KAREN WAGNER

‘She died trying to help others’: Karen Wagner’s legacy endures 20 years after 9/11

San Antonio has many connections to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and one of them is the story of U.S. Army LTC Karen Wagner.

‘The feeling of the threat lasted for a long time’: 20 years after 9/11

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we hear from local first responders, veterans and educators about what's changed in the last two decades.

City of Converse honors fallen 9/11 heroes with stair climb

SAN ANTONIO – The City of Converse and Judson ISD honored those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, with a stair climb at D. W. Rutledge Stadium. The stair climb began following a brief remembrance ceremony Friday morning. The stair climb was closed to the public due to COVID-19, and participants started in waves. Also on Friday, a special wreath-laying ceremony to honor LTC Karen Wagner will be held at Fort Sam National Cemetery. Wagner, who graduated from Judson High School in 1979, died at the Pentagon during the attack.