through airport security on Sept. 11, 2001, at Portland International Jetport in Maine in an image from airport surveillance tape released on Sept. 19, 2001.

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  • National

It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

September 10, 2021
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  • David Schaper
These three books provide a detailed accounting of events that have largely defined the U.S. role in the world in the first part of the 21st century.

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3 Sobering Lessons Learned Since 9/11

These books provide a detailed accounting of events that have defined the U.S. role in the world in the first part of the 21st century. None makes for cheery reading, but all offer sobering lessons.

September 09, 2021
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  • Greg Myre
Jack Grandcolas, who lost his pregnant wife on United Flight 93, sits near his home in Pebble Beach, Calif. Twenty years after Sept. 11, he is still working through his loss.

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How Mourning Has Been Different For Each Of These 9/11 Families

Loved ones of people lost on United Airlines Flight 93 share how they struggled with grief, embraced it and discovered new depths of mourning over 20 years.

September 09, 2021
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  • Tim Lambert and
  • Scott Detrow
A man in New York City lights a candle on Sept. 14, 2001, for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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  • National

20 Years Later, 2 More 9/11 Victims Have Been Identified Using New Technology

Two victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, were recently identified through DNA analysis.

September 08, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
An Nguyen sits for a portrait at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Nguyen had just turned four when his father died in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.

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  • National

They Don't Remember Their Parents Dying On 9/11. But They'll Never Forget

Many children of 9/11 victims were too young to remember their parents who died. They've grown up living with the tension between having a personal connection to the day but few, if any memories.

September 06, 2021
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  • Melissa Block and
  • Daniel Lam
Therapist Kiki Radermacher was one of the first members of a mobile crisis response unit in Missoula, Mont., which started responding to emergency mental health calls last year. That pilot project becomes permanent in July and is one of six such teams in the state — up from one in 2019.

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  • Health

In Montana, Crisis Support Teams Offer Alternatives To Policing Mental Health

Montana now has six mobile crisis response teams — up from one in 2019 — with more in the works. Each team has a different makeup, but all use mental health support to diffuse tricky situations.

June 10, 2021
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  • Katheryn Houghton
House impeachment manager Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, drew a stark comparison between the Americans who "sacrificed their lives for love of country, honor, duty" by stopping foreign terrorists from striking the Capitol on 9/11, and the insurgents who were "incited" by Trump to attack the seat of government.

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Impeachment Manager Plaskett Says Trump Mob Did What 9/11 Terrorists Failed To Do

"Almost everyday I remember that 44 Americans gave their lives to stop the plane that was headed to this Capitol building," she said. "The capitol stands because of people like that."

February 11, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York, United States

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  • News

Fort Stewart Soldier Arrested In Plot To Blow Up NYC 9/11 Memorial

A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plots to blow up New York City's 9/11 Memorial and other landmarks and attack U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, authorities said.

January 19, 2021
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