Jersey Girls Who Emerged After 9/11 Stay Activists
The four stay-at-home moms who lived relatively carefree lives in suburban Monmouth County became some of the most visible faces of the families of the dead and their main cause at the time: pushing the federal government to study the attacks — whether there was intelligence that could have prevented them, and whether the response once they began was adequate.
Lorie Van Auken Interviewed by Sibel Edmonds
Lorie Van Auken joins us and shares with us her reflections ten years on about the events of 9/11 and her loss. She discusses the still-classified 28 pages of the JICI dealing with terrorist financing, the 9/11 families’ stalled lawsuit to bankrupt the terrorists and the direct interventions by the White House to protect the Saudi regime against the justice-seeking families, and the many uninvestigated questions and facts covered up by the 9/11 commission.
9/11 Widows Shun Spotlight As 10th Anniversary Approaches
For a long time, the Jersey girls were among the most outspoken people on the attacks. The four banded together and, in the face of official intransigence, campaigned with other victims’ relatives to set up the 9/11 commission. They later pressured it to conduct a credible investigation. Looking back, however, both Breitweiser and Van Auken believe their huge battle to get the commission up and running left too much undone. After fighting so hard to get it set up, they became some of its fiercest critics.
The Failure to Defend the Skies
This and nearly 2 hours of other deleted scenes from the movie 9/11: Press For Truth are now available on the supplementary DVD IN THEIR OWN WORDS: THE UNTOLD STORIES OF THE 9/11 FAMILIES.
Hate Rally at Ground Zero
With the wave of virulent anti-Muslim bigotry on display in the ongoing “Ground Zero mosque” controversy, it becomes abundantly clear that the full truth about 9/11 is needed more than ever. This hate-fueled media circus has shown us that, nine years down the road, the memory of the 9/11 attack still remains a dangerously potent […]