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More than 2,000 friends and family members of the Long Islanders who died in the Sept. 11 attacks gathered on Sunday in Point Lookout for the Town of Hempstead's annual 9/11 Sunrise Memorial.

Nassau County towns mark anniversary of terror attacks with ceremony and solemnity

Nassau residents marked the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks with public ceremonies, personal reflection, even commemorative kite flying and bike rides. For town by town coverage click... more

9/14/11

Ground Zero workers brought over a statue that had been on a nearby street as a reminder of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.

Working the graveyard shift

A subway delay saved Charles Kaczorowski’s life. He was heading from his West Hempstead home into lower Manhattan on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, for an 8:30 a.m. meeting in the concourse … more

By Lee Landor | 9/14/11

An open letter to my great-grandchildren

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 … more

Randi Kreiss | 9/9/11

A decade after the attacks, we still hurt

It is difficult to believe that 10 years have come and gone since Al Qaeda terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, a third into a field in Pennsylvania and a fourth … more

9/9/11

Construction of One World Trade Center is now well under way. The super-structure, which will replace the twin towers, is scheduled for completion in 2013.

Rebuilding ground zero

On Aug. 5, I traveled to ground zero in Lower Manhattan to photograph the epicenter of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil, nearly 10 years later. As I scaled the subway steps leading to Vesey Street, on the north side of what had been the World Trade Center before September 11, 2001, I was uncertain what to expect when I reached the top of the staircase. The last time that I visited ground zero, in August 2006, I felt forlorn. It was a hauntingly empty place. What would I find this time? more

By Scott Brinton | 9/8/11

‘The fire and the smoke’

Andree Marshall, an Island Park resident, worked at the World Trade Center for years before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. An employee of Merrill Lynch, she was in the building on Feb. 26, … more

Alex Costello | 9/7/11

Winston Grant, of Lakeview, died on Sept. 11, 2001, when he stayed behind in the north tower to comfort others.

Lending a hand until the very end

Joyce Grant misses most the times she and her husband, Winston Grant, prayed together. She misses the kisses he used to give her before he left their Lakeview home every weekday morning to … more

Lee Landor | 9/7/11

The Lakeview Fire Department will host a blood drive on Sept. 11 in honor of a former chief, Robert DeAngelis Jr., who died on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Herald remembers: Give blood in honor of those who gave lives

The Lakeview Fire Department will sponsor a blood drive in memory of Robert “Bobby” DeAngelis Jr., one of its former fire chiefs who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. DeAngelis, a lifelong … more

9/7/11

Dr. Mitchell levy kept the gas mask that he wore when he worked at the chief medical examiner’s office in Manhattan in 2001 and 2002. He identified victims through their dental work.

A mission of mercy

Dr. Mitchell Levy talks publicly for the first time about being called to identify victims of the World Trade Center attacks through their dental records. At 6:30 a.m. on a … more

By Clarissa Hamlin | 9/7/11

Valley STream firefighters covered a 15-foot, 3,350-pound steel beam from the World Trade Center with an American flag at Kennedy Airport on Tuesday for its trip to the village.

Valley Stream gets WTC relic

Valley Stream resident George Schuchman gazed with pride at a steel beam from the World Trade Center wreckage brought to Hendrickson Park on Tuesday. “I’m proud that the village of Valley Stream has a piece of the World Trade Center,” he said. more

By Clarissa Hamlin | 8/24/11

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