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NYC preparing for ‘elevated’ terror threat and beefing up security ahead of 9/11 20th anniversary after Kabul bombing
DAYS ahead of memorializing the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, New York City law enforcement officials are ramping up security to be ready for an “elevated threat environment.”
“We’ve seen the call to action this year be louder and better organized from terrorist groups that we’ve seen in prior years,” said John Miller, the NYPD’s NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism said the mayor received a security briefing Tuesday.
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'ELEVATED THREAT ENVIRONMENT'
Miller highlighted the seminal anniversary following all US troops fleeing Afghanistan to cede power to the Taliban and coming at the cost of 13 American soldiers’ lives after , according to the .
Miller pointed to a fresh inventory of “significant propaganda” coming hot off of al Qaeda presses that were featured in the latest issue of the terror group’s magazine that calls on zealot militants known as “Allah’s soldiers” to kill “unbelievers.”
“We are paying attention to that drumbeat,” Miller explained.
Miller also detailed the robust security apparatus in place and that will be omnipresent and ready for what he described as “an elevated threat environment,” according to the .
“We operate on the idea that there is a threat out there, and that we have to continuously hunt for that - before the event, during the event, after the event, and not just at the event, but around the city,” Miller said.
“We’ve stepped it up this year, not because of specific information about something in New York, but because we want people to see it, we want people to know they’re safe and we want people to know that we’re here and that we’re protecting that event.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio also confirmed that there an extra effort to be vigilant for Saturday's event.
“We are watching all the time,” the mayor told reporters on Wednesday.
“We know the ways of the terrorists.
";We understand this anniversary is going to be on their minds too.”
REMEMBERING 9/11
A total of 2,977 people perished in New York City, Washington, DC and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania after .
American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 became human-filled missiles, crashing into both the North and South Towers.
Both skyscrapers came crashing down as a result.
The city was rebuilt on the grounds of paying tribute to the lost with a museum and rebirthing the World Trade Center with a new transportation hub, a mall and various high-rises, including the
It’s also a date where people have gathered together to pay homage to the 2,753 lives lost in Lower Manhattan after the Twin Towers fell.
CANINES AND CHEMICAL SENSORS
NYPD Counterterrorism Chief Martine Materasso ticked off a wide range of precautionary measures that will be implemented come the weekend’s gathering to remember the lives lost and also protect the attendees.
“We will be using all of our counterterrorism resources to ensure a safe event,” Materasso said, according to the publication.
They will feature trained explosive detection canines, magnetism-detecting cameras and chemical sensors.
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She added: “Our bomb squad will vet the World Trade Center site prior to the event and will remain for the duration.”
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The counterterrorism chief made a public plea to avoid sending up any drones this weekend.
It’s already illegal to fly drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles in New York City, Materasso stressed that there will be “counter-drone detection teams” in place to “mitigate if necessary."
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