Simulation finds 9/11 fireproofing key
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A computer simulation of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks supports a federal agency's findings that the initial impact from the hijacked airplanes stripped away crucial fireproofing material and that the weakened towers collapsed under their own weight.
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The disruption of an alleged plot at JFK airport reveals a broader and complex homeland-security challenge.
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To defend against future attacks, airports may soon get new tools to help ID hidden explosives
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The closer New Yorkers were to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, the more vivid their memories are of the disaster that brought down the buildings.
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Federal investigators believe the second World Trade Center tower fell much more quickly than the first because it faced a more concentrated, intense fire inside, officials said Tuesday.
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In a move to fix one of the most significant shortcomings in emergency response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York has hired Northrop Grumman Corp. to build a wireless broadband public safety communications network to allow the city's emergency personnel to communicate in real time.
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Some people fear complacency; others fear forgetting. Six years away from the fire, how should we mark Sept. 11?
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Large pair of knickers saves the day when fire breaks out in
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VatSim flight simulation network gives aviation enthusiasts a realistic look at air traffic control.
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A New York fireman involved in the rescue effort following the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers was among passengers on a plane diverted to London after a bomb alert.
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Defying concerns that post-9/11 construction would be dominated by concrete bunkers, the designers of new buildings in New York are turning to glass facades.
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A new airport security system relies on human judgment
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Officials broke ground Wednesday on a simulator that will help firefighter trainees prepare to face a particularly dangerous type of blaze Â a high-rise fire.
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With the anniversaries of the   September 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina still fresh, a   software company says it has a solution for police, fire and   other emergency workers to communicate without buying new   radios.
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(Source: ProCurve) At a high-tech ballistics center managed by National Technical Systems in Camden, Arkansas, HP simulated a gas leak using real explosives that resulted in a very real explosion and datacenter destruction.
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A tester for the Transportation Security Administration  slides a simulated explosive into an elastic back support. The mock bomb is as slim as a wallet; its fuse, the size of a cigarette. He eventually makes his way to airport security -- and slips through. The mock bomb goes undetected.
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The attacks on New York and Washington stun the world. In the aftermath, technology musters to launch a war on terror.