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Gae Polisner, author of “The Memory of Things,” said she wants young adults to put themselves in the shoes of her story’s protagonist, who experienced 9/11.
Authors bring 9/11 to life for Bellmore-Merrick students
Two books on the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — Nora Raleigh Baskin’s “Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story” and Gae Polisner’s “The Memory of Things” — offer young readers a glimpse into that day, before they were born. On Sept. 14, Baskin visited Merrick Avenue Middle School, while Polisner visited Calhoun High School to speak to students on the importance of that day. more
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US Congressman Peter King addressed the crowd at the Seaford High School 9/11 Ceremony.
Seaford remembers 9/11 victims
The air was thick with approaching rain as more than 1,000 people gathered on the lawn of Seaford High School on September 11 to honor the victims, including five alumni, lost during the 2001 terrorist attacks. more
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Members of Rockville Centre Girl Scout Troop 870, above, paid tribute to those lost on Sept. 11, 2001 at a ceremony last Sunday on the Village Green.
Rockville Centre remembers neighbors who perished on 9/11 at annual ceremony
More than 100 people paid tribute to the village residents and loved ones of locals that perished on Sept. 11, 2001 at Rockville Centre’s annual 9/11 ceremony on the Village Green last Sunday. more
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Lynbrook held its 9/11 memorial ceremony outside Village Hall on Tuesday. Members of the Lynbrook Fire Department's color guard stood next to a piece of steel recovered from the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Never forget: Lynbrook, East Rockaway host 9/11 memorial ceremonies
Seventeen years after one of the darkest days in U.S. history, residents in East Rockaway and Lynbrook gathered for the villages’ respective 9/11 memorial services on Sept. 11. more
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Mayor Tim Tenke and Michelle Puckett-Formolo, daughter of one of the four 9/11 victims from Glen Cove, laid a wreath at the memorial.
Glen Cove remembers the day that shook the nation
Where flowers bloom, so does hope. –Lady Bird Johnson Tony Jimenez remembers what Glen Cove was like on Sept. 11, 2001, after two commercial jetliners struck the twin towers of the World … more
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Local fire departments raised two huge flags over the Tobal Beach parking lot to welcome the relatives of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
Storm ‘symbolic’ of 9/11 families’ devotion
Dozens of people gathered on Sept. 6 in a canvas tent on Tobay Beach for a memorial ceremony to honor those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Torrential … more
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Town officials joined FDNY Lt. John Fee, far right, as he rang a bell to mark the moment the first plane collided with the World Trade Center 17 years ago.
Remembering the fallen
“My friend, Charlie, was an FDNY Lieutenant. He had been retired, but he went down [to Ground Zero] with his army truck, from Howard Beach into New York City, and he donated goods like water, … more
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Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, the remains of the victims that were not yet identified were kept in refrigerated trailers behind the Manhattan Medical Examiner’s Office at 1st Avenue and 30th Street. The entire area was enclosed in a tent, for privacy.
‘Reverence for the dead, compassion for the living’: Oceanside disaster mortician retires after 22 years
“It’s like you want to bring — not closure, there’s never closure — but certainty for the families of the victims,” said Oceansider Kevin Costigan, who, after serving for 22 years on the … more
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Remembering Wantagh's loss on Sept. 11
Commemorating the attacks on the World Trade Center 17 years ago this week, veterans, elected and school officials, scouts, civic leaders and family members gathered in Wantagh on Sunday to remember the 13 residents who died on Sept. 11, 2001. more
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Long Beach firefighter Angela Rondinella held a flag imprinted with the names of civilians who died in the 9/11 attacks during a ceremony at the Firemen’s Memorial in 2015.
‘There was a sense of urgency’
By Anthony Rifilato arifilato@liherald.com Seventeen years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, former New York City police officer Darren Brennan still vividly remembers not only the … more
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