911 operators call on each other for support
By Azmeer Omar, For The Pitt News
March 5, 2020
There is a strict procedure 911 operators have to follow for each call, from providing instructions for emergency medical intervention to dispatching local emergency service personnel. But while operators remain calm on the line, the trauma they negotiate in each call can translate to psychological stress away from the job.
Passing the memory of 9/11 to a new generation
By Martha Layne, Staff Writer
September 10, 2019
Pitt's class of 2023 is likely the last class to have most students born before the 9/11 terror attacks.
Editorial: Inciting violence against politicians hurts everyone
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 15, 2019
It is natural to disagree with politicians, but no matter how opposed one is to their values, inciting violence against them through misinformation — as Trump did with his video — is never OK.
Editorial: Trump disappoints as consoler-in-chief
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 12, 2018
The 17th anniversary of 9/11 required a certain decorum and level of sobriety that were conspicuously absent in President Trump’s behavior outside of a prepared speech.
A walk to remember: Zemeckis baths tightrope stunt in beauty
By Ian Flanagan / Staff Writer
October 14, 2015
If you didn’t see enough of Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers in 2008’s documentary “Man on Wire,” Petit gets the grand-scale cinematic treatment he deserves in “The Walk.” For someone who spends so much effort on his visual creation with only middling...