Pedestrians flee the area of New York's World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Photo: Amy Sancetta/AP, FIle
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THE LEDE: Good morning. Karen Matthews was getting her 3-year-old daughter ready for preschool in her Manhattan apartment on Sept. 11, 2001, when she heard a loud boom, unlike anything she’d ever heard before.
The Rundown
Hochul, Mamdani and Samuels launch city’s first free 2-K program: More than 2,000 two-year-olds were able to enroll in full-day care for the first year of the program, which was bolstered by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s initial $73 million investment.
Associated Press journalists who witnessed Sept. 11 remember what they saw, 25 years later: Dust from the pulverized towers was falling “like a snowstorm” when Associated Press reporter Larry Neumeister made it to a hospital near ground zero that afternoon.
Former Amazon employees sue over alleged discrimination against pregnant warehouse workers: The four plaintiffs filed a proposed nationwide class action in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday, accusing Amazon of violating the 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Police arrest third man in connection with last year’s club shooting in Crown Heights: Crown Heights resident Haile Cummings, 34, was arrested within the 71st Precinct, which includes Crown Heights, and charged with murder.
John Dewey Middle School opens new annex: The new three-story, 553-seat intermediate school in District 21 will serve students in grades six through eight.
Newly opened records show fears over air quality after 9/11 attacks: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is making public a trove of previously withheld city documents related to air quality and health concerns after the attack on the World Trade Center 25 years ago. (The City Reporter)
Our world in photos: Nurses, waves, flamingos and more.
Our World in Photos
TEXAS — Dariela Merchan, a registered nurse, at her home in Georgetown, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, organizes supplies to be shipped to people in Venezuela recovering from June’s twin earthquakes. Photo: Joel Angel Juarez/AP
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LIVE: Here are 12 fun activities to do in Brooklyn this weekend. (BKMAG)
CARTOON: Reminiscing. (The New Yorker)
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⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1937, the Eagle reported, "Two antiquated houses in downtown Brooklyn gave themselves up to science last night for the benefit of a group of future firefighters as their last act before going the way of condemned tenements." Click here to see what else happened on this day in history.
📔 IMPRINT
Model Kate Moss appears on the latest cover of Perfect Magazine.
👑 ROYAL WATCH
"The World’s Royal Families Converged in Norway for the Funeral of King Harald V" (Vanity Fair)
🏀 SPORTS
Breanna Stewart sets standard for Team USA (Brooklyn Eagle)
Space Shuttle Columbia pilot Robert Crippen
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead)
“Empire” star Taraji P. Henson
Author Maria Bartiromo, who was born in Brooklyn
“The Untouchables” director Brian De Palma
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