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Firefighter brother of 9/11 victim incensed by ‘radical’ Muslims winning key Dem primaries
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A man whose life has been deeply impacted by radical Islamic terrorism is incensed as people he claims hold extreme beliefs are winning Democratic Party elections at alarming rates.
«When it comes to terrorist sympathizers, I don’t really suffer fools kindly, and this guy is beyond the pale,» Don Arias said of Dr. Adam Hamawy, now the Democratic nominee for Congress in New Jersey’s blue-leaning 12th Congressional District.
Arias is an Air Force veteran and former New York firefighter who witnessed the grave destruction of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. His brother, who worked on the 84th floor of the South Tower, died in the subsequent 9/11 terrorist attacks that changed the trajectory of American history.
Arias spoke to his brother, Adam, the morning of the attack after the first plane had already struck the North Tower. Adam described to him the chaos, as desperate victims jumped from the burning skyscraper that once anchored the city’s skyline.
Don Arias, a former firefighter and Air Force veteran who is now an advocate for families of 9/11 victims, in his dress blue uniform. (Courtesy: Don Arias)
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«So, that has stuck with me for many years,» he told Fox News Digital. Arias has since gone on to advocate for the families of victims of 9/11.
Hamawy is a veteran combat plastic surgeon who now operates his own private practice in New Jersey. He won a crowded Democratic primary to replace outgoing Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman, D-N.J., on June 2.
He emerged victorious despite heavy baggage, including ties to radical Islamic terrorism.
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In his past, Hamawy cozied up to infamous terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman, better known as the «Blind Sheikh,» the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing who died in federal prison in 2017.
Dr. Adam Hamawy speaks during an interview in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2024, after meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill. He recently returned to the U.S. after volunteering in Gaza. (Drew Angerer/AFP)
The pair met in 1991, when Hamawy was a young adult, and soon thereafter Hamawy began accompanying Abdel-Rahman to mosques. In the same year, Hamawy, the sheikh and others took a 13-hour car ride from Abdel-Rahman’s home in New Jersey to a conference in Detroit called «Towards a Global Islamic Economy.»
The congressional hopeful testified on behalf of the defense in the sheikh’s trial.
While Arias said it’s possible that Hamawy has some positive credentials — he is a doctor and a veteran — he doesn’t trust the candidate at all.
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«But when he’s pals with the Blind Sheikh, and he’s his translator for several years, when he testifies for him in court saying what a great guy is, when he spends that kind of time with this guy, and then says that he’s never heard him say anything about jihad, I have to question his veracity. I mean, that just doesn’t ring true,» Arias told Fox New Digital.
Don Arias, second from left, poses for a photo with fellow NYFD firefighters. (Courtesy: Don Arias)
«Show me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are,» he continued. «And if this guy Hamawy is going to try and forget all about that — he wants it to go down the memory hole and say, ‘oh, I was a veteran, you know, I did good stuff’ — I’m not going to forget, and I don’t think people should forget.«
In 1994, Hamawy also went on what he describes as a humanitarian mission to Bosnia. There, he worked with the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF). In a post-9/11 terrorism crackdown, BIF was designated as a financier of terrorism by the U.S. government over its ties to al Qaeda.
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«We’re not educating the voters, and the voters aren’t doing the proper research into their candidates, because I think if they knew that this guy, if it was top of mind awareness that this guy had these kinds of connections… they wouldn’t vote for him, and I think people need to bring that to the forefront.»
Plastic surgeon-turned-House candidate Adam Hisham Hamawy is interviewed in New York on April 24, 2024 about his intention to go on a humanitarian mission to Hamas-led Gaza. ((Photo by Islam Dogru/Anadolu via Getty Images))
Additionally, a socialist candidate who once suggested that the United States deserved 9/11 is likely to win a seat in the New York State Senate.
Aber Kawas is the Muslim daughter of illegal aliens who is now the Democratic nominee for the New York State Senate District 12. She was backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and won as part of a far-left sweep of several federal and state Democratic primaries in the city last Tuesday.
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«The system of capitalism and racism and White supremacy… and Islamophobia have all been used to colonize lands, to take resources from other people and so this is a long trajectory, and we’re just seeing the manifestations of that continuation with 9/11,» she said in a 2017 episode of the Asian American Writers’ Association podcast titled «Islamophobia beyond 9/11 with Aber Kawas.»
«The idea we have to apologize for a terror attack that a couple of people did and then there is no apology or reparations for genocides and for slavery… is something I find reprehensible,» she said.
Aber Kawas, Youth Activities Director for the Arab-American Association of New York, speaks at a rally in Columbus Circle protesting proposals to restrict Muslim arrivals to the United States. (Andy Katz/Corbis)
Arias condemned those comments, too.
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«For her to minimize 9/11 … it’s just like, ‘oh, some people had some planes,’ you know, it’s beyond the pale,» he told Fox News Digital by phone. «So, when I look at somebody like Kawas, when I look at somebody like Mamdani, I don’t see an American. I mean, you scratch the surface, you see a commie, you see a radical, and — forgive me for saying it — I see a Nazi.»
He then blasted the American education system, which he views as a pipeline to far-left activism instead of actual learning. According to Arias, voters for candidates like Hamawy and Kawas are groomed in schools and in higher education to hold radical beliefs.
«It’s very insidious and it’s very seductive to the young and dumb,» he said. «It’s the young, it’s the dumb, it’s the indoctrinated who are voting for these people in numbers.»
«I don’t know what happens to a person where they actually grow to hate their own country, but I blame universities and the schools for this,» Arias continued. It’s an indictment on our education system because almost… they’re all very young, very ill informed and they’re Islamo-Nazis at this point.»
Don Arias speaks at an event as part of his work as an advocate for 9/11 families on September 11, 2025. (Courtesy: Don Arias)
He added that for people like Kawas, Zionism, Judaism and Israel have been conflated with «white supremacy,» and in their minds, the alleged «white supremacy» has to be «put down.»
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He also described socialism as a «luxury belief,» and its supporters as mostly young, wealthy or upper-middle-class people.
«These guys are cruising, so they can have these luxury beliefs, these ethereal conversations about mankind. They’re so out of touch.»
Hamawy’s campaign did not return Fox News Digital’s request for comment. And Kawas declined to answer questions, instead pointing to her X account.
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Sismo de 7.4 sacude a Guatemala: Autoridades declaran alerta anaranjada por daños y descartan tsunami
Un potente sismo de magnitud 7.4 con epicentro en las costas de Chiapas, México, provocó fuertes sacudidas en Guatemala y El Salvador. (Infobae Centroamérica/Emerson Del Cid)
La mañana de este viernes, 17 de julio, la Costa del Pacífico y la región sur-occidente del territorio guatemalteco se vieron sacudidas por un potente movimiento telúrico.
De acuerdo con el reporte oficial de la Red Sismológica Nacional del Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH), el evento sísmico se registró inicialmente a las 08:48 horas.
Aunque en un principio los sistemas automatizados arrojaron una magnitud preliminar de 5.8 con un supuesto epicentro dentro de la soberanía nacional, los expertos de la Sección de Sismología procedieron a realizar la revisión manual de los datos.
Tras analizar el volumen completo de la información a disposición, el instituto actualizó los parámetros oficiales, confirmando que el sismo tuvo una magnitud definitiva de 7.4 y que su epicentro se localizó realmente en las costas del Pacífico, en territorio de México, muy cercano a la frontera con Guatemala.
A raíz de la considerable magnitud de este terremoto y de su ubicación marítima, el Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico emitió una notificación preliminar para la región centroamericana.
No obstante, las autoridades científicas del INSIVUMEH, en su boletín de seguimiento técnico, aclararon que la clasificación de la amenaza para las costas de Guatemala es estrictamente Baja.
Los expertos detallaron que, si bien se descarta por completo un fenómeno de tsunami devastador o destructivo para el país, la población costera debe comprender el comportamiento de la naturaleza.
Un tsunami consiste en una serie de olas sucesivas y, aunque en esta ocasión no se presentará una catástrofe, los modelos hidrológicos prevén fluctuaciones en el nivel de la marea que no superarán los 100 centímetros (1 metro) de altura, viniendo acompañadas de un incremento en la fuerza de las corrientes y del oleaje convencional.
Las estimaciones de arribo de la primera perturbación marina comenzaron a registrarse a partir de las 09:35 horas en el departamento de San Marcos, extendiéndose de manera paulatina hacia Suchitepéquez, Escuintla, Santa Rosa, Retalhuleu y el puerto de Champerico.
Como parte de las acciones inmediatas de respuesta ante el potente sismo de las 08:48 horas, las autoridades han declarado formalmente la alerta anaranjada institucional.
Esta medida busca agilizar la movilización de recursos y la coordinación interinstitucional, dado que ya se reportan daños materiales en distintas partes del país. De manera preliminar, el sistema de emergencia contabiliza hasta el momento un total de 20 emergencias registradas. La distribución geográfica de estos incidentes se concentra principalmente en el occidente y centro de la República:
- Siete emergencias en el departamento de Quetzaltenango
- Cinco en Sololá
- Tres en San Marcos
- teres en Guatemala
- Una en Totonicapán
- Una en Retalhuleu.
Ante este escenario, la recomendación principal hacia las comunidades costeras y el sector pesquero artesanal es mantener la prudencia y alejarse temporalmente de la línea de playa hasta nuevo aviso, con el fin de evitar percances por los cambios súbitos en la fuerza del mar. Mientras tanto, en el territorio mexicano, las réplicas del sismo principal no han cesado; los servicios geológicos del vecino país del norte ya contabilizan más de 30 réplicas en las zonas colindantes al epicentro original, manteniendo en alerta a los cuerpos de socorro de ambos lados de la frontera.
En seguimiento directo al sismo registrado esta mañana y con el firme objetivo de salvaguardar la vida de los estudiantes guatemaltecos, el Ministerio de Educación (Mineduc), liderado por sus autoridades centrales, ha tomado medidas drásticas de carácter preventivo.
A través de una disposición oficial de última hora, la cartera educativa anunció la suspensión total de las clases presenciales para este viernes 17 de julio de 2026.
Esta orden de restricción temporal aplica estrictamente para los departamentos de San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepéquez y Retalhuleu, las regiones del país que percibieron el movimiento telúrico con mayor intensidad y donde se concentra el mayor riesgo de réplicas.
La autoridad ministerial enfatizó que la medida de suspensión posee un carácter integral, por lo que abarca de forma obligatoria a todos los centros educativos que operan en las jurisdicciones mencionadas. Esto incluye a los establecimientos del sector público, del sector privado, los institutos por cooperativa, las escuelas municipales y todos los programas del sistema de educación extraescolar.
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Democrat scrambles to meet Angel Mom after she blasts lawmakers to their faces for ignoring families’ pleas
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Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., offered to promptly meet with an Angel Mom after she said during the second day of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing that she and other Angel Parents have been «completely ignored» in their push for immigration reform.
«Miss Bos, anxious to meet with you,» Durbin said. «I hope we can do it soon, maybe right after this.»
Jennifer Bos, whose daughter’s body was found in a bleach-filled container in a case in which an illegal immigrant was charged with concealing her death, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Blanche’s nomination, underscoring the Trump administration’s focus on violent crime and immigration enforcement.
Bos is among the Angel Families — relatives of people killed or harmed in crimes involving illegal immigrants — who have pushed lawmakers for stricter immigration enforcement.
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Jennifer Bos, mother of Megan Bos, dries her tears as she speaks during the second day of acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 16, 2026. President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next US attorney general — his former personal defense lawyer Todd Blanche. (Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images)
Durbin’s offer to meet with Bos, one of his constituents, came as Bos revealed during an exchange with Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., that it was very difficult for Angel Moms to meet with their lawmakers.
«This is the first time I’ve ever spoken with him,» Bos said. «I haven’t spoken with them. He spoke to me.»
«Well, I hope—and I’m sure that—I hope I heard the ranking member yesterday talked about the need for the attorney general to meet with victims, which I support,» Britt said in response. «And I certainly am hopeful that he will, and others, will meet with you.»
Bos went on to say that several pieces of legislation introduced last session have been ignored by Democratic officials.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) during a hearing to examine the abduction of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation on Capitol Hill on Wednesday December 3, 2025 (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
«And there hasn’t been any way to really get in and talk to anybody, especially those who are opposed to those legislations for whatever reason,» said Bos.
At the end of the hearing, Durbin addressed Bos for a second time, offering to meet with her immediately after the hearing ended.
«I didn’t know it was a hardship for you to make this journey here, testify, from Illinois,» Durbin continued in his remarks to Bos, offering to meet her. «And I don’t want you to have to wait to see me. I want to meet with you now, and we can talk as soon as this meeting adjourns, if it’s okay with you, if it fits in your schedule.»
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Megan Bos was allegedly found dead in Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez’ backyard in Illinois in April 2025. (Fox News)
Bos told senators during the second day of Blanche’s confirmation hearing about the «unbearable agony» her family endured after her daughter, Megan Bos, was found partially decomposed inside of a garbage can in April 2025, following a 51-day search. The Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled Bos’ cause of death «undetermined,» saying the autopsy could not determine how she died or whether her death was a homicide or drug-related.
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Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico charged in the case, was initially released from local custody after an Illinois judge determined the state charges against him — including two counts of concealment of a death, abuse of a corpse and obstruction of justice — did not qualify for pretrial detention under state law.
ICE then arrested Mendoza-Gonzalez in Chicago in July 2025, after federal authorities said he was in the country illegally.
Bos praised Blanche for stepping in after local officials failed to secure justice.
Jennifer Bos said ICE’s VOICE office comforted her after her daughter’s alleged killer was temporarily let free under Illinois sanctuary law. (Fox News)
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«I’m asking the committee not to wait until another mother is sitting where I am,» Bos said during her opening remarks. «Confirm Todd Blanche. He is a leader who will uphold the law, honor victims, confront dangerous criminal organizations, and fight to give other American families the safety and lasting protection that came too late for mine.»
Mendoza-Gonzalez remains in federal immigration custody after being arrested by ICE in July 2025.
He was arrested on charges related to his immigration status.
He also faces state charges stemming from Bos’ death.
Fox News Digital reached out to Durbin’s office for comment.
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Un fuerte sismo azotó el viernes la costa del Pacífico Sur mexicano justo en la frontera con Guatemala y fue sentido desde Ciudad de México hasta El Salvador, aunque en la capital mexicana no hizo sonar el alerta sísmica.
El Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis de Estados Unidos emitió dos alertas de tsunami para México y Guatemala.
Según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés), el terremoto tuvo una magnitud de 7,3 con epicentro cerca de la costa de Chiapas y a 15 kilómetros de profundidad.
Las autoridades no han informado de daños de manera inmediata.
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the coast of Chiapas state in southern Mexico, near the border with Guatemala.
A tsunami warning was issued in the area. Eyewitnesses told Reuters news agency that in Guatemala ‘buildings shook.’… pic.twitter.com/6JVBs1CfTJ
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El terremoto tuvo lugar a las 11:48, hora argentina, según notificó el Servicio Sismológico Nacional.
Minutos después, se registró una réplica perceptible para la población, lo que prolongó la incertidumbre y llevó a muchas personas a permanecer fuera de sus viviendas, en amplias zonas de Chiapas.
La Secretaría de Protección Civil de Chiapas explicó, en su cuenta de X, que se encuentra «activa» y en «constante monitoreo» sobre la situación en las distintas regiones del estado, sin ofrecer por el momento más detalles.
En la localidad mexicana de Suchiate, junto al río que separa México de Guatemala, se realizaban monitoreos en las zonas costeras por peligro de tsunami, confirmó su alcalde Elmer Vázquez Gallardo.
En Tapachula, la principal ciudad de la frontera sur mexicana, el temblor empezó leve pero se fue intensificando.
“Estábamos arriba en el segundo piso cuando empezó a temblar, pensamos que iba pasar pero de ahí se sintió más fuerte y bajamos todos, evacuamos ordenados al patio frontal”, dijo a The Associated Press Alejandra Mendoza, una empleada administrativa de un hospital público de la ciudad.
En la capital mexicana, donde edificios de ciertas zonas crujieron y cimbraron, no sonó el alerta sísmica porque, según explicó el gobierno, “la energía radiada por el sismo durante los primeros segundos no superó los niveles de activación”.
Entre las recomendaciones difundidas por las autoridades destacan la revisión de instalaciones de gas y energía eléctrica, mantenerse alejados de estructuras que pudieran representar un riesgo y reportar cualquier incidente al número de emergencias 911.
Uno de los aspectos que generó inquietud entre habitantes de San Cristóbal de Las Casas fue la ausencia de una alerta sísmica audible, por lo que muchas personas reaccionaron únicamente al percibir el movimiento telúrico.
México se encuentra en una de las regiones sísmicas más activas del mundo debido a la interacción de las placas tectónicas de Cocos, Norteamérica, Rivera, Pacífico y Caribe. Los estados del sur y la costa del Pacífico, como Chiapas, Oaxaca y Guerrero, registran con frecuencia movimientos telúricos de intensidad considerable.
El sismo ocurre además en una zona históricamente vulnerable a este tipo de fenómenos. En septiembre de 2017, un terremoto de magnitud 8,2 con epicentro frente a las costas de Chiapas dejó decenas de muertos y severos daños en el sur del país, siendo uno de los más fuertes registrados en la historia reciente de México.
En la Ciudad de Guatemala, el terremoto sacudió los edificios y provocó que algunos residentes salieran corriendo de sus casas a la calle. Medios locales de Guatemala mostraron imágenes del personal evacuando un edificio gubernamental mientras se activaban los protocolos de seguridad.
El temblor también se sintió en El Salvador, según informó la agencias Reuters.
En el estado sureño mexicano de Oaxaca, el gobernador Salomón Jara dijo en las redes sociales que el terremoto se sintió con intensidad moderada en la capital del estado, pero no se reportaron daños graves de inmediato.
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