After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . .
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7/15/15
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The observance of the anniversary of Sept. 11 is meant to be a reminder of a tragedy of the past. But with all the terrorist activities going on around the world, the 9/11 remembrance is a continuing wake-up call for America in these frightening times.
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9/11/14
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On Thursday we mark the 13th anniversary of the attacks on the U.S. by the fanatics of Al Qaeda, which killed almost 3,000 people at the World Trade Center — a great many of whom were from our South Shore communities . . .
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9/11/14
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Thirteen years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that claimed nearly 3,000 lives, Nassau County held a candlelight remembrance ceremony to honor those who died that day.
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By David Weingrad
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9/10/14
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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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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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After spending much of his childhood and all of his teen years in Franklin Square, and graduating from the H. frank Carey High School, Pete Messana traveled around the United States, working sporadically as a hockey referee. When he decided to return to the community in 2001, just weeks before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he was unemployed.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/27/11
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The Franklin Square & Munson Fire Department held a 9/11 Remembrance Service on Sept. 11, at the Franklin Square firehouse, at 841 Liberty Place.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/13/11
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Bruce Douglas Boehm, known as “Chappy” to his close friends and family — a nickname he’d been given by his co-lifeguards at Nassau Beach, for the way he kicked his feet when he walked, like comedian Charlie Chaplain’s — was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. He was working at the time as a full-time broker at Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm that was housed on the 101st to 105th floors of the World Trade Center’s north tower.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/13/11
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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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