Barbara Spence keeps paper roses and hidden notes her husband Maynard left before dying in the North Tower on 9/11.

Miss Napa County Milan Alas once flew to Paris on a Make-A-Wish trip. Now she is fundraising, mentoring and training for a marathon before her reign ends in November.

Carrie Pike is back in Manhattan with flag blankets for the firehouse that lost all 15 men on shift on 9/11.

Sarah Swope thought she had a uterine prolapse. Instead, Parma firefighters helped deliver her 8-pound son minutes later.

The steel sits inside a historic 1899 firehouse just restored for $5.7 million, joining three other Houston-area 9/11 memorials.

Waimea's week-long Paniolo Festival honors four local elders as Living Treasures ahead of Saturday's parade.

Free morning panels at a converted East Side warehouse lead into a Sept. 26 fair connecting neighbors to capital and job training.

Maura Dwyer was one of 78 passengers grounded in Kansas on 9/11. She's returning to Kansas 25 years later.

University AME Zion Church in Palo Alto will replace the crumbling foundation of its 1920s Little House by spring 2027.

Oregon Walks caps off STEPtember with a car-free trek from Luuwit View Park to Pioneer Courthouse Square, complete with mobile karaoke and a legislator town hall.

Tim Duffy rode his motorcycle toward the World Trade Center after the South Tower collapsed. It is now on display at the Harley-Davidson Museum.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has given over 64,000 books to San Francisco kids.

Teams of 25 will drag an aircraft 12 feet across JetZero's tarmac Saturday to fund year-round athlete programs.