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Since the nation elected Barack Obama as its president for a second term, and the 9/11 terrorists attacks become a more distant but still painful memory (especially to those who may have been too …
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By Mary Malloy
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1/23/13
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I awoke at 3:45 a.m. on Sept. 30, and by 4:35 I was on a train speeding from Merrick to Penn Station. At 6 a.m., I stood at Liberty and West streets in Lower Manhattan, near 1 World Trade Center.
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10/11/12
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Glen James Wall, was a partner and vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald, and working on the 105th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center when the planes hit. This heartfelt essay was …
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10/11/12
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Sept. 11 was a day of remembrance, reflection and solemn prayer for the citizens of Lynbrook and East Rockaway, as residents observed the 11th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the …
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By Brian Croce and Mary Malloy
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9/19/12
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On Sept. 11, 2001, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller called his wife, Sarah, shortly after 8:46 a.m., when five Al Qaeda terrorists slammed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
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8/16/12
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A memorable 9/11 service
To the Editor: On Sept. 11, I was at Memorial Park in East Rockaway with my wife and 9-year-old granddaughter for the memorial services. It was one of the most moving events …
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10/26/11
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Residents, village officials, firefighters, veterans’ organizations members, Boy Scout troops and World Trade Center first responders gathered at East Rockaway’s Memorial Park on Sunday to observe the 10th anniversary of the 9 /11 terrorist attacks. This was the village’s 11th ceremony, the first having
been held in the park just days after the attacks.
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By Mary Malloy
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9/14/11
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The New York Racing Association held a special ceremony today, prior to the start of Sunday’s live racing card at Belmont Park, to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/11/11
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The Merrick American Legion’s ceremony to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks started solemnly on Sunday with an invocation by Rabbi Paul Kirchner, but surprisingly it ended on an upbeat note when Sacred Heart School sixth-grader Alyssa Pallotta, dressed in a pink dress, took to the podium and sang “God Bless America.” Many in the crowd of 200 spontaneously joined hands and joined in singing this most American of songs.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/11/11
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Dear children:
This is what I wrote 10 years ago, in 2001, just days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center:
“As I write this letter, you exist only as a hope for the …
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Randi Kreiss
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9/9/11
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