He searched Ground Zero for his son for six months. 24 years later, 9/11 killed him too

James “Jim” Riches, a former New York City Fire Department deputy chief, died on Thanksgiving Day at age 74 from illnesses linked to toxic exposure at Ground Zero, 24 years after the attacks claimed ...
Newsday

Ground Zero ceremony marks end of recovery efforts 20 years ago

A bell tolled Monday at the World Trade Center memorial to mark almost exactly 20 years since the formal end of recovery operations at Ground Zero. On May 30, 2002, one last stretcher, with just a ...
WUNC

The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, 'ground zero' for Hurricane Katrina

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour stands before a wall-size satellite image of Hurricane Katrina as it headed for landfall on Aug. 29, 2005. "The eye came in right there over the Pearl River, ...
NPR

Ground Zero Recovery

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Houston Public Media

The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, 'ground zero' for Hurricane Katrina

NPR The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, 'ground zero' for Hurricane Katrina While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed ...