Photographer Tom Franklin wasn’t even supposed to be in The Record's newsroom in Hackensackthat morning. He’d been in the Dominican Republic for a baseball project and had stopped by to talk to his editor. They were discussing the assignment when someone interrupted with the news that a plane had hit one of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Intelligencer

All eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 26 near exit 35 in Spartanburg County were blocked Monday due to a crash involving a semitrailer and fire truck. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the fire truck was in the area putting out a vehicle fire when it was hit by the semitrailer. Troopers said no one was in the fire truck when it was hit.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYFF-TV NBC 4 Greenville

Dozens of motorcycle riders hit the road on a cross-country ride to honor many of those first responders who died on September 11th. It's something every member of the Fire Hogs motorcycle club, and friends of the club feel strongly about. 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of 9-11...where 343 New York City firefighters lost their lives that fateful day while trying to save others.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

Hurricane Ida has pummeled Louisiana's parishes, strapping hospital and health resources as thousands remain without power. Experts worry Ida's impact will worsen COVID-19 spread in the state's low-lying parishes, where vaccination rates are low – in some only about a third of the population – and cases have surged to all-time highs.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

Air support has helped deliver supplies to firefighters working in remote locations on the Twenty-Five Mile Fire near Chelan. Paracargo, dropped from a fixed-wing smokejumper aircraft, has been used to drop critical supplies for firefighters including fresh food and water and tools. Sean Cox, air operations branch director for the incident management team assigned to the fire, says the air deliveries allow firefighters to remain close to the fire line and reduce lengthy travel times, often through complex terrain, to get supplies.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: iFiber One News Radio