9/11: ‘People who grew up in the Troubles got it right away’

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Subscribe              Sep 12, 2021           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           9/11: 'People who grew up in the Troubles got it right away'           Unlike the rest of the UK, people from NI understood immediately that 9/11 was a terrorist attack - and that the ramifications would be huge, says actor Charlie Lawson.                 9/11 TWENTY YEARS ON: 'Dad said goodbye from floor 103 as tower crumbled'   The son of a British 9/11 victim has spoken of his longing for his father's advice, after welcoming his own baby boy into the world 20 years after the terror attacks.           Northern Ireland Protocol: Leading Welsh Tory Dan Boucher to join DUP   A leading Conservative Party activist from Wales is joining the DUP and moving to Northern Ireland.           Minute's silence held across Northern Ireland in memory of those killed on 9/11   A minute's silence has been held across Northern Ireland in memory of those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks 20 years ago.           PPS takes five months to decide whether to prosecute suspended officer   A police officer who made a controversial arrest after a Troubles related commemoration in Belfast has been suspended for seven months so far - five of which have been waiting for the Public Prosecution Service to decide whether to prosecute them.           9/11 TWENTY YEARS ON: Jet pilot recalls being ordered to kill herself   One of America's first-ever female fighter pilots has recalled how she was ordered to kill herself by ramming her jet into one of the hijacked airliners.           NI MP self isolating after testing positive for coronavirus   DUP MP Gavin Robinson has tested positive for coronavirus and is now self isolating.           NI personalities recall what they were doing when the Twin Towers fell   Former First Minister Peter Robinson, long-time UTV news anchor Paul Clark and ex-Presbyterian Moderator Norman Hamilton are among those who have recounted what they were doing when events that were to change the world happened in New York.           9/11 TWENTY YEARS ON: Boris Johnson tells the nation 'terrorism failed'   The September 11 attacks on the USA, which unfolded exactly 20 years ago today, failed to force "free peoples" to submit to living their lives in "permanent fear".                 View more news

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