Air marshals claim Biden is risking ‘another 9/11’ by shifting them from flights to border

The president of the Air Marshal National Council, Sonja Labosco, is protesting President Biden’s taking U.S. air marshals from their in-air duties and sending them to assist at the Mexican border, saying  marshals are now present on fewer than 1% of flights, reports Mary Ann Martinez for the NY Post.

A letter she wrote reads in part, “There have been numerous incidents — a level 4 threat which means someone tried to breach a cockpit two days ago on a Southwest flight. So the message is, ‘Sir, please replace the air marshals on the border. Stop taking them out of the sky and let us do the job that we were trained to do.”

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NJ lawmakers want workplace protections for first responders with PTSD

A new bill cleared the NJ Assembly last week in a unanimous vote. If it becomes law, the bill, would give NJ first responders with work-related PTSD employment protections, reports Bobby Brier of NJ Spotlight News.

The bill can be read here.

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Retired Navy Vice Admiral John Mateczun, 9/11 Pentagon survivor, dies

Retired US Navy Vice Admiral John Mateczun died on November 7, 2022.

Mateczun was in the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, when it was attacked by terrorists. A psychiatrist, he started to assist the injured.

His son, Adam, Mateczun, told Rick Nathanson of the Albuquerque Journal, “We didn’t know if he was dead or alive and it wasn’t until a few hours after the plane had crashed that he finally was able to get in touch with the family to let us know he was still alive.”

Mateczun was also a Vietnam veteran with a long and distinguished career.

Military burial at Arlington National Cemetery will take place at a date to be announced.

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