in afghanistan, which is why the us decided to invade. as aleem maqbool has been hearing in new york, some of those directly affected now fear that the events of recent days have once again made them unsafe. in the soaring skyline of lower manhattan, there remains a heart rending gap where the towers of the world trade center once stood. their footprints turned into memorials for the victims. within a month of the horrific acts that took their lives, 7,000 miles away, military operations were being launched. well, the war in afghanistan, of course, was started in the name of those who died at this spot nearly 20 years ago. in trying to find their killers, in trying to ensure an attack like that never happened again. but some of those relatives left behind are now among those who are furious at how it has all ended. ao year old katherine wolfe from swansea was working on the 97th floor of the north tower, when it was struck by a plane. no remains of hers were ever identified.
but some of those relatives left behind are now among those who are furious at how it has all ended. ao year old katherine woolf from swansea was working on the 97th floor of the north tower, when it was struck by a plane. no remains of hers were ever identified. her husband, charles, says there is no question the war was justified and that he had certainly celebrated the death of 0sama bin laden. but that he s been shocked by recent events. the situation that just occurred in afghanistan over the weekend was inexcusable, absolutely inexcusable. what they did was pull out. how they did it was absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong. after this debacle last weekend, i do not feel proud of our leaders. i feel proud about our nation, but not our current leaders.
from swansea was working on the 97th floor of the north tower when it was struck by a plane. no remains of hers were ever identified. her husband charles says there s no question the war was justified, and that he had certainly celebrated the death of 0sama bin laden, but that he has been shocked by recent events. the situation that just occurred in afghanistan over the weekend was inexcusable. absolutely inexcusable. what they did was pull out how they did it was absolutely wrong. absolutely wrong. after this debacle this last weekend, i do not feel proud of our leaders, i feel proud about our nation but not our current leaders. each room has a little piece ofjoe in it. christine lemm feels a huge amount of pride for her husband, joe. he was in the new york police at the time of the 9/11 attacks and was one of those who pulled bodies from the rubble.
in the soaring skyline of lower manhattan, there remains a heart rending gap where the towers of the world trade center once stood. their footprints turned into memorials for the victims. within a month of the horrific acts that took their lives, 7,000 miles away, military operations were being launched. well, the war in afghanistan, of course, was started in the name of those who died at this spot nearly 20 years ago. in trying to find their killers, in trying to ensure an attack like that never happened again. but some of those relatives left behind are now among those who are furious at how it has all ended. ao year old katherine woolf, from swansea, was working on the 97th floor of the north tower, when it was struck by a plane. no remains of hers were ever identified. her husband, charles, says there is no question the war was justified and that he had certainly celebrated the death of 0sama bin laden.
2001. katherine was working on the 97th floor of the north tower of the world trade center. charles would learn of katherine s death a few days later. as our grieving nation began to recover, the federal government created the september 11th victim compensation fund, or vcf to provide compensation for those who suffered from the terrorist attacks. it was funded using federal money which congress appropriated for that dedicated purpose. it extends to anyone who is in our zone, which is the shanksville, pentagon sites, it includes responders and survivors the program has been updated a couple of times and to date has paid out over 3.1 billion dollars covering more than 14,000 compensation determinations. it s currently funded under a 9/11 health and compensation act of 2010. a bill which president obama