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Inauguration of Parliament:
A colorful celebration with little
Wednesday
September 11, 2024 substance
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Jon Stewart presses for a breakthrough to get the first 9/11 troops full care
By TARA COPP
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
first U.S. troops to deploy
after the Sept. 11 attacks
are suffering from radiation
exposure that the govern-
ment has yet to officially
recognize 23 years later.
They are a final group of
9/11 service members that
comedian Jon Stewart, a
champion for first respond-
ers, can't leave behind.
Special operations forces
were sent to a former So-
viet base in Uzbekistan in
early October 2001, where
they launched the first mis-
sions against the Taliban
in Afghanistan, including
the secret horseback op-
eration depicted in the
movie "12 Strong." Over
the next four years, more
than 15,000 U.S. troops de-
ployed to Karshi-Khana-
bad, known as K2.
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Tyranae Murray, USS Somerset sailor of Victorville, Calif., places one of the last 40 flags, honoring the
Continued on Page 2 passengers and crew lost on Flight 93, in a display located on Harmon Street in Somerset County, Pa., Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.
Associated Press