Now an association of first-responder officers who say the nation and its political leaders have ignored the lessons of that attack is sponsoring an alternative to today's official memorial service.

The International Counter-Terrorism Officers Association, or ICTOA, a non-profit founded by members of the New York Police Department, says the Nov. 21 event at 2 p.m. at the Killeen Conference Center in Killeen, Texas, is a "competing memorial" to honor the dead and wounded. It will be followed by five speakers "who will expose what our nation's leaders are afraid to share with the American people."