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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is erecting a 9/11 memorial with ‘sacred remains’ from the World Trade Center. A group of Central District officials and students went to Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport last week to inspect the rusted girder that will form the centerpiece of the monument. Above are, from left, Dan Christoffel, a retired Calhoun High School art teacher; Peter Gat, an art conservator with the Port Authority; John Scalisi, the Central District’s facilities director; Peter Miller, a Port Authority financial analyst; Dr. Henry Kiernan, the Central District superintendent; students Julie Schnaars and Patrick Lugauer; and John Boyle, a Central District English teacher.
Central District erecting memorial with girder from the WTC
A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more
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Anti-immigrant feeling has roots in America
Life imitates art, so to me, the recent xenophobic rants against foreigners seem to jump right off the pages of “The Lazarus Project,” an award-winning novel by Aleksandar Hemon. more
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Next time we may not be so lucky
On May 1, a Pakistani-born American citizen, Faisal Shahzad, attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square. His intent was simple — to kill innocent American citizens and create economic chaos. more
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‘I failed; I’m sorry; I’ll do better next time’
No American could possibly take much comfort in the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack by a wannabe airplane suicide bomber. The good news was that the attacker was even more incompetent than our security services. His bomb misfired. Brave passengers wrestled him to the ground. more
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The 2000s, the decade from purgatory
In a recent Time magazine column, Andy Serwer labeled the 2000s the “decade from hell.” I’d be more inclined to call it the decade from purgatory. more
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The president and attorney general are dead wrong
Eight years after Sept. 11, our hearts remain heavy from the tremendous loss we suffered. Now, thanks to the irresponsible decision by President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, New Yorkers will suffer again. more
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By all means, try the alleged 9/11 terrorist in N.Y.
Let us go back to the day, the bright and beautiful September day, when all the promise of a new morning collapsed in on itself like the towers themselves. The images and sounds of the attack — the planes, the falling bodies, the imploding buildings, the gaping maw where New York’s greatest landmarks stood, the dust, the smell, the photos of loved ones taped to windows — are etched in our minds forever. more
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Finding higher meaning in Sept. 11
I remember driving west on Park Avenue in Long Beach with my then 1 1/2-year-old daughter tucked in her car seat behind me. It was midday, and the sun shone so brightly. There was a break between the buildings, and through it I could peer toward the destruction. more
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We must not forget
Eight years after the horror of seeing thousands of people die, towering buildings crash to the ground and a war declared on terrorism, we must not let our proclivity to move on eclipse our need to remember the victims, the heroes and the enemies of our way of life. more
Marking 9/11 with music and prayer
Rockville Centre residents are invited to join the Molloy College community as they fill the skies with music. more
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