Source: The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) It is a place of sacrifice. A place of mourning. A place people pass by on their way to grab lunch. It's a place where tourists crane their necks to snatch a glimpse around barriers walling off an enormous construction site which is also what it is.

Ground zero.

Depending on whom you talk to, it's a scar on this city where horror still lingers, a bustling hive symbolizing the resilience of a nation, or simply, for those who liv… Click to Read More

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Source: The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) It is a place of sacrifice. A place of mourning. A place people pass by on their way to grab lunch. It's a place where tourists crane their necks to snatch a glimpse around barriers walling off an enormous construction site which is also what it is.

Ground zero.

Depending on whom you talk to, it's a scar on this city where horror still lingers, a bustling hive symbolizing the resilience of a nation, or simply, for those who liv… Click to Read More

Tagged As: US-Everyone's-Ground-Zero

Source: The Associated Press

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) Motivated by the deaths of two friends in war-zone explosions, 1st Lt. Timothy Dwyer decided to become a bomb hunter.

By joining an explosive ordnance disposal unit, Dwyer put himself at a high risk not just of being killed, but of falling victim to another, more insidious threat: repeated concussions from blasts that don't kill.

Soldiers from the Army's 52nd Ordnance Group based at Fort Campbell have undergone hours of e… Click to Read More

Tagged As: US-Bomb-Disposal-Concussions

Source: The Associated Press

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) Soldiers at Fort Campbell who specialize in finding and clearing bombs are undergoing cognitive testing in a first-of-its kind study of mild traumatic brain injury.

The soldiers of the 52nd Ordnance Group will be tracked during their upcoming Afghanistan deployment for concussions and head injuries to look for effects on brain functions.

Officials at Fort Campbell say the group's work finding and destroying such deadly we… Click to Read More

Tagged As: US-Bomb-Disposal-Concussions

Source: The Associated Press

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) Motivated by the deaths of two friends in war-zone explosions, 1st Lt. Timothy Dwyer decided to become a bomb hunter.

By joining an explosive ordnance disposal unit, Dwyer put himself at a high risk not just of being killed, but of falling victim to another, more insidious threat: repeated concussions from blasts that don't kill.

Soldiers from the Army's 52nd Ordnance Group based at Fort Campbell have undergone hours of e… Click to Read More

Tagged As: US-Bomb-Disposal-Concussions

Source: The Associated Press

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) Soldiers at Fort Campbell who specialize in finding and clearing bombs are undergoing cognitive testing in a first-of-its kind study of mild traumatic brain injury.

The soldiers of the 52nd Ordnance Group will be tracked during their upcoming Afghanistan deployment for concussions and head injuries to look for effects on brain functions.

Officials at Fort Campbell say the group's work finding and destroying such deadly we… Click to Read More

Tagged As: US-Bomb-Disposal-Concussions